Riebe Run and Basketball

Finn at the Finish line of the inaugural Riebe Run

Greg's motto on the back: "Live in the Moment and Never Give up"

Aiden ran the entire mile and was pretty tired.

Finn is lining up for his 50 yard dash.  The little boy on Finn's right (in black with gray pants and shoes) is Greg's son, August Riebe.

Thought this picture of Finn waving is cute!

Aiden had his very first basketball game over the weekend!!  Aiden is on the left side of picture in navy blue.

And here are his brothers and their buddy, Adam, at the game.  Pretty enthralled...

John with Aiden and Finn at the race

We had a fun fall weekend and thankfully the weather cooperated for the first inaugural Riebe run.  As many of you remember, John lost a dear friend to a genetic heart issue in January 2015.  Greg passed away suddenly while playing in a pond hockey tournament and left behind a wife and two very young children.  His widow, Kate, organized the 5K run to raise money to benefit the Minneapolis Heart Institute and those with the same genetic disease that took Greg's life.  Aiden, Finn, and John participated in the 50 yard dash, 1 mile run, and the 5K run.  Although Luke, Liam, and I were registered to participate, the boys had hockey tryouts on the morning of the race at the same time so we had to skip it.  They had a great time and it was fun to honor Greg by doing something he loved so much...to RUN!

Aiden participated in his first ever basketball game this weekend and did very well.  He had a great coach and assistant coach and it was quite successful.  John is head coaching (although I filled in for the first two weeks so it much have been the coaching!).  The assistant coach, Shelly, is a good friend of ours and the mom to one of Finn's close buddies, Max.  Aiden scored several points and his team won so they were all pretty excited!  The team name (as decided upon by the 1st grade boys) is the "Dominating Vikings."