FEATURE: Dow RunWalk

Alicia Mead of Gladwin, left, flashes a grin as her daughter Breanna Mead throws her hands up in celebration just steps away from completing the 5K run Saturday morning at the Midland Community Center's Dow RunWalk.

FEATURE: Silly swinging

Logan Steele of Brownsburg, 2, smiled as she was raised higher, closer to her grandfather Dennis Schepers of Jasper, who made faces every time she swung close to him while Logan swung on an old rope swing on a tree in Scheper's front lawn Friday evening at his Skyview Drive home in Jasper. Logan was visiting for Thanksgiving weekend.

FEATURE: Family moment at the 5K run

Knelt over on her mother's lap, Sammy Gouge, 10, smiles as her mother Michelle rubs her back after completing the fifth annual Great Lakes Loons Pennant Race on Saturday at Dow Diamond. Sammy Gouge finished the run in 27 minutes, 56 seconds, and as she crossed the finish line, Sammy ran right out of her shoes. She said she felt like she was going to vomit afterward, and that is why her mother pulled her into the grass and began to console her. "I told myself, I have to finish this race," Sammy Gouge said. "No matter what happens, I kept saying. Now, I feel like I'm going to throw up, but it was worth it."