The Skeleton and The Bumblebee

I hope everyone had a happy Halloween! We sure did, even with the cold and the rain!

Pumpkin Fun

I love to carve pumpkins!! I did most of them, with a little bit of the kids help. M came home from a softball game at the end and helped too.


Here they are all lined up

M helping out

B with his pumpkin

E poking the lid of the pumpkin. This kept her entertained for a good 20 minutes!

E's Halloween Program

E absolutely loves to sing! She wakes up in the morning singing. She knew all the songs that were in the Primary Program, even the ones that as a sunbeam she shouldn't know. So she was so excited to do her Halloween Program for preschool.

Here she is singing her heart out to the pumpkin song.

E and B with "Frank". It was a life size statue.

Here she is singing the creeping cat song.

Toothless

After lots of whining and worry, B's front tooth finally fell out! He forgot what it felt like after loosing his first two I guess. I LOVE when kids loose their front teeth. He looks so dang adorable!

RAGNAR Baby!

So I finally ran in my first ever race! It was sooo much fun! I ran 13 miles and the team ran a total of 195 miles. My last leg was killer! I wanted to quit but I didn't. It's funny though how after a couple of days it felt like I had a baby. All of the excitement and preparation is over. It's kind of a let down in a way. Ragnar Del Sol here I come!


Team photo

Help Wanted car number 2

Me and M. He is just getting ready to run his last leg.

Me before starting my first leg. I'm trying to get psyched.

E's First Day of Preschool

Hooray for E! She started Preschool this year and is so excited about it!

Here she is outside her teacher's house. Look at how huge that bag looks.

E at home getting ready to leave

E in her classroom with her friend M.

Running on Fumes

So...I have NEVER been a runner. To me running was tortuous. I couldn't think of an excercize I would dislike doing more. But, now I would consider myself a runner. Not a good runner by any means, but a runner none the less. I shockingly look forward to my runs. Well, not those runs :P

The reason I decided to start running in the first place was for lots of reasons. I wanted to get in shape, not really to loose weight but that would always be nice. I wanted to challenge myself. I haven't worked out in the last 20 months because I always thought I would be pregnant. But the real reason I decided to start running is because M really wanted me to do the Vegas Ragnar with him.

So I started training really slow. I did 15 minutes a day three days a week. And that was hard! There is something about picking up my legs that just kills me. Literally! I got shin splints so bad I could hardly walk for days after running. I wondered if I had stress fractures it was so painful. I was temped to quit, but I kept going and I'm sooo glad I did.

This morning I ran 4.65 miles in 59 minutes. It's not fast, but I did it! I ran for an hour! That's the farthest I have ever gone and I didn't think even in my wildest dreams that I could do it. But I did. And I did it.

I started out my training being so self consious. I wondered what everyone thought as they drove past me. But I saw a sign once that has become my motto "If you see my butt jiggle, it's just me waving goodbye."

Well, I hope that motivates someone to try something challenging. It's worth it to not give up. And that is coming from someone who has always been a "quitter". Good luck!