Harvest Run

Today was race day! It was really foggy and a little wet but was perfect for the run, not too hot or cold. I'm not sure you can see too well in the picture but the leader on the bike had long pink hair and wings. At least it's halloween right!


I completed my first race and first 10k all in the same day! My time was 1:04:41. I beat my goal of doing it around 1:05 so I'm pretty happy considering I've never done this before. Micheal and Clayton ran with me at the end so that was fun too.

There were 6 sisters (including myself) from my ward that all trained and ran the 10k together. And...the Relief Society Pres. was there to cheer us on at the finish line and then ran the 5k herself. It was so great to do this with so many friends. We were there to keep each other moving and motivate each other to endure to the end. The bishop is a runner too so he said that he was really excited that we have a running group with lots of first timers, he says that once you get one race under your belt, you are hooked. We'll see...

I am glad that it was on Halloween morning because I finally have something orange and black to wear for halloween (I do not dress up) and I can eat chocolate tonight without guilt:)!

Tweetsie

Back in the summer, Micheal won 4 tickets to Tweetsie Railroad for doing such a great job reading. So last Saturday we traveled north to Boone, NC. Tweetsie is a small amusement park that has an original coal and steam engine that takes you for a ride through the Smokey Mountians/Blue Ridge. The boys got to ride on their first ferris wheel which happened to be at the top of the mountain so it felt really high, but the view was incredible! We intentionally saved the trip for the fall so that we could see all the fall colors. It was beautiful! The biggest downside was there wasn't much to keep Micheal and Clayton happy, they were to big for most of the rides that they wanted to ride on and too small(or sensitive to motion sickness) for the more exciting rides. Tanner, on the other hand, had a blast riding all by himself. There were tons of oldtime shops to check out and fun halloween decor thru out the entire park! We had a great time! Enjoy the slide show!

Booster-thon Funrun

Clayton's school did a really cool fundraiser this year. The kids were sponsored by family or friends to run laps (1/16th of a mile for each lap). All the money that was donated would go to their school and 10% of their donation would go to their classroom. Clayton was really excited about this because he was able to do something to help his school. We were really excited about it too because the kids were able to participate and they weren't selling crap to make us unhealthy or clutter our homes, the kids were running for their school! They made it fun for the kids with fun, loud music and an occasional theme lap to keep them energized. Each students goal was to run 30 laps, but Clayton shocked us all by running 41 laps! He was really proud of himself and we were so proud of him too! Great job Clayton!