Thanksgiving

To start off Thanksgiving this year we signed up for a 5k race with Brian's mom in Cottonwood Heights. It was somewhere around 10 degrees that morning. We didn't want to get discouraged by the temperature so we bundled up the best we could. Here we are after the race. As you can see we all survived the freezing temperatures.

I don't think any of us had experienced running in that cold of weather before but we had a good time and in the end we were glad we braved the weather. It was a great experience. There were over 1,000 runners. Brian, of course, placed somewhere around 125th. I, on the other hand, placed somewhere around 825th and Brian's mom was not far behind me. All in all it was fun and we are glad that we did it!! The best part was feeling more justified in having seconds and thirds on that yummy turkey dinner later on!! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Halloween

Well Halloween has come and gone yet again. Our costumes this year weren't super exciting but they were fun. My work decided to dress up on the Friday before Halloween. I was desperate for a costume and my sister came through and saved the day. She let me borrow the costume she made with a bunch of coworkers last year. Yes I was a can of Crush for Halloween. I loved how simple the costume was and how easy it was to take off if I needed to.

Brian's nursing program put on a "Run Miles for Smiles 5K" on the 30th to raise money for their program and for Operation Smile. He decided to dress up as a patient for the race. I wore my Nudist on Strike shirt because it was simple and would be easy to run in.

I don't know how he actually convinced me to run the race. I haven't been running since June and I knew my body wouldn't enjoy running 3.1 miles with no recent training. Needless to say I have been hobbling around the last two days in pain. Here we are at the finish line.

They actually gave out prizes for the best costumes. Brian won 4th place and was given a 15 dollar gift card to ITunes. Pretty good for a borrowed gown from the hospital.

Here are all of the others that wore costumes.