Trunk or Treat

Our ward's Trunk or Treat was last Saturday, and as usual, it was a ball! The youth this year were in charge of creating and supervising all the carnival games, so Matt (the Teacher's Quorum Advisor) helped put together a "Corn Hole" as they are technically called, but to you and I, it's a bean bag toss. The Drennans took home the "Best Costume" trophy (yes, Kristal is pregant), and Spiderman Scott quickly learned what Trunk or Treating is all about...no surprise there. Thanks to those who threw the bash, and for Jen and Brent for hauling their bedazzled crew to spend the evening with us - I think we're still coming down off the sugar rush, but we're ready for the next round Saturday night!!

Too much time on my hands today

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I DID IT! It was a long 26.2 miles, but I had a lot of fun doing it. I did the marathon with my Dad and he and I took a bus up to the starting line at 4:45am. It was brisk, but they had bonfires all over that you could huddle around to keep you warm until the start. The gun went off and we started running. I ran with my Dad for about a quarter of a mile when he told me to go on ahead of him. It was still pretty dark outside as the race started at 6:45am and it was neat to run under the stars.

Along the course there were cattle ranches and the farmers had come out with their families to cheer on the runners. Some of the best parts were giving the little kids "high fives" as you ran past. The first 18 miles or so went by pretty easily, it was mile 19 that my thighs started to ache and scream at me. I pushed through the pain and with the encouragement of the crowds I pushed on to the finish. My running slowed down dramatically those last few miles, and in hindsight was probably a good thing. Jill and Scott barely made it to see me cross the finish line!

Thanks to all of you who have encouraged me in this endeavor and most of all to my wonderful wife who gave me the time to train for this race.

Will I do it again? Ask me in a few days after my body has recovered.

St. George Marathon

In Back to the Future, Part 3, Doc Brown is in the saloon, "drunk" (he hadn't had his whisky yet), telling the people all about the future, and he mentions that in the future, people will be driving "motorized vehicles", in fact, they will hardly walk anywhere anymore...they will "run for fun". Well, it looks like this is the future, because Matt is going to run the St. George Marathon tomorrow..."for fun". Personally I would rather have my legs chopped off than run a marathon, but Matt's gonna do it! So we're headed up there to cheer him on and bring him home, black toenails and all, when he's done. Wish him luck!