Tonight I was thinking about how I need to do a blog post tomorrow about my baby girl's 9th birthday, but then I realized I've already skipped a few other family events. This post will be an update on some of those things.
The Sunday before Halloween, the kids participated in the children's (Primary) program at our church. Unfortunately, I was very sick that day and couldn't make it, but Chris took them and he said they did a great job. Thankfully I was able to see them do their parts during the last practice a couple of days earlier. Here's a picture of them ready to go to church that morning:
On Halloween we did much of the usual Halloweeny-type activities with the kids. In the afternoon I went to the school and watched them do their costume parade before they had their class parties. Chris had to work all day, but when he came home in the evening we took the kids into Pocatello to do some trick-or-treating. Noah is 11 right now, and I'm wondering how much longer he will be into doing the costume thing, but for now I'm just trying to enjoy the kids being kids.
On November 5th, Chris ran his second 1/2 Marathon race (13.1 miles). In preparation for that day, he and I did many long runs together and also have been going on lots of long hikes in the mountains, which is an excellent cross-training activity.
Even though he did the race last Saturday, we've still been running together and taking hikes when he's off from work and the kids are in school. The weather has turned winter-like, so I'm not sure how many more hikes we'll be able to enjoy, unless we invest in some snow shoes!
The day of the Half-Marathon we woke up to cold temperatures and snow, but that didn't seem to dampen the spirits of the runners. It was a themed race - Super Heroes and Villains. Chris wore a shirt and hat with a Superman emblem on them, but it was so cold that a lot of the runners had their costumes covered with jackets. Since I've done several races on my own, this time Chris ran on his own and the kids and I were there to support him. We also worked an aid station at mile 7 of the race. It was pretty fun, but the kids got cold and kept wanting to get in the car to warm up instead handing out water to the runners!
Chris did a great job and finished with a time of 2 hours and 20 minutes. Pretty good considering the weather; he said the roads were very slick in parts.
