Fall Break

The Sloans have been visiting for the past week. So far we have fit in lots of fun stuff! For family night we went to the Staheli Farm where we picked pumpkins, got lost in the corn maze and played games. It was REALLY cold & windy that night (yes, occasionally it gets cold in St. George), but we still had a blast. The adults went to Samuri 21 for dinner one night, sat at a fun hibachi table and Julie & Steve tried sushi for the first time! Isabelle & Arielle were obsessed with making bead lizards all week. Stella (next door) got into the action too. The three girls had a sleepover and made bead lizards all night (they even named the lizards!). Toby & Conner got to shred it up at the skatepark while Lincoln & Winston tried their hardest to get run over by big kids,LOL. (Lincoln was on a scooter & Winston on a bike w/ training wheels- they would ride out in front of 20 yr old bike stunt riders...scary...) Julie & I got out for a few hikes & runs, trying to make up for the junk food we eat every night when we hang out. One day we took Jim and the boys to Snow Canyon and hiked WhiteRocks. Lastly, Mom & Dad stopped by on their way back from Vegas to SLC to see the progress on the house (Jim & Steve have been working on painting and landscaping the house). The week's not over, but I wanted to post some pics of the fun we've been having so far!

St. George Marathon 2008

Well I won't spend too much time on a race report here- you'll have to go to http://shufflingsista.fastrunningblog.com/ for the nitty gritty race report. Last year the weather was probably the best for SGM and this year the WORST!!!! I didn't make my goals, but I was just happy to finish the race out there yesterday. It poured until mile 20 and was very windy. My friends who are elite runners say most people's goals were off about 10 minutes for the effort put in yesterday. That makes me feel a little better. Jim only took 1 lousy pic at the finish (not his fault, hard to take good pics through the mass of people at the finish) so when the marathon photographers get their pics posted I will put one up here. Glad its over, looking forward to 5ks, 10ks and Half Marathons...(little burnt out on full marathons for now...)(read my race report on link above, its more positive - written while the endorphins were still in my system- LOL)