Dagger

Bought a dagger today. Since Jill and Nick got shotguns I figured I needed a weapon of my own. Not quite as impressive as a gun but it will do. I had the choice between some Lord of the Rings ones or this King Arthur one I chose. Do you love it!!

Christmas Lights

I absolutely love my calling. I get to be one of the leaders for the 10-11 year old Faith in God girls. They are way hilarious. And we only do 2 activities a month. Nice.

Tonight, we walked around Christmas Tree lane so I told the moms to bundle their girls up. The moms thought I was crazy because they said it was sooo cold even though it was 50 degrees out. Silly Californians. Thought I'd share some highlights of the evening.

We found Santa on Christmas Tree lane!! Santa!! Santa!! We decided to sit on Old Saint Nick's lap. And of course, I made them take a funny pic. It was like a party outside this place. There were buses, cars and people crawling all over the place.

Nice and cozy right before we left.

The normal Santa shot.

Willy Wonka

Mike and I found this sweet candy store. When we walked in, we were amazed. They had every kind of candy you can imagine. And in the back of the store, they have the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory playing nonstop. When we went to investigate more, we found autographed pictures of all the kids in the movie all grown up. We also found a bubblegum dresser where you have to open the drawers to pull out the gum that is separated by flavor.

We went there because I had to buy candy for a Primary class I taught and bribed to behave. Works every time! I ended up getting suckers for those little suckers! But the suckers were cool because they were shaped like feeet.
Mike and I holding our goods. I have a Wonka Bar (disappointed that I didn't find a golden ticket though) and Mike has a piece of bubble gum the size of a yard stick.

Fresno Metropolitan Museum

Mike and I called up my good friend Kayann and headed to the Grand Reopening of the Fresno Metripolitan Art & Science Museum. It was awesome because it was free and it featured a feathered dinosaur exhibit. Unfortunately, they did not allow us to take pictures inside. I was even asked by a security guard to put my camera away. And he seemed to follow me around knowing I wanted to pull it out and take a sneaky shot.

Sweet sign outside about the dino display.

Posing by a statue outside.

Here's the illegal photo I took inside the very green stairwell.

Mike and Kayann checking out the brochures.

Halloween Fun

Mike and drove to Reno to go Trick-or-tricking with the kids and to be at Ben and Angie's Halloween party. As always, we had fun. I even won a name that tune game (even though Angie really won). And I think Ben and Angie by far had the best costumes.

Mike and I as Trinity and Neo.
Check out Mike's hair. Very hot!

The Mexican wrestlers! Ben actually wore those gold undies.

Mike packed Reyn around the most Halloween night. He would take her up to doors, hold out the bucket and get some candy. Who could resist the cute little hot dog with my gorgeous husband.

I almost thought Tiago wasn't going to get into his monkey suit. He kept saying No, but he eventually climbed in and went around getting candy. He wouldn't say Trick-or-Treat. He would just hold up his bucket.

The cute hot dog with mustard.

Ayzha the little witch.

5K Komen Race for the Cure

I finished!! Mike and I are proud that I finished my first ever 5K. I wanted to finish under 30 minutes and I did. My time was 28:26 with a pace of 9:17. It was pretty cold in the morning so one second before I started I threw my coat to Mike. He was wondering if I was going to warm up or do something before I ran but I just jumped around.

There were tons of women running this race. One chick broadsided me in the beginning and about took me down. Then, later in the race I was trailing this girl and she came to a dead stop right in front of me. I about plowed her. Then there was this poor little girl crying in the middle of the race. Sheesh!

Here's me after the race. I know, my face wasn't even red. Check out my wristband. That was for wiping my nose. Mike was my awesome supporter. He met me at the 1.5 mile mark and whistled.

Then at the end, you should have seen me sprinting to the finish line. I didn't know I had it in me but I put on my "Hearts on Fire" song, thought of Rocky training to whip up on the Russian, and I simply ran my guts out. I was passing girls left and right. I looked to my right and Mike was sprinting with me just outside the ribbons. He's my hero. And right before the end, I was indeed able to do my dance and I cracked the whole crowd up. Unfortunately, Mike did not have the camera. We'll have it next time for sure. Overall, it was a blast! It made me want to run more. And next time actually TRAIN so I can get a better time.

Race Day Goodies

We picked up my Komen Race for the Cure packet today so I got my running number and my fun T-shirt. Tomorrow Mike and I plan on driving the course so I can get familiar with it. I know that for sure I'll finish...but I think I'm just a little obsessed about getting a decent finish time. It is that whole stupid competitive thing I was born with.

Check out my sweet T-shirt. Let's be honest though, I'm glad it is not completely pink.

How cool is my nice round number!!!