a couple saturdays ago i ran a 5k (miles for mel) a benefit fun run for melanie kau. she is my neighbor who was diagnosed with lung cancer more information on her can be found here positiveoutlier.wordpress.com. the same day adam and some friends ran the dirty dash. it was a 10k run through a muddy obstacle course, they did the whole thing in their speedos.
we got to go to the circus a couple weeks ago. it was my first time and wasn't quite sure what to expect besides a bearded lady. i know it's for kids, but boy was i sure pleased with the show. the trapeze artists, contortionists and motorcyclists had me on the edge of my seat. had i'd gotten some cotton candy it would have been everything i could've hoped for
adam and i hiked timp last saturday for the first time ever and boy was it an adventure! if you've never hiked timp before be warned that it's freakin LONG! we hiked it with all the young men and young women in our ward and started the venture at 2 am. we hiked the whole way to the top in the dark and made it to the tippy top just in time for the sunrise. FA-REEZING, my teeth were chattering uncontrollably, i felt like those wind up teeth toys. the way down was so gorgeous with all the red, yellow and orange fall leaves. adam wants to hike it again next week but i think i'll wait till next summer :)
earlier this summer, my mom being the clever woman that she is put together a spy scavenger hunt for all us kids (i was the youngest in the bunch and i'm 22 mind you). the first clue took us to the church parking lot where we did a golf cart obstacle course while smoke bombs and footballs were thrown at us (adam and i came out on top, boo ya!) second clue took us the the dollar store, third clue to this park where we battled it our laser tag style. the fourth clue took us to the sleepy ridge golf course where a briefcase full of spy goodies was found including fake money, passports, fake airline tickets, gold and so forth. the fifth and final clue landed us at cafe paezan for dinner. it was all great fun
we did the spudman this year, our second time. it's for sure my favorite triathlon, we love going up to burley idaho to race in it. my pretend favorite part is that when you check in to the race and pick up your goodie bag they actually give you a potato. how awesome is that? this year jon(brother) joined me, adam, chris(brother) and kimmy(chris' wife) in the festivities and lisa(jon's wife) came along to be our cheerleader. my actual favorite part of the race is the HUGE breakfast kimmy's family makes us after we're done.
