Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch with Grant and Nicole to get a few pumpkins to carve for Halloween. The patch was pretty picked over, but after much searching and debate between couples we all found a few pumpkins to take home.

We had a blast feeding the cows, watching the pumpkin catapult, and pretending to drive the tractor. They even had a u-pick flower area so Nicole and I took advantage of it and bought some daliahs to take home.

Halloween

Jon and I both had Halloween parties at work this year. Jon was a good sport and dressed up as Luigi from Nintendo's Mario brothers video games. His good friend at PIVOT, Shelly, dressed up as Mario. Our friend Sean was hilarious in his cowboy costume.

I was a poor sport and didn't get a costume together in time for our department party. However, I had some friends that did it up right and dressed up as Ron Bergandy and in true science form as statistically significant!

26.2 Mile Survivor

It is official. I am a marathon finisher! Jon and I went to San Francisco this weekend with our friends Nicole & Grant, and Stephanie, David & Amber. Steph, Nicole, and I ran the San Francisco Nike Women's Marathon with 15,000 other women on Sunday. It was an amazing experience. The course was beautiful. We ran from Pier 1 to Pier 39, through the persidio, golden gate park, and ended by running the last 4 miles on the Great Highway right next to the Pacific Ocean. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. The last few miles I was convinced I had made a poor choice by signing up to run 26.2 miles, but now I am entertaining the idea of running another in a few years. I couldn't have done it without my amazingly strong friends: Steph and Nicole and great cheerleaders: Jon, David, Amber, and Grant.