Trunk Or Treat 2014

This year our family Halloween theme was Peter Pan.  I debated between super heroes and Peter Pan.  Initially I thought Alex would say he wanted to be Peter Pan, but he said he wanted Captain Hook.  I bought the Captain hook costume and sword form the Disney Store and my friend Alixa made Cole's.    

I bribed them into taking pictures and all Cole kept saying was I want Ax's swooooord.   I bought him a cute dagger and compass, but he wanted nothing to do with it.  Instead the pictures ended in tears over the sword.

Soooo I returned the dagger and compass, purchased another sword and went for round 2 of pictures.

Everything has to be the same for these two or it always results in a fight.

I had everything ready to be Tiger Lily, but I switched to Wendy at the last minute.  This dress wasn't easy to find, but luckily I found this lady on Etsy that made it.

Al was a skinny version of Mr Smee.   Here we are on our way to Trunk or Treat.

 I may have gotten more into Trunk or Treat after living in California and seeing all the amazing trunks.  I wish there was a prize because ours would have definitely won and I was bummed because they did the trunk or treating before dinner so it was light and you couldn't see the pretty lights in our trunk, haha.  I also will note that we had music from Peter Pan playing :)  

 I love how Cole is looking at Al in this picture like why you do you look like that Dad?

Alex playing his part perfectly!!

Of course it was windy so that's why it looks like I'm 500lbs, the worst.  Go away wind!!

After the trunk or treat they had a chili cook of. I made the white chicken chili recipe that won in our Pasadena ward 2 years in a row.  Lets just say taste buds aren't the same out here.  2 out of the 3 chilis that won had no beans and extra meat (how is that even chili)!!  Got to love Texas :)  One last picture of Alex in the trunk before I took down the master piece!!   It looked so magical at night :)

San Fran Half

I always wanted to take one of these pictures so here it is, all ready for race day!!

I bought our team matching boo gloves.

This race is so amazing, seriously.  So much energy, adrenaline, and excitement all crammed into a few hours.

The Start line was way cooler last year with fireworks.

Of course it was foggy and cold again, just like last year and you couldn't see the Golden Gate Bridge, so sad.  

So many fun things to see and do at every mile marker.  

 All of us but Kim and Emily ran with each other until mile 8.  Mile 10 was a long miserable mile uphill, but we did it and then I lost Ash and Laura when my shoelace came untied.  Here I am getting my Tiffany necklace and this years was so much cuter!!

Such a fun race and even better to have friends to run it with.  I felt good the entire time and think all that training paid off.

 This year you had to wait in line to get a picture with the firefighters and they wouldn't lift you or anything, haha.  

When we got back to our hotel they even had a sign for us!! 

Al had to leave for Boston that morning so Lauren took the boys to church and Heather took care of them until I got home.

Rich is Cole's nursery leader and Cole loves him.  Lauren said he wouldn't let anyone else hold him in sacrament.

After we had a long hot shower we went and walked around China Town.

stopped at some random sushi place where it revolves around the table.

Our last stop was the Ferry Building. I got my oyster fix.

and our last picture at the Bay Bridge before they dropped me off at the airport.  It was a great weekend and so much fun to see all these girls.  

I'm so bummed that this is the only picture they got of me during the entire race.  Every person on my team got amazing pictures and obviously I didn't, haha.  The girl running next to me decided she was going to do it the night before with us and she even got a better picture, so bummed.

Girls Trip

I was so nervous to fly to San Francisco in the middle of the Ebola outbreak. One of Al's reps told him everyone flying to DFW was wearing masks so just to be safe I went to Target to get some, but they were sold out.   There is a ENT clinic by our house and they had a box by the door and told me to take as many as I wanted, score!!   Al dropped me off at the airport 6 hours early because he couldn't wait to get rid of me, just kidding.  It was 2.5  hours, but still :)   I didn't see anyone with a mask on, but I decided to put one on and snap a picture for some good Instagram comments.   I did however bring clorox wipes to wipe down my seat and tray table on the plane.

Al had to take the boys to a primary program practice and everyone got rewarded with donuts after.  I love how Cole just ate the top off.

I was so so excited to see Ashlee and Laura, I miss them so much!!

   

 We went to the wrong Marriott when we first got there, but hey no worries when you don't have kids to tote around.   We took a picture with the correct bellman :)

Our first stop was the Nike expo to pick up our numbers and check in for the race!!  I signed the Nike board with #Texasforever which is from Friday Night Lights.  They moved these walls to certain spots in the race which was pretty cool.

We went to Nike Town to find our names on the wall :)

Al took the boys to Allys Halloween party and the gang took a photo for me :)

We had a blast at the expo!!  Lines were really long for a few things, but I think we saw everything.

Our cheesy heart pose in Union Square.  We had a yummy dinner that night at Tacolicous and we went to bed early so we would have lots of energy for Saturday.

Al at the Halloween party with Batman and Superman

Saturday morning we went straight to the expo to sign up for the braid bar, we got some breakfast in Union Square, went back to the hotel to get ready and then hit the city.  Laura and I are food friends so we had a long list of places to try.  Our first stop was this amazing bread bar.  All they had was toast and coffee.  It was seriously the best toast ever and I would like a piece right now.  We drove through Golden Gate Park and stopped at the Sutro Baths which is one thing I've never done.  It was such a beautiful day which was exactly what I was hoping for the race!

We walked around the paths, saw a wedding and everyone was popping open their mini champagne bottles, and of course got our picture by the Golden Gate Bridge.

Taking a stroll down to the Sutro Baths which used to be a privately owned swimming pool complex in the late 19th century..

The infamous jumping picture in front of the bridge!!

Our amazing late lunch at Bluebarn.  Seriously would die for a salad place like this in Frisco.

Blue Barn just happened to be next to an amazing cupcake store and of course Laura and I got one!!

China Town is always fun to see and this girl was eating Ramen noodles on the back of a bike.

The highlight of the day was the braid bar at the expo.  They had a list of different braids you could choose from and let's just say none of our braids resembled the pictures and we definitely couldn't have run the race with them.  Laura was the first one done and I lost it when I looked over at her and saw her new doo.   She sent me a text that said she looked like a Polygamast, haha.  

Mine ended up taking the longest and it's because it looked like I was going to prom.  It was pretty, but not to run a race in.  We went back to our hotel and took them out along with the 50 bobby pins in mine.

That night Al took the boys to Chuck e Cheese and I'm sure they were loving it.

Here we are admiring each others braids.  I talked everyone into doing a candid shot and they always turn out the best :)

We made a quick stop to Lulu that night, had a yummy pasta dinner, and then headed back to the hotel to get ready for the race.