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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Today we went to the pumpkin patch.  A little late in the season if you ask me, I like to go at the beginning of October, that way we can enjoy our jac-o-lanterns for a good while before they rot on us.  But we’ve been busy every weekend so far, so this was when we could go.  We went right when they opened, which was a good thing, because by the time we got back to our car, people were driving around the parking lot like circling vulchers.  We went to the petting farm, but Jayden wasn’t too excited about touching the animals, he just kept staring at them like, ‘that’s a sheep?  you got to be kidding me’.  The only thing he was really interested in was the little orange kitten that was running around.  So, we grabbed our wheelbarrow and started out into the field to do some pumpkin hunting!  Royal had to carry Jayden most of the time.  Jayden kept tripping over rotten pumpkins and falling in the mud.  Poor kid.  But, it looks like we were successful!

Jayden was really happy to be out of the fields and back onto familar ground - ROCKS!

I’m with Jayden here, screw pumpkins, lets just get a Christmas Tree!!!!

After a long day of pumpkin hunting, it’s just not a trip to the pumpkin patch without a hotdog!!!

More pictures are on our website’s photo albums, here!

I taught a knitting class this weekend on sweaters.  The pattern we used is great for people who have never knit a sweater before, because the whole thing is knit in one piece.  So there are no seams to sew and no arms to sew onto the sweater when you are finished.  The toughest part is making sure your arms are the same length.  We knit up a size for an infant, obviously because it is smaller and you can get it done faster, but the adult size is exactly the same, just with a few more stiches.  That way it is easy to convert to any size you want.

I decided I would make a sweater along with the class, but the only yarn I had that would fit the pattern is blueish-purple with specs of other colors in it.  A little girly for Jayden.  So, this will go in the drawer that has all the other stuff I’ve knit up for a girl.  Sheesh, would somebody have a girl already?

So, I completed the Nike+ Half Marathon yesterday!  I am so glad I didn’t get rained on at all.  Boy, did I luck out.  I strapped on my shoes with my sensor securley fasten, strapped my Ipod with the receiver onto my arm, and headed out the door.  I started out from the Lovingfoss house in Kelso around 9:15am.  Royal’s sister, Lisa, decided that she would keep me company for part if it.  She did the first 2.5 miles with me, over the bridge and down Ocean Beach Hwy to Lake Sacajawea.  There Lisa left me, but my great friend Pam was there waiting for me.  We did 2 laps around Lake Sacajewea together, which was about 8 miles.  The last 2.5 miles back to the house, I did on my own.  The last mile and a half were a little tough, as it was pretty much all up hill, but it was great to hear in my ear phones, “1 mile to go”, just as I crested the top of the hill of the bridge that goes over the Columbia River.  At the bottom of the bridge, I stepped funny off the sidewalk and tweaked my ankle, and then a couple blocks later, I almost got hit by a truck, coming down a side alley, that didn’t see me.  I tell ya, once you start running around towns, you become a much more cautious driver as you approach sidewalks.  This guy obviously doesn’t use the sidewalks very often.  Luckily, I saw him coming and slowed down before the driveway, because he drove right through my running path.  Then, did he back up, so I could keep going?  Nope.  I had to stop and wait for him to pull into traffic before I could go on.  Sheesh, people sometimes…  Anyways, I turned the corner and headed up the last quarter mile hill that leads to the house, took a left and ran the last 4 blocks.  I got to the house and my earphones said, “400 meters to go”.  Dang!  So I ran around the block to get my last 400 meters in, untill I heard, “Workout Completed!”  Yipee!!!  I felt pretty good, I was glad to be done, my legs were pretty tired, but it is the best feeling when you finish a race.  Granted, this was a race where you got to pick your own route, so there was no big finish line, no big crowd cheering you on at the end, but it is still something to complete 13.1 miles.  This was my 5th half marathon, and the only one I’ve ever trained for alone.  It made the training much harder, to not have someone dragging you out the door to do your long runs with, but it’s nice to know I can do it myself.  I’m taking the week off to rest my legs and then I’m going to go get a new pair of running shoes.  I think 1 year and 2 half marathons is enough for one pair of shoes.  I probably should of gotten new shoes months ago.  :)  Only 12 weeks to go until the next race! Phoenix Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, here I come!

I think my sister Joanna should start a blog.  She says that she refuses to do it because she doesn’t have anything interesting to say.  I personally think she’s funny and she has LOTS of stories that she could be telling.

So, here are my top 5 reasons why Joanna should start a blog.

1. She could write about what the heck happened to her cell phone.  How it got ran over by the mail man and ended up in her mailbox.  Intrigued aren’t you?  You want her to tell you the story.
2. She seems to always be going on vacations.  Down to Phoenix, Mexico, her anniversary is coming up and supposedly she’s going somewhere and I’d like to know about it and read about it on her blog
3. She could go on and on about how rad Ordinary State is.
4. She could post videos of her interpretive dancing.  Everyone needs to witness this at least once!
5. Because I want her to and probably so do lots of other people!!!!

Happy Friday, Jo!

Jayden’s aunt Brynn made him this rocking chair with airplanes all over it.  He drags it, while saying ‘rock, rock’, all over the house, so he can sit in it in different spots.  Once he climbs up into the chair, he starts rocking and says, ‘airplane!’ over and over.  I’m not sure, but I think he thinks the chair turns into an airplane once he’s in it.

I think he likes it….

Well, the game was pathetic, but it was fun to get to go!  Kim got us some tickets, so Royal and I asked our long lost Seattle friends Jason and Nicole to go with us.  It was so fun to get to hang out with them.  We ate at Elysian Field before the game then went into the stadium to watch the pre-game warmups.  Of course, as it is with my luck, we were sitting right in front of a really loud Saint’s fan, who of course had WAY too much to drink, and he kept hitting poor Nicole on the head, as he couldn’t contain his excitement as the Saints were kicking our tail.  However, we did find out near the end of the game that the Saints are his #1 team, but the Seahawks are his #2, so towards the end of the game he stopped cheering on the Saints and started yelling at the Seahawks to play better. 

Tonight, my child was “that” child.  The wild one at the grocery store, running around crazy.  I needed to get some food, so there was no choice in the matter that I was going to the store.  But it has been rainy all day here, so Royal wanted to come with Jayden and let him expend some energy running through the aisles.  We do this often at Costco on rainy days because the store is so big, you usually aren’t in anybody’s way.  :)  Anywho, I was making my way through the store, and Jayden and Royal were off running around, Jayden carrying a bag of lemons - one of his new favorites foods.  I hear over the intercom, “Clean up on aisle 13, please”.  I was thinking, hope it’s nothing big, ’cause that’s the direction I’m heading.  A few minutes later, Royal comes up behind me with Jayden and said, “You’ll never guess what Jayden did”.  Well turns out, Royal turned his back for a second, and when he turned back around, Jayden had opened a carton of eggs and was dropping them one by one onto the floor, just like on starfall’s letter E.  He was very proud of himself.  I thought it was hilarious.  I come around the corner, and they have it all coned off, eggs all over the floor, and some highschool kid with a mop cleaning it up. 

Royal did find someone to tell them what happened, and said that we would buy the carton of eggs, but the lady told him not to worry about it.  That it happens all the time.  She said they lose about 4 dozen eggs a day!

Royal and I are going to go the Seahawk’s game this Sunday, and since it is a night game, I thought I might get a little cold, so I decided I would knit myself up a hat.  Last night, while watching Heros, I knit up a quick little hat out of some super soft yarn that I stole from my mom’s house.  Jayden wanted to model it for you.

This got me thinking about all of the hats I have made since I started knitting.  I found a box in our office that was full of nothing but hats that I have made.  Looks like I have made a few, and this doesn’t even count all the hats that I have made for other people.  These are just the ones that I made for the heck of it and are still floating around.

I think most of my favorites have been the ones that I made for Jayden. (I’ve also made some of these for Kaylee’s boys)

Does anybody have a cold head?  If so, you should come over and get a hat, I obviously have plenty to spare.  For now, back in the box they go!

Here are a couple more that Jayden picked out to wear…he likes the ones that look like they have little crowns on them…hmm…wonder what is he trying to say…

I’m so excited!  I just signed up for the Phoenix Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon.  This is the first race that I will have done outside the Pacific Northwest, and I think I picked a good one.  Let’s see…Phoenix is a desert, which means warm temps in January and the ground is flat!  Oh yeah!!  I’m sure this will be my fastest time ever!  Well maybe…we’ll see. 

This race should be a ton of fun.  There is a band every mile and they have 40 different cheer squads from around the area there to cheer everybody on.  And, this means I have to go to Phoenix to visit Kaylee.  I can’t wait!!! 

“Sunshine, on my shoulders, makes me happy” (who can name that song/artist?)  (songs seem to be stuck in my head lately and they are eeking their way into my blogs…)

So, all you other suckers out there, who keep threatening to do a half marathon with me, sign up already!!!