ok ok, Halloween isn't until tomorrow...BUT we went to the YMCA's costume party. so, here is a preview! Mercedes is a Garden Gnome! She calls herself Juliet (from the movie Gnomeo & Juliet)! She is SOOOOOO stinkin' adorable, isn't she!?!!
Kaedyn is of course, SPIDERMAN! I've put this costume off every year, but finally I caved in! violet is tinkerbell, and here is Cousin Titus, aka Batman!
Lance is approaching the end of school, finally! He goes to a school called Minneapolis School of Anesthesia, but the degree is through St. Mary's University. So....today Lance had a graduation at St. Mary's! He will have his actual class graduation in december...but this was still fun to see him in his cap and gown!
The kids did pretty well during the ceremony...considering we were in the back and couldn't see anything and it seemed long and boring to them! This is Kaed and Vi a half hour before it started..waiting patiently for it to start!
Kaedyn making weird faces to pass the time!
Merce also making crazy faces...and noises throughout the entire "quiet" ceremony! Luckily for me, everyone around us didn't mind the constant chatter of the three kiddos!
Well, it's over! I have been running and training for my first full marathon since this last February! Yesterday I ran it! It was one of the hardest things I've ever done! I'm so glad to have accomplished it...and I'm so glad I'm done! Here are the kids and some of my best friends waiting for me to appear! Unfortunately, there are not a lot of pics of me running it...cause it's awfully hard to catch a pic when I run by so quickly! :) So the rest of the pics are all after the race was over...I looked much happier then anyway!
Megan and Ben surprised me and came to watch! I didn't see her until I was in the race...I started crying like a baby..thanks a lot Megan! Made my run even harder for a bit! As you can see...Mommy's don't get a break...even after running a marathon! She is hanging on my leg here, and after the race we had to walk to the van a few miles away and I had to carry her the whole way!
Here is my running partner, Lindsay! She is a little ball of energy and made sure I would make it to the very end! Thanks Lindsay!
Resting in the sunshine after a long morning of hard work! It was a beautiful day for a run!
