Happy Halloween!

We started our holiday off with Jack-O-Lantern pancakes! Livy helped make them, she wanted to make them pink. I thought they turned out pretty cute, and were sure delicious!

Ryan's work had a Halloween party in the afternoon, so Livy got all dressed up in her costume to see daddy at work. Ryan's team was the cast from "Happy Gilmore", Ryan was Bob Barker. They were pretty hilarious.

We went up to Grammy's house and Livy's cousins were in town. She is so excited to play with them. Ryan's brother Rob and his wife Julie with their three kids are here for a few days, and we were so excited to celebrate this fun holiday with them. Sue had a fun decorated Halloween dinner, then the kiddos got all dressed up so we could go Trick-or-Treating! Livy already had her warm-up last weekend, so she was a pro. She was excited to go get more pink candy. So we just went to a few homes on the street, filled up her Elmo basket and called it a night. 

This little girl is obsessed with 'Pink Nerds'. 

Then we had to stop by Mimi's and Grandpa's to show off our cute little Minnie. Mimi even made her a cute little candy ghost. She was being such a goof. She had had lots of candy, been walking all around town, and was tuckered out. I would say our Halloween was a huge success. 

October Instagram

She loves wearing mommy's things. 

Saying bye to dad at the airport. She didn't want to let go. 

We lucked out and she had her own seat!

Shopping at the outlets in Austin with Jen. We got just a few things...

Then I was sick...24 hour bug...awful. 

General Conference tradition 

Livy loved playing with these two. 

Poor little girl tripped in the parking lot and got a fat lip. 

Livy's 2nd birthday sing. 

My awesome stay at home job. 

We got "Boo'ed" by these cute little witches. 

Our master bedroom makeover. 

I tried painting curtains...

She stayed still long enough for me to do this. 

Took more than 2 hours, but the final product was worth it. 

Livy's birthday cupcakes. 

Just lounging.  

Livy with all of her boys. 

Lunch at Wendy's while daddy's on a business trip. 

Livy's Halloween costume in progress. 

Bedroom curtains. Done. 

Joy School buddies in costume. 

The backsplash stencil finally completed. 

Brittany & Callen in town for the Halloween half, so we had to get some greasy JCW's for lunch. 

Halloween Half Finishers

Long day at church 

Farnsworth Family pumpkin party 

Happy girl in the bath tub. 

Happy Halloween from the Jacksons. 

Our little Minnie Mouse

Halloween Half Marathon

Last year after we finished the Halloween Half Brittany and I looked at each other and vowed we were going to do it again this year. We missed Kelsey and Jen, but we added Pam to our race crew. We grabbed an early bus so we could sit in the warm tent, rather than waiting out in the cold for a bus. It was so fun to look around at all of the crazies and their costumes. This is us waiting in our warm clothes for the start time. 

About 6 weeks ago my left foot was really bothering me. Then we hiked Timpanogos and pretty much killed my foot. I had a slight stress fracture, and could hardly walk on my foot for days. I stopped running and doing Zumba, and could only do the elliptical, cycle, and weight training. Last week I ran 3 miles twice, but that was it. I was not prepared for this race at all. But I decided early on that it was a mental race rather than a physical one. I knew I had been doing enough cardio to be fine, but it was just whether or not my body would stay in one piece. I just wanted to beat 2 hours, and was hoping for a personal record. 

The start was up at Sundance at 9 am. 

It was freezing. Literally below 32 degrees. So for the sake of my hurt foot I was lucky that my feet were numb for about the first 4 miles. My hips were tightening up, but Ryan was a trooper and would stop and stretch with me every few miles. At about mile 8 was when my foot had a huge surge of pain. At that point I had to completely flip the switch that it was definitely a race of mind over body. Ryan was so good to encourage me and keep me going. We had to stay under a 9:00 mile to get the time I wanted, so he helped me stick to that even though my hips, knees and foot were killing me. But we finished! It was awesome. It was such a good race. 

Final times:

Ryan 1:55:34 - 8:52 average minute mile - 16th in his division

Becca 1:55:38 - 8:52 average minute mile - 49th in her division - PR!

There were about 600 male participants, and about 1600 women. So we're pretty happy with our results!

 

I was so glad we did this, especially together. We were very sore all weekend, but it's so worth it. It was the last race of the season, so until the Spring we're all raced out.