HALLOWEEN

A few days before Halloween our ward had a trunk-or-treat party.  It happened to be at the same time that my sister's husband had a work party.  We decided to dress up as parents for the trunk-or-treat and take my sister's 4 children while they went to their party.  Mike did a good job of herding the children and helping them get the candy that he later ate.  Little did we know our parenting act would end up being great birth control.  We also carved a pumpkin with the children.  They weren't so fond of the gooey insides.  On Halloween we spent time with Mike's family.  They have a tradition of making chili on Halloween which we thoroughly enjoyed.

TRIATHLON

Mike and I participated in a sprint triathlon!  It was a lot of fun, and we both enjoyed it.  The race consisted of a 400m swim, 11 mile bike, and a 5K (3.1 miles) run.  The funny part is that Mike had lucky number 13.  He was afraid he'd get hit by a car or something.  Doing an organized race like that with people who do them all the time and have REALLY nice bikes kind of intimidates you.  We just did it for fun this time but plan on being like those cool people with nice bikes.  One day, when we have more money, we can invest more into better equipment and being able to do more races on a regular basis.

After the race