Mary's Marathon

My best friend Mary completed the Denver Marathon today!!!! It was a 26 mile run, and she did wonderful. She finished in 4 hours and 45 minutes. I'm so proud of her. :)

She trained with "Team in Training," and they raised money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. A co-worker of ours, Deb Geary, had a son named Jason that passed away this year from cancer, and Mary ran in his honor. Deb and her husband Brad were there to cheer Mary on!

Jill, Jason, Kaylie, Tim, Lilly, my mom, and I went to the race to cheer Mary on. Here we are at the 15 1/2 mile mark to cheer her on. It's a blury picture, but Mary is the one in the middle with a purple tank top on.

The end of the race was in Civic Center Park, and we waited in front of the capitol to see Mary run by. At that point she had run 25ish miles. Wow! Here's Jill and I with our t-shirts and signs.
Lilly got a little antsy waiting so my mom walked her up the stairs to the capitol. It was such a picture perfect moment.
Kaylie and Lilly cheered her on from their strollers!
My mom and Lilly...
Here's Mary on the far right running past us at the 25ish mile mark.

After she ran by us we rushed over to see her cross the finish line. It gave me goose bumps.

Here she is with her boyfriend JD immediately after crossing the finish line. What an emotional moment. Her first words to me were..."That was stupid." I know she was joking, but I think she'll feel differently after she gets some rest!!! :) What an accomplishment!

Jill and I made t-shirts with Mary's picture on the front, and a picture of Jason on the back. Kaylie and Lilly had one too.
Here we are at the "Team in Training" tent after the race.

It must have felt so good to sit!!!

This is Mary's sister and Mom. Two of her brothers came too.

This is Mary, one of her teammates (I think she ran for Jason as well, but I'm not positive), and Deb Geary (Jason's mom). Jason's adorable niece is the one next to Mary. She was so cute...when she saw Jason's picture on our shirts she got so excited.

Yeah Mary!!!

Love you :)

Here's Lilly just hangin' out in her stroller with her straw hat on.

What a great day! Way to go Mary!!!

Random pictures :)

Here's a whole bunch of pictures from many different occasions.


Here is Kaylie and Gavin hangin' out. Jill, Julie, and I are Survivor freaks, and we had Survivor night. The kiddos had fun hanging out. I think Gavin thought Lilly was crazy.

Proud Grandpa D.
I thought this picture was funny...maybe Lilly could be a spokeswoman and get people to vote yes.

Lilly and her uncle Ryan.

Grandpa D spoiling Lilly. Not only is he feeding her while she relaxed in his lap...he was feeding her ice cream.
Psycho baby!
Cutie Patootie...
Lilly's figuring out how to use her fork and spoon. She's a little messy, but she's getting it.
My parents went to Mexico and brought back this crazy dress. Jill and I put it on her quick to get a picture. She looks like she should be a waitress at a Mexican restaurant. :)
Jill and Jason came over last night, and I took a few pictures.
So cute...

I've taken so much video of Lilly grooving to her favorite music. Here is another video clip of Lilly dancing to Pink...one of her favorite songs/videos.

Another Broncos game...

After I've had a few beers at the Broncos game I get snap happy with the camera. Here are some more pictures of the good times at Invesco!

Mary and JD
Me, Ian, Jill, and Jason. Ian is one of Jill's really good friends from high school. Jason is such a dork!
Ahhh....
I ran into my friend Curtis. He was only sitting a couple rows behind us...what a coincidence.
JD posing GQ.
Best friends!!!

The view from the car...

Since school starts earlier this year, and the sun is rising later each day I am able to get some amazing views on the way to work. It's hard getting myself going in the morning, but watching the sun rise makes me feel happy.




This is a picture of the sun setting when I was on my way to Mary's house. So pretty!!!

Oh the things you see from your car...

Pumpkin Pickin'

Yesterday my friend Candice (she's the music teacher at my school) and her husband Jeremy invited me to go to the pumpkin patch with them. We had a great time. Last year when we took Lilly she cried the whole time because it was so windy...she had a much better time this year! She will even get to go again when Tim and I take her.

Here are a few pictures...

Lilly was really concentrating (and helping) cut the pumpkin off the vine. Is it a vine? Not sure???

Lilly helped pick out the tallest pumpkin ever! It's almost as big as she is :)
I have to brag for a moment so I apologize in advance....I have the cutest baby ever! Look at how cute she is in this picture. So proud of her pumpkin. She looks so innocent :) hahaha
Candice and Jeremy with their HUGE pumpkin.
Here's the pumpkin I picked.
And finally, here are the pictures from last year. Notice the screaming child, and the TINY pumpkins. The pickings were slim last year, and the pumpkins sucked. This year they are huge, and awesome. We went to Rock Creek in case you're interested.

Happy Pumpkin Carving!

Hilarious!

My friend Missy posted the funniest video on her blog, and I had to share it with you. Click on the link to view it. Thanks for the laugh Missy!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg