Winner!

Keep in mind that Tim does not run as often as he hopes to, I think it has been since before we moved that he has really run at all. He got one practice run in a few days before the fact. So this just shows how amazing he is. On Saturday Tim won FIRST place in his age bracket of 20-29 year olds in the 5K race his boss's wife put on. Mind you its not some small thing, there were a few hundred people there and some good runners too! The race is put on mainly for high school cross country racers-if you have never seen them, they are good! Tim won 8th over-all which is mighty impressive if I say so myself. I wish I could have gone to take pictures, but he got a blue ribbon out if it regardless. Way to go Timmy!

Fire

Tim and I went hiking along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail off of Wasatch Boulevard in September (yes, it is now November) The leaves were just starting to change colors. I love that time of year, it is so pretty. We live by the mountains now so we have a great view. So anyway, I took the picture of a section of mountain that was so brightly colored, and then walking just around the bend it turned into...... Remember when Corner Canyon caught on fire. Well it was closer than I thought. Isn't it amazing what a fire can do? The mountain was actually still pretty in a different way, fascinating really. The trail continued just the same as before but looked like a bone carving through dirt, it reminded me of the Shadow Lands on The Lion King. So dark and lonely. I half expected to see tumbleweed blowing and a skull of a bull lying near the path. Weird.

I picked up some black dirt and it truly was ash. I didn't know dirt could turn into ash! It crumbled in my fingers. The branches were powdery to touch, and just left a dry taste to the air. I have never been so close to the remains of burn. It was all very interesting.

This is us climbing near the waterfall that separtated the lush green mountain from the black burnt mountain. The waterfall is little, but pretty. We tried to get it in the picture but you can only be so picky when you are using the ten second timer.

HaLLoWeEn!!

Halloween is my favorite holiday, I am still working on Tim, he doesn't seem to agree quite yet. I love seeing everyone's costumes, the fun, food, and decorations. It is a great time of year. Fall, so it usually isn't too cold, the leaves are changing and just the right chill in the air to give you that spooky feeling. Tim and I host a Halloween party at our cabin every year. It is so fun to see what people come up with to dress up as. This is the group this year. There were some witches, vampires, mummy, pool balls, bunny, strong man, priest, chef, and mechanic. It was great.

Sarah is pregnant so she fit very well in her 8 ball costume.

Tim and I were both monsters. He was a mummy which took us for ever to wrap and he was still "saggy" I was a gothic style vampire. The dark window hides most of the costume. I used an old velvet homecoming dress of mine for the occasion. I added sleves and made a cape.

Every year the Best family girls go to Witch's Night Out at Gardener Village and mill around looking at all the other witches and spooks around. It has become a fun tradition. Madison used my good witch costume, Grandma a good white witch, and me a bad witch. The face paint gave me a rash on my face! Ha!

My work had an awesome Halloween party and costume contest. Almost everybody got dressed up, it was great. There were some very creative costumes. These are the 'Weather Girls' the front desk receptionists. Snow, Sun, Rain Storm, and Wind. So creative.

But best of all, was our visit from the whole contingency of Presidential Candidates! None other than John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barak Obama.

There was a prize for the scariest costume decided upon by the doctors and out of all the awesome costumes to choose from, guess who won SCARIEST......

Barak Obama! With runners up, McCain and Hillary! So fitting for the season.