Running with Zombies

While visiting Canada Travis this weekend,  I stumbled across a sign advertising a local 5k. I was thrilled beyond belief! The month of September has been one busy month, and I have not signed up for a single race yet. As you know, or maybe you do not know, my goal is to run a race each month. I've already missed one month, so I'm really trying not to miss another month. Since it's getting close to the end of the month time was running out for a September race. Now do you see why I was so excited? I was facing a deadline!!! 

So, not only was the race in Canada Travis's town, it was also a Zombie run. How awesome is that? I'll answer the question for you...it's freakin' awesome!! 

Here's how the race worked....

At the start line, I was given two flags. Here I am explaining the flags to Canada Travis.... 

If I finished the race with both flags, I was a survivor. If I finish the race with zero flags, I was infected. Sounds easy enough, right? Wrong! Throughout the course, Zombies were given the task of trying to take runner's flags. 

I really thought I had this thing in the bag. Canada Travis, Sister #2, and I have watched countless hours of Walking Dead. Surely, all the TV watching will help fight off high school kid zombies.

Blogger World, I'm here to tell you watching countless hours of Walking Dead will NOT help you fight off zombies!  At the end of the race I was given the Infected Medal. 

Overall, it was a great race! I had a blast, and I completed a race this month. 

Can you relate?

Has this ever happened to you? 

You go to the store for one thing. But by the time you reach the register your buggy looks like this....

For all that is holy please tell me I'm not alone! 

Sunday after church, I went to Target for milk. I just needed milk. 

But it appears I needed much more than milk. Let's take a look at what I purchased on Sunday...

Obviously, I needed Star Wars cups. Lord knows, life would not have gone on without the Star Wars cups!  Also, it looks like I needed two packages of earrings, a white bowl, colored sandwich bags, cake pan, and a coloring book. You never know when the coloring mood is going to strike. 

INSERT EYE ROLL *HERE*.  Let's see what else is in there? Oh, I see yogurt. I love yogurt and it was on sale. Therefore, I bought eight yogurts. 

As we continue to dissect my buggy, you see I did grab the milk. Sadly, there are many times I completely forget to grab what I need. I hate when that happens. 

To be fair, I would like to point out I did buy a few things that are excusable. The face wash and baby wipes. In a few weeks, I'm attending two baby showers. The baby wipes are part of the present. The face wash was on sale and I usually pick up a bottle when it's on sale. So, those things are excusable. However, the rest was unnecessary! Well, except the Star Wars cups and yogurts. 

Family Celebration

Saturday night my family celebrated! The Sisters and I all had exciting things to celebrate. Sister #2 and I accepted new jobs, and Sister #1 had exciting news of her own.  

Since my family loves to eat, we celebrated with fancy food!!!

Appetizers

It was a tasty platter full of large shrimp, crab cakes, and calamari. There was also a lobster thing. I don't remember the exact name but lobster and cheese was involved. 

Main Meals

Sister #2 felt like her hand needed to be in this photo. 

Dessert

We had Bread Pudding and Brandy Ice. Both were fantastic! 

I'm lucky to have a family that enjoys celebrating the little or big things in life! We all had a great time eating our yummy food. 

Garden Party Attire Part II

As you can see, I was dressed very garden party attire for last Saturday's wedding. 

Doesn't my dress scream garden party attire? 

Doesn't it?  

I happen to think we all look pretty great. 

Almost too good for these goofballs....

How many pictures does it take....

Saturday was the garden party attire wedding. Canada Travis and I totally looked garden party attire! Sadly, the day was very rainy and chilly; which means no one else wore garden party attire to the wedding. Whatever! I'm over this wedding. The couple should just be happy we showed up and ate their delicious wedding! And I mean, delicious wedding cake!!!

I'm currently waiting on a friend to email me the girls group picture from the wedding. But to tie you over, I have the boys pictures. Blogger World, how many pictures do you think it takes for four grown men to look decent??????

 Six. 

It took six pictures. Obviously, none of these pictures are amazing. Even though all of these guys are amazing, they just couldn't get it together for a group picture. We finally gave up and went back to eating our delicious cake. 

Garden Party Attire

Saturday, Canada Travis and I are attending a wedding.

 Below is a snap shot of the wedding invitation.  Please direct your attention to the suggested wedding attire. 

What is garden party like attire? 

According to some wedding website garden party attire can be defined as:

 Garden weddings are usually dressy affairs, but ones for which sequined and beaded dresses are simply too much. 

This handy website provided examples. I'm love examples!

All of these people look beautiful! This is how I envision everyone dresses in the Hampton's. However, aren't these outfits a bit summerish? I realize it's still 95 degrees outside, but Saturday it will be September 5th. Blogger World, what does one wear to a garden party attire wedding on September 5th? Feedback is very much appreciated!!!

When the races turn bad

Sometimes the races end ugly. 

Saturday night did not end well for Canada Travis. 

He did great in his first race!! However, it was a different story for the second race.  In the second race he was involved in a crash, which resulted in being removed from the track by the tractor. It's not good when the tractor has to remove you from the race. Not good at all.