"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
Our training called for our longest run to be 20 miles before running the marathon. But my running partner, Sally, and I did not feel comfortable with that. Six miles (and .2) is still a long way. So, we decided to go for 22 instead. Psychologically, 4.2 miles seemed more manageable.
We did the American River Parkway again. Beautiful day.
Kind of hard to see, but this is a photo of spawning salmon.
Celebrating our labors…
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
Oh my. This recipe. AMAZING! Added peas. I also served with roasted butternut squash. Delish!
https://www.veggieinspired.com/butternut-mac/
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
I decided to make my mom’s birthday an official family holiday. Here is the cake we made on her birthday in honor and memory of her. This is the family favorite, yellow cake with chocolate peanut butter frosting! I made a vegan cake hack by using 1 box yellow cake mix + 1 cup unsweetened applesauce + 1 cup water. It turned out delicious!
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Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
Soaking up the heat of the fireplace…
I love cuddling with this guy. He’s the best.
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
The boys retired from martial arts and moved to parkour. Parkour is defined as the sport of moving along a route, typically in a city, trying to get around or through various obstacles in the quickest and most efficient manner possible, as by jumping, climbing, or running.
Here are a few shots of them doing what they do 🙂
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
There is a local family owned pizza place that is beginning to host themed trivia nights. An upcoming night was placed on the my radar through some friend in my run club. Filed it away as something I might consider doing.
Shortly thereafter, I received a text from a homeschool friend (Christie) who had heard about this. She asked me if I wanted to go with her. I said ‘yes’ and that we could join anyone from the run club who decided to go and we could make a team. She then tells me the knows the show well and started to send me some Friends focused texts. I knew nothing that she was talking about.
I decided to go on a Friends binge watch and watch as many shows as possible before the trivia night. I had about two weeks.
We discovered that the interest for this trivia night was insanely high and the pizza place ended up having to sell tickets for the event for $5 (you got a free drink with the ticket). I secured our two spots, but any runner friends were on there own. The night sold out within a couple hours. They added a second round that evening. That quickly sold out. They added two more rounds on a different night. Those also quickly sold out!
I made it through season 6. Christie and I worked well together. Michelle had never been to a trivia night and had a great time as well. We did not win, but did well.
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
Headed for Apple Hill to find our pumpkins for carving. We learned that we were too late for the pumpkin patches! All the farms were stripped! We finally found a few at the last farm we went to. Ended up getting a few more from a grocery store. Still, we had a blast! It was a perfect day, weather wise, and we went midweek so it was quiet.
Nov 26th, 2017 by leigharev2
As a part of marathon training, long runs are a must. This was our 19 mile training run. We ran along the American River Parkway. Intervals of 3 minutes run and 1 minute walk. Got it done with these wonderful sole sisters.
Found this baby rattler on the trail. He had already met his demise. 
Ran into a homeschool friend of mine (Colleen V.) on the trail as well. It was such a nice surprise. I had not seen her in a long time.
We begin our runs before sunrise to beat the bikes and the rest of the crowd. This results in some stunning sunrise shots.
Post run soak in the unheated swimming pool.
