July 14, 2013
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And what we have been doing since coming back from Peru? Less than 2 days after our trip, Zach and I had a charity 10k to run, which we obviously did not train for. And it was part trail (if you’ve read my previous blogs, you’ll know how much I love trail running) and Folsom was in the middle of a heat wave. The race started at 8am and it was already over 80 degrees. I was hoping the extra oxygen in our blood from our week in Peru might help us, but it really didn’t. I ran it in 1 hr 13min … felt dizzy halfway through the race and had to use someone else’s water since I don’t run with water and there was no water stop for miles. Zach finished in 1 hr 3 min, his personal worst, but it was good enough to snag him 3rd place in his age division.
In the evening, we had a small July 4th party at our house … just Bev and Melissa’s family. Highlight was our neighbor’s fireworks, which almost rivaled those from Cal Expo.
The following day, we went rock climbing with James’ friends Rad and Bill. Bill was visiting from the east coast, and Rad drove up from Santa Rosa.
Rad (and family) had to leave after rock climbing, but Bill and his boys (similar age to our kids) were able to drop by our place for a dinner play date.
Other activities include games, baking contest (James vs Jennifer), and berry picking.
Triple Crown Blackberries were good, but bummed we missed the golden raspberries … that said, friends came through for us. Dinner play date at Melissa’s where dessert was ice cream with golden raspberries that they picked a few days before!
Two dinner play dates at Tabitha’s new house! We’re loving their pool.
Calista is always asking to “go to Evie’s house”.
We also went to Rachel’s house for dinner (famous beef noddle soup!) … kids loved swimming and the huge trampoline. I enjoyed catching up with friends, as I’ve missed the past few get-togethers due to vacation.
Thanks to all my friends for hosting fun events this summer!
