D'Feet Breast Cancer 5k Walk

Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing the D'Feet Breast Cancer 5k Walk with one of my dear friends Mandi. It was a great event that allowed us a chance to spend time together that also benefited a great cause. I have been trying to do this walk for about 3 years now, and every year something has come up. We finished in about 45 minutes, not much longer than it takes me to "run" a 5k. I think I'll be taking a break for the near future from races, what with the wedding and all. 


Speaking of, we are now just under 3 months to go! Seems like this year has just flown by. Please tell me they aren't going to continue in this fashion! This month is going to be fairly quiet for wedding things. I will have dress alterations and my wedding band should be ready this week. Our second round of invites will go out either just before or just after Turkey day.


Sadly, we lost another buyer on the house. We had hoped to be closing on the house a week from tomorrow, but we found out Thursday that their lender had backed out. So the house will be going back on the market again. We can only hope that it will get sold before the wedding. 

Galveston Revival 5k Run

In honor of the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Ike, Susan and I decided to run the Galveston Revival 5k Run. The last 5k I ran was actually in July of 2008, just before Ike. I spontaneously decided to run the Volkslaufe during a trip back to Frankenmuth. 


I don't run 5k's to break or set records. I mostly do them to say "yup, I ran that". For this year, this is the first one I did. Unfortunately, my hip/back problems forced me to walk more than I'd have liked. However, I still managed to finish the race in about 40 minutes. Below is a picture of Susan and I post race.

Next weekend I will be doing the D'Feet Breast Cancer 5k Walk with my friend Mandi (among other things).

Robert and April's Wedding

At the end of September, we were able to make a quick trip back to Wisconsin to see J's brother get married. Due to both our work schedules, we weren't able to stay too long. However, it was great to see everyone again.

The happy couple :)

Us after the ceremony

We had a great time celebrating with them, and getting to spend some more time with family.

Updates on Rascal & the Wedding

After undergoing a biopsy, we are still no closer to learning what Rascal has. Since the steroid shot helped, he's going to continue to get treats infused with steroids. The vet gave me some plain treats to see what he liked best. Interestingly enough, he loves all treats :) 


In other news, we are doing well on the wedding plans. The first round of invitations went out about a month ago.

To date, we have gotten about 1/3 of them back. Hopefully the second round will be going out after Thanksgiving, so don't worry if you haven't gotten one yet. It may yet be coming. We now have all the big things taken care of for the wedding. I know I'm running behind on activities/events. I'll try to do better about updating.