Oh September

Seth and Greg successfully completed a 208 mile relay race with ten other teammates on Saturday. The event began on Thursday evening when they drove 3 hours north into Virginia. At 8:00am on Friday morning, the race began with each team member running 3 legs of the 30 hour race. In between legs, team members ate, slept, and took in the beautiful setting. Seth ran a total of 24 miles. Greg, who took on a 4th leg after one teammate was injured, ran a total of 26 miles. The Gnarly Barley bunch team finished in the top half of all teams, and Seth ran between 6:15 and 6:30 mile pace throughout, even on his 10 mile leg which was mostly uphill. Congratulations Seth and Greg!! They had a wonderful time, and Seth's post race state is a 100% improvement over his semi-catatonic state from last year's race (of course he had caught a bug last year too). The training paid off!

Pictured below the photos of Seth and his brother Greg are three of the glorious empanadas that Heather brought over last week. They tasted even better than they looked! Myles loved them too. Tonight the Burnets came over and Colleen cooked a meal with the help of Claire and me (okay we only helped a little). We made some mistakes in the recipe, but it turned out to be so tasty that I am now regretting that second helping I had.

The best news of the day by far is that my dad was on his way home from the hospital when I called at 5:45pm. He had eaten some cereal, soup, and 2 Boosts...hooray for food! Tomorrow he will talk to his doctor at MD Anderson. This weekend we will be in Knoxville with my folks.

Myles is still popping four molars. One on the top is almost all the way through, the other peeking half way and the ones on the bottom are still just swollen lumps. He's moody, broody, and not sleeping quite as well as usual. He needs some extra mama love, and then when I give it he's quick with the elbow to the chest (it works every time!) to let me know he wants back down. Tomorrow are his school pictures. I'm very excited to have a new set of photos of this sweet little being.