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Quite The Project...

While visiting Grandma Simpson today, I noticed her favorite recipe book was beyond repair.  I hadn't figured out what gift I would be making her this year and decided a cookbook might fit the bill!  I posted awhile ago about Mandy's cookbook we made for her with family recipes.  I loved the site I used to create her cookbook and thought why not do the same thing for Grandma's recipes. The bonus for me is that I can order myself a copy and have all her original recipes!  The task is quite the undertaking.   The book is filled with over 150 recipes.  It's going to take some time to enter them all (and read them!).  There is equal pressure to ensure her book doesn't get damaged, touched, or messed with!  

ROC Race...

Another 5K!  The ROC Race stands for Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge.  It's a game show inspired 5K with tons of fun!  Originally when I found out about the race, Marc and Liliana wanted to sign up with me.  I knew Liliana would be fine but Marc is not into exercise in any form.  Against my intuition I signed them up.  2 days ago, Marc came home saying he couldn't do it.  He would do it if I really wanted but I could give his spot away.  I know Marc.  I knew that meant give it away.  He would never quit but if given the out he would take it.  Taylor is our neighbor.  She is a year younger than Liliana.  I offered her the spot.  Her mom was excited for her to take the spot.  They were both nervous about the length of the race but I assured them we would walk when needed.  There were over 150,000 people registered to run.  Every 5 minutes they were launching 75 people into the obstacle course.  There were 12 obstacles total.  If you've ever seen the show wipeout you know what the obstacles look like. Huge inflatable slides and balls and foam aisles.  We walked some of it and ran some if it.  We were definitely tired at the end but we finished in just under 40 minutes!  We had so much fun!  The girls were asking if we were going to do it again next year.  My answer...YES!

McCormick Railroad Park...

Today, a friend of mine took a ride with us to Scottsdale to pick up our run or dye 5k running packets.  After grabbing the packets, we took the kids to lunch and then stopped at McCormick Railroad Park.  We took them on the train and then let them play on the playground.  They played so nice together.  Maia is finally approaching the age where she can go up and down the park steps and slides.  So I actually could stand back and watch her instead of walking hunched over behind her worried she would be falling over!  They all fell asleep on the way home which allowed us adults to chat without interruption!

Happy Halloween...

Pumpkin carving/decorating, school and church parties, and trick or treating kept us busy Happy Halloween!

 

Little Lambs Halloween Class

Garrison and Rosalia are currently attending religion class at our church.  The older kids don't get to celebrate Halloween and instead celebrate All Saints Day (dressing up as Saints).  However, the preschool kids do get to dress up.  The kids had so much fun picking from the bin of costumes we have and these were their choices!  Maia is sporting the oldest costume we own...Liliana's first costume... Tigger!

Run or Dye 5K

Just like the color run, the run or dye is another 5k (3.1 miles).  The goal this time (besides have fun with friends) to run the entire 3.1 miles.  Minus walking for 30 seconds while I attempted to remove color out of my eyes we ran the entire race!  We finished in just under 27 minutes.  Not bad for 3 moms in their 30's!!

Before and After