The Marathon and No time for recovery....

Aiden running to pick out his pumpkin

Petting the baby goat

Liam and the puppy, I think.

Checking out the pigs (Left to Right: Charlie, Jack, Luke, AJ, Liam)

Pumpkins!!

Playing in the corn

Trying to get a picture with everyone

First Hockey Game!! Thanks to our Aunt Jennifer and hockey crazy cousins, we had two jerseys to wear to the first game. They are still a little big, but they worked well.

First swimming lesson

The boys had a little too much fun while I was in the shower recently. Granted, I was only gone for 10 minutes, but A LOT can happen. When I walked in the room, Liam looked at me (covered in marker) and said, "AJ did it, Mommy."

The boys were enthralled to watch the new refrigerator being delivered to our house one morning this week.

John and I ran the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday and greatly appreciated all the well wishes and kind notes from friends and family. It was a beautiful day for a race, albeit a little on the warm side. The morning started out cool and sunny, but quickly warmed up to the mid to upper 70's, which is warm for a marathon. Neither of us had our best races for whatever reason. We ran well, but we both hoped to run a little better. John finished in 3:21 and I finished in 3:37. It was the 7th marathon for both of us and our second this year so we are very happy to be taking a break from running marathons for awhile.

There was not a lot of time for recovery from the race this week as we had lots of fun things to keep us busy. Even though John and I were limping around from the marathon, we survived the Monday after the race and managed to have a lot of fun outdoors with record high temps for October. The boys started their first swim lessons this week and really enjoyed it. Luke and Liam were also able to go to their first real hockey game. Thanks to some tickets from a neighbor, John took Luke and Liam to see the Minnesota Gophers play an exhibition game. Aiden was initially not too thrilled about spending extra time with Mommy and missing out on both the swimming lessons and the hockey game, but he survived and I assured him that his time will come. Lastly, we went to another apple orchard/pumpkin patch this week. This was is really a lot of fun as it includes a farm with goats, cows, pigs, chickens, etc...and they allow the kids to feed the animals and pet them. Despite a very windy day, we had a great time with our twin friends, Jack and Charlie. Happy Fall!!