San Antonio

Woo Hoo! I got to be a spectator! Senor, Kris, and my dad ran the San Antonio half marathon last weekend and I didn't. Again, Woo Hoo! Kris and Dad were supposed to run the full marathon, but due to injuries, ended up running the half. It was a fast trip down to San Antonio (flew down on Saturday morning and flew home Sunday evening). But, we managed to sightsee the Alamo and eat tons of mexican food.

That's Tomas in the grey shirt. On the right side of this picture is the back of Teresa's head. Somehow that is the only picture I got of her throughout the weekend. Sneaky girl!

X-Tina at mile 8.

Dad, delirious at mile 8....don't know why he is running backwards.

Senor at the finish line. He hasn't taken that medal off yet....it's been over a week now.

Jackson and his mom. His sign says, "My mom can outrun your mom".

Kris and Jackson in front of the Alamo. You can't really tell it's the Alamo because they would be tiny if I had backed up enough so you could see the entire building.

Our usual self portrait.

Senor's Birthday

We went to Washington DC a few weeks ago for the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear and it was also Senor's birthday. It was a whirlwind weekend of sightseeing. We got in on Friday afternoon and, after hastily dropping our bags at the hotel, took off for the sights. Tom estimated (with his handy map) that we walked about 10 miles that afternoon...my feet sure felt it! Saturday, we were supposed to have a White House tour and then head to the rally. Unfortunately, the tour didn't happen. We got to the White House for our scheduled 11am tour and they hadn't even let the 9:30am people in yet. We stayed in line for about 30 minutes before bailing and heading towards the rally.

Wow, the rally. I've never seen so many people in one place in my entire life. I don't think they were prepared for the amount of people who showed up. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert encouraged everyone to bring signs and a lot of people complied. I got some pics of hilarious ones that are below. We couldn't see the stage, but, could hear what was going on. After we got back to Dallas, we watched it on tivo and were like "Oh, THAT is what was going on."

Sunday was the day for more sightseeing. We tried to go up the Washington monument, but, the tickets were sold out. :( We ended up at the International Spy Museum....eh. It was okay. It cost $18/person to enter! Definitely not worth the $18. We were flippin' exhausted by the time that tour was over so we headed back to our hotel and hung out in bar watching football until it was time to head to the airport.

Super windy! Me and Senor in front of the Capitol.

Walking up to the Lincoln Memorial

Honest Abe

Washington Monument and some random girl on the left.

Supreme Court

Me and Senor at the Rally

People ended up sitting on the port-a-pottys!

Arrested Development!

A little Glen Beck humor....

Outside the rally...people were everywhere!

Lost!!!

A supporter at the Rally dressed as a Chilean Miner. He was more popular than Jon Stewart in our area of the rally!

The Wave!

Peeps were climbing trees to get better "seats".

I took this picture b/c what the heck is "Organization of American States"?

It was SUPER sunny...us in front of the White House.

Duh...

The other side of the White House

Sunday was the Marine Corps Marathon...water station with Marines passing our water/gatorade.

Saturday night (Tom's actual bday) we played a little pool (I got my butt kicked...gggrrr) and Senor enjoyed the tasty beverages.

Need I say more? he he

Niece & Nephew Day!

I got to spend a few hours with my nieces and nephews last weekend. Colin had a soccer game and most were in town all at the same time so we had a little picture time! It was freaking freezing though!

Me & Kierra

Somehow this is the only picture I got of Colin...not sure how that happened.

Sierra, Me and the corner of Cameron's head

Lots of hair-covered faces!

Cam, Danielle, Kierra and Moi

Me & Jacks

Blast from the Past - TX/OU

Jackson and I went to the TX/OU game last month. I've been to the fair during TX/OU weekend but not actually to a game. What fun! (even if we lost)... Unfortunately, Jackson heard quite the load of curse words from the crowd. His favorite was the chant "OU SUCKS"! He liked to call the players "suckers".

"Texas" on the field.

Lance Armstrong's "Livestrong"

The sun was unmerciful until after the 3rd quarter.

Yummy/horrible nachos during the game.

After the game, we tried to go see Big Tex....moronic guy behind Jackson blocked him in the pic.

Jackson rode this ride 3 times! He loved it.

Forget fried butter, fried oreos, or corny dogs....it was all about the turkey leg.

Longest Tri Yet!

Tom and I participated in the Toyota US Open Triathlon in October. Yes, we're morons. I'm just resigned to the fact that I have to do these silly things now. It was held in Rockwall at Lake Ray Hubbard (I think...I get that lake and Ray Roberts confused). Anyway, it was an 800 meter swim in open water (gross), 12 mile bike ride through Rockwall and a 3 mile run. Nobody told me how hilly Rockwall is! Dang!!!

Also, we were afraid of the weather. It'd been pretty cold leading up to the race weekend and we were concerned about swimming in the lake without a wetsuit. We went to pick up our packets on Saturday and had a chance to get in the water to test it out. It was pretty cold but bearable. Of course, that was at 12pm and the race started at 7:30am. Fortunately for us, it wasn't too bad on race day. I jumped in and was freaked and it ended up being okay. It must have warmed up the day before or something. It felt warmer than when we jumped in on Saturday. 800 meters is a REALLY long way. I was exhausted after getting out of the water and I still had to ride and run. But, I persevered!

Tom, me and Jeff - pre-race.

Me, on the dock, about to jump in the water. Attractive stance there, Jen.

Pumpkin Carving!

We had a pumpkin carving contest at work between the different departments. Luckily, my skills weren't tested....because I would have won! Yeah, right.

I really liked this one. It's a true pumpkin carving.

This poor pumpkin is about to be turned into pumpkin pie!!!

Rangers Fan!!!

This one is a cat...not sure if you could figure it out. Some people had trouble seeing it.

The Winner - no words for this craziness.