What I Love About Halloween

Halloween always brings out another side of people.  There is always the guy who doesn't dress up, the girl who simply puts a hat on, the guy with the same costume every year, the girl with little clothing on and calling a costume (ridiculous!), and then there's the "go get 'em" people.  Personally, I think Halloween says a lot about the person... ya know, the way they choose to "transform" themselves, becoming their alter egos.  But all in all, its mostly just fun to see the variety of costumes!

Pictures from Deb's annual Halloween party, courtesy of Sarah

This year I went as Medusa and took my friend, Andrew, as Perseus.

Then of course, we all dressed up at work and invited the entire building to come to our office for treats and kids to trick or treat.  It was a fun Friday!

The two receptionists on the left were each other.  It was great!  We're also missing a few people in this pic.

Halloween Haunts

My sister, Deb, and her husband Will hosted their annual Halloween party last night! As always, it was a blast and so well put together. I am always excited to see what everyone's costumes are because a lot of the people go all out for it.

This year, my date and I came up with a pretty good disguise. In fact, it was so good that when Deb opened the door she wondered who she'd invited that she didn't know very well since she had NO IDEA who we were. My other sister, Becca, walked right past me thinking she didn't know me either! Gavin and I had a pretty good laugh about it all. So who were we?





Why, Drew and Mimi of course!

Gavin and me

The hosts themselves, Will & Deb

Playing mafia

In Memory of Grandma Wray

I had the opportunity yesterday to run the Race for the Cure 5K. It was a very last minute decision--literally the hour before when my sister called to tell me she had an extra entry since her husband was unable to run it that morning. I was just waking up, but since my Grandma passed away from breast cancer in January 2005, and it runs in her family, I thought it would be the best way to start my day.

It was very inspiring to see so many Utahns (and maybe others) who ran the 5k or walked the 1 mile route. Each participant is given the opportunity to pin a pink paper on their back that says "In memory of..." or "In celebration on..." and as we ran, it was cool so see who everyone knew who fought the battle of breast cancer.

If you look closely, you see how the street is filled with people as far as you can even see the street. This race was so packed, it took us nearly 5 minutes just to cross the starting line!

On a lighter note, we also enjoyed the shirts that were made with light-hearted sayings. I guess if I was facing breast cancer, I would want to be as light-hearted as possible and what better way to do it than joke about it. Some of the funnier sayings were, "Christi's Rack Pack, " or " Save the Ta Tas." Haha, I love it!

This will probably be something I do again each year. 3.1 miles isn't too far, I want to be in good enough shape to always be able to run it and Race for the Cure!After the race. By the way, my shirt was not my size since I didn't get to pick the size myself.

Stretching after the race. Definitely post-run AND morning looks put together. Man, I was smokin' hot! Hahaha!