I like the night life.*

I have survived one more year of the Harvest Ball! Yea!

Considering how busy I was making sure that the food was stocked and the punch was available (because my word, that punch was popular! Recipe here) I took a lot of photos! So I will mostly just post with some comments here and there. We had over 200 people there this year and it was a lot of fun!

This picture just cracks me up!

Some of you may remember my fake fiance, Matt. He grew a stash for Movember and looked like he could be from the 70's...he's kind of a big deal*

Kami took quite a few of Ryan and me. She's obsessed with us.

Bryan, Kami, Christian and me.

DaNcInG FiEnDs

He was actually trying to avoid the camera...but it looked like a dance move.



And then just some more random photos.


This is where I was threatening Zach...it's good to know that Ryan will just stand by and laugh (he's probably just happy that face isn't directed at him).
I feel like Tyson NEVER smiles - so this was big.
Jesse is so excited that the Harvest Ball is finally over!


I thought they wouldn't like this picture...but Tyson LOVED it. Must be the baby carrot.

Don't antagonize her - I love a happy medium.*

Here are pictures from the hike a few weeks ago.

This video is of my friend, Ben (a.k.a. Brother Ben) he is talking about the extinction of some tree. It's a little hard to hear him because Zach is right by the microphone, but I thought Ben's improve was great.

Pictures - in no particular order

Erin and Christian racing uphill.

Zach feels that no hike is complete until he gets a picture of holding my hand.

After Kami took the picture of Zach and me she wanted Ryan and me to take a real one.

Me - beating Zach when he's down. Kami says it's because he held my hand.

Cam wanted proof that he was on a hike - since apparently hiking is a white person's activity. A funny story - the same day that we went hiking there was a 50 mile race (yes, a 50 - on foot - race). Cam and I were coming up one steep part of the hike and moving out of the way for runners. There was this black guy running towards us, he ignored me and looked right at Cam and was like, "What's up?" Cam, like a little school girl, said, "Hey," and then proceeded to giggle and said to me, "he just made my day." I thought maybe I didn't hear the guy right and he said something else to Cam, so I asked Cam what he said that was so funny. Cam said, "Nothing, but he was a black guy running." So I said, "Well Cam, you probably made his day too, he saw you and said, "it's a black guy hiking!"

I loved hiking with Cam

Ryan

Ryan and me on top of a rock - I tried to take our picture with the view in the background and the sun kept messing with us so Lauren (who is very short) took our photo).

Some of the view behind me. The trees had already lost a lot of leaves by the time we went hiking...maybe next fall we'll get them sooner.

Ben and Zach from "Two Guys and a Gnome"

Bryce, Ben, Zach and Ryan. Bryce was told to play the fiddle, Ryan was told to look like he was in deep thought, and Ben and Zach looked at nothing and pointed.

We had about 17 people on the hike - so naturally (and I mean this in that it was unplanned but kind of naturally happened) we divided up into two groups. This is group A.

We all crammed on to a rock while waiting for group B to arrive. I had to hold on to a tree and lean back just to get this photo.

That's it! Hiking is probably over and done with for 2011 - but hopefully I'll go on more hikes in 2012!

Is there air? You don't know!*

Lildonbro here, live from the living room...I repeat, LIVE. I survived the half marathon!

Though I have to say, in the beginning I didn't think I would.

Thoughts at this moment: "Worst idea, ever!"

I ran most of the time, though at times it was a slow shuffle. I had to walk a little bit here and there because my left knee hurt and my right foot felt as though it were going to split open. Other than that...it wasn't so bad.

I was coming down the home stretch and the cheers were getting louder. That's normal in a race near the finish, but I decided to look over to the side and I saw a guy booking it to the finish. The street was divided into two lanes, and he was in the other, empty one. He...was the first finisher of the marathon. He beat me by a few feet and he ran double what I did. I couldn't help but clap for him. I will post my results

I met my sister for breakfast at Boychik's and finally put my sticker on my car. Yay!


Yummy biscuitos.

When I got home I found a nice little gift and note from my roommate, Kami.
P.S. the results were posted last night - my time was 2:27:46.