LA county Fair

Before school starts for Serge, we spent Saturday doing a few things. The boys washed the cars while I went door to door for proposition 8. That was really a good experience.
Then we headed out to the LA County Fair. We had a really good time. The boys were entertained immensely. I think my favorite part is that they have a different breed of horse every day. The expert tells you all about how to recognize the horse to it's history. It was fascinating to me. We learned about the appaloosa. Serge and I also enjoyed the showrooms. Who can resist a deal? However, I can't believe how expensive the food was. $7.50 for a hot dog and I have to put the mustard on it myself? Seriously folks, something is wrong here. I think Hayden's favorite part was watching the barrel racers. As soon as the horse would get into the arena he would shour, "Go!" usually the horses did what Hayden said, despite their riders.
All in all, I wish the LA fair would magically turn into the Utah State Fair.






Landon was exhausted.

Half Marathon

Well we did it!!! We ran the Top of Utah Half Marathon. It was so much fun. There were 1200 runners who crossed the starting line. Apparently the number changes by the time people cross the finish line. My mom was a little worried about all the people at the starting line, but I was more worried about all the people waiting in line for the port-of-potties. Rule number one of racing is always use the bathroom before a race. That was my main priority. The race turned out pretty good. My mom and Krista both got 2nd in their age division. I got like 29th or something like that. We all finished under two hours. My goal time was 2hr and 10 min so I was really happy with my time. I would have liked to go a little faster. I probably should have but I got some wicked blisters about mile 10, just where Travis was filming us. I do not look like I was enjoying life, but then I remembered only three more miles. As I was nearing the finish line I have never been so excited to finish a race before. One thing I couldn't believe when I did finish though was all the the runners doing a cool down along the race course. Who cools down after 13.1 miles of running? I was exhausted afterwards. They had an awards ceremony that I was happy to sleep through. Surprisingly, the biggest complaint from all of us who ran about sore muscles were just our quads. I definately think I will run that race again so if anybody would like to join me I would love a racing partner. Well I should probably get back to the homework that I am trying to avoid.