Halloween 2010

Loving this weather, very perfect day for Halloween if I do say so myself. So this was the 'first' real Halloween for us complete with trick-or-treating.. Did a little early dinner with my bunny and my lion.....
Then the little gals headed hand in hand over to the church for trunk-or-treat....
I think this picture most accurately describes what Caroline thought of the whole thing...Really fun though, we went trick or treating around our 'hood afterwards. Growing up in the mighty metroplex I did, I never got to experience the whole neighborhood trick or treating concept not many houses on the Coweta/Choskabottom sod farm---really fun I must say. Even more fun to get home and devour Carson's goodies...
But my favorite part of the whole weekend took place Saturday morning. As any of you who talk to me regularly know, I've gotten back into running the past several months. For me, it's always been my healthy therapy and the one way for me to get it all out and something I have missed terribly the past few years with being pregnant. Whether it's 105 or 45 outside, there is something theraputic (for me anyway) about just going outside and letting it all out. I've solved many of the worlds problems while running. I'm not an overtly competitive person but I love that I can constantly compete with myself over the years and strive for improvement on my own terms. Kellie has gotten into running as well and it was great to run it with my sister-in-law. We are doing the White Rock Half together, but this past weekend we did the Tulsa Run, 15k (9.3 miles).
I was really choked up at the end and it was very emotional, just doing this run was a huge personal goal for me. So this was something just for me to do for me. As trite and maybe stupid as this sounds, I feel like a completely different women than I did a year ago and especially 2 years ago. It's a transition that I'm proud of and I feel so much stronger as a women. But at the same time I have never felt more unsure of who I am or vulnerable in my life.

But this this made me feel like I do have a part of myself that hasn't change. And I did it and beat my prior runs in this race by 7 minutes. So next up: Route 66 Half-Marathon. Bring it!