Long Beach Half Marathon...

Most of you know we signed up for our second half marathon. We also peer pressured a lot of our friends to run. Surprisingly, most of our friends came through and ran. We were so lucky to host the Perry's for the whole weekend. They always host us when we go up to Sacramento, so it was so nice to return the favor. They ended up being our first visitors at our new house! We loved that they were able to make it down for the race. Their trip went by way too fast, we all ended up being preoccupied by the race schedule. We were able to enjoy one night of sushi and dancing!
Here we are bustin' a move...

Lindsey and Taylor crossing the finish line.

GO REESE! j/k! (Linds-can't wait for SF!!)

Here are Linds and I with the OVERALL marathon runner!

He passed me and finished the marathon when I was on mile 11.
Here we are tasting our success!!!

Although we did not have time or energy to train, Ryan and I ran the race. We are still a little disappointed with ourselves. Ryan and I are super competitive, we have no urge to run a full marathon yet, but we do need to beat our previous race times. Here are our upcoming events: We are running our local Turkey Trot 10k (Linds-this made me laugh when I read your blog), I think I am going to run the Huntington Beach Half again on February 1st, and we are signing up for the San Francisco Half Marathon on July 26th. They just introduced the California Dreamin' racing series which includes the Long Beach, Huntington Beach, and San Fran half/full marathons. If you run all three in a two year span you receive a special jacket and medal. I really want to achieve this by next July...this running stuff is so addicting! I am sure a few of our friends caught the bug as well!

Closing, remodel, and moving...

Ryan and I have had a crazy month of October. We closed escrow and did some little upgrades to our new townhome. We are so happy to be close to the beach and family. Hopefully there won't be a large adjustment to our commutes. Here are some pictures of the process. I still haven't taken any pictures of the front or the rooms furnished...I will post some later.
Here is the living room with the old carpet and white walls...

The kitchen with ugly flooring (everything else was in really good shape). We ended up getting wood flooring throughout the main level. You may notice the baby on the island, that is our new nephew, Robbie. He is just checking out the durability of the granite. Here is the fireplace with our new wood floors, tv mounting, and new paint.
We are having a housewarming/Ryan's 30th Birthday party in a few weeks. Our goal is to have the place a little more set up by then. After the party I will try to post new pictures.