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Halloween Leaf Party at Grandma's House

Baltimore Marathon Relay

We did it! It turned out to be a great day for the monocacy ward. We had three teams running. It was a great day for running. Here are some pitures. Many more are posted on my web page.

As most of you know, for about three months I have been working on becoming a runner. I have worked up to running 6 miles this Wednesday, and still felt pretty good afterwards. (my feet are still a bit bruised---but on the whole I'm amazed that my body is conditioned to do this. Now, before any of you start thinking I think I'm some sort of awesome running chick....Take a look at these pictures..... What do you notice?





*I have the whitest legs on the planet--next to my mom.
*I always close my eyes when a picture is taken. (Do you think I blink longer than the average person. How come this always happens?)
* Last but not least.....I'm plagued with the floppy hand when I jog! My sisters know what hand I'm talking about. We used to mock it when we were younger. The funny thing is. I thought I had fixed it.
When we took pictures at the Brunswick mile--a few weeks ago I noticed my dorky left hand in some of the pictures. So to cure my ugly runners syndrome I am carrying a small nut shell-thing (ping pong size) in my left hand so I can keep a fist while I run. YIKES it didn't work. My right hand is fairly normal, except maybe the thumbs up sign I give everyone as jog by. It goes back and forth in a forward and back motion. While my left hand does this rowing/swimming the breast stroke type motion. So for the next couple week before the team marathon I will be working on getting rid of my FUNNY RUN.

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One of my major projects right now is getting ready fort the 6.8 miles I have to run in the Team Relay- in the Baltimore marathon. Here are some recent shots from the Brunswick mile race. Emma, Kristyn, and Audrey, are three lovely and FAST Allgaiers. I'm not a pretty runner--but I've made my shuffle turn into a jog! Look at the air under my feet as I come for the finish line! More pictures on our website! Mile time 9:02!

In June Tamsin came to visit

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Emma and Audrey's birthday

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Sam's Cub Scout Camp with Steven

Sam is having a great week. Here are some pictures from today. Steven had the day off to spend with him. Archery is a favorite part of everyones day. Sam was so proud that his dad got 5/5 bullseyes! One funny thing; it started to rain when they were whittling their soap sticks! Sam is at the BB range with his new friend Derek.

My landscaping Projects

Summer growth, All of the tulips and even and lillies have stopped blooming...Now we are getting bigger anuals and SUNFLOWERS....from the kids' seeds!

Last fall we got the flower beds ready to plant. We shoveled out a lot of grass--Steven had to do most of that part. We mulched, transplanted bushes, planted a couple of trees, and hauled a lot of rocks! We found lots of rocks with quartz crystals. (Very exciting for the Force blood in all of us.) This Spring we got to plant flowers, and make little paths. The easy part. ---This picture, is from the spring.

Kick-a-Thon Project

I'm trying to help St. Jude's hospital earn some $ by entering the Kick -a- Thon. My Tae kwon do Master is Having a big Fundraising event on Aug. 22nd where ticket proceeds all go toward St. Jude Hospital. My little bit of help is to kick as many kicks as I can in one minute. (pretty easy actually.) I will probably do just a simple front kicks.

I'm excited because some of the great people from Steven's work have pledged some $ and i'm up to $60.

The Painting Project

Cub Scout Camp Project

As the Day camp coordinator, I am so happy this week is here. All of my coordinating is done...now we just hope the Cubs have a great week!

Marathon Relay--Baltimore

I am a team captain for 4 girls in our ward who are going to run the Baltimore marathon as a relay team. I have allready started training, and can now run two miles at a time. I did one run of three miles last week, and will try one run of 4 miles this week. I need to work up to 7 miles of running. (Running I realize is a relative term. What I do is more like a steady shuffle, or slow jog!)

Our team name: Pioneer Children Sang as they Walked...

I just jogged 4.2 miles!  Only one short stop for gatorade.  (NO Walking!)  Wow!  I can't believe I can actually do that!  If you want to see the map I ran/jogged here is the link.  It shows my pace and everything.

http://bit.ly/B9dMH