Scary!

Boo!

Short Trick-Or-Treat trip

Time to do some candy exchange after a short trip tonight. School tomorrow :(

Backyard pergola - noon time Sunday

After picture. Bye bye pergola...

Backyard pergola - 8am Sunday

Before picture .....

Vanity in master bathroom

We got this in late yesterday. Slow progress...

Some progress in hall bathroom

New Toto toilet and vanity in hall bathroom.

Painting!

Doing some painting before the real work begins. We hope to get our vanities installed this weekend (by ourselves). Cross your fingers.

Halloween costume day

In order Left to Right: Jamie(witch), Maddy(ladybug), Jody(teen Diva), and Jilly(Egyptian princess).

Demolition day

Master bathroom / vanity and sinks?

Kid's bathroom!

So easy to clean now. Just need a broom and dustpan.

Shaun playing

Bye bye master shower!

Day 1. Long road ahead.

Stack

Mine! Mine! Mine! Wheres the whip cream?

Breakfast!

Giant Belgium waffles!

Who dat?

Boston just wasn't meant to be

What a disappointing day! The Boston marathon 2011 registration opened this morning at 9am EST. Unfortunately, registration was full after just 8 hours :( I didn't even get the chance to register since I was busy at work today. I was planning to register this evening. Compared to last year, registration didn't fill up until 2 months later. I guess the Boston marathon is really getting popular. Boston 2011 just wasn't meant to be for me....

The remodeling begins!

Poor uncle Lee and auntie Grace. Somehow, they got roped into doing house demolition work during their vacation to SoCal.

Lunch!

Lunch with uncle Lee and auntie Grace at our house.

Who is in the blanket?

Poor thing!

Nerd

Elmo

Using the iPad.

Special haircut

Auntie Grace is experimenting on Jody's hair using a unique hair clipper.

City slicker

My horse named Twist. He was very tall compared to all other horses and was quite "chatty" throughout the ride. I was glad I made it back to the ranch alive ;)

Hunewill Ranch in Bridgeport, CA

I spent the past 3 days at an offsite company meeting/event. We went horseback riding and herded cattle. Bridgeport is about an hour north of Mammoth Lakes; or 7 hours driving from Irvine.

Out with Skippy

Monkey feet runner with dog!

Christine's monkey feet

Raincoat required

Raining today. Had to take Skippy out to use the bathroom.

Christine shopping

She is all smiles at the Builders Surplus warehouse.

Emergency drill simulation

The Chinese school scheduled an emergency simulation this morning. Nice break for the kids!

Jamie in basketball class

At Chinese school.

My St George results

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St George marathon results

Terrible day for us in the marathon today. Weather in the 60s at the start and high 80s at the finish. Didn't break 3 hours as I had planned. Finished in 3 hours 19 mins. I blew up on the 2nd half of the marathon. Had some stomach problems at mile 16 and then cramped up (right leg) at mile 18. By then, I was done. Nothing else I could do. Could only walk and slow jog. Bad marathon day.

St George roadkill?

Hope not!

Bryce Canyon

My friend Ken W went on a 47 mile Mtn bike ride up at Bryce Canyon today. Elevation above 7000 feet. Amazing!

After dinner stroll

The stroll after the last supper before the marathon! Everyone is so nervous!

Vacant lot!

You too can own lot 224 with the beautiful canyon/hill view of Utah! Anyone?

View from our rental

Big hill right in front of our rental. This is a sample scenery of St George! Weather will be in the high 90s today!

Our St George Rental

Very nice 3 bedroom rental.

Cindy and her breakfast for champions!