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Halloween

So we had our first Halloween this past weekend, pumpkin carving, family, friends, candy, but no trick-or-treaters!

I did find a great belt for my sister Jennifer, check out the video below. The belt has a flat head, philips head and bottle opener on it! It should come in handy at the tailgates.



We also took a trip out to Santa Fe, NM for our friends Andy and Jean (now Stewart)'s wedding. They were married in the Loretta Chapel, which is a very beautiful church, and houses the miraculous staircase!

While in Santa Fe we participated in a group run Saturday Morning. We ran from our hotel and meet up with everybody about 1.6 miles away. We then took off to run a 5 mile run with the group. 7.5 miles later we started our run home from the
meeting spot. It was a very tough run at 7,000 feet of elevation over a very hilly run. It is a local runners staple and proved to be a real eye-bulging leg burner!


The next couple of weeks will be base training for the Austin Half Marathon. Turkey day is around the corner so we will be running the Sugar Land Turkey Trot.


(these are 2 mechanical engineers)

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