Halloween 2008

Abigail Lane is Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series. She's wearing my old USI grad gown with at least 15 safety pins. We ratted her hair to get it big and messy.




Luke is Robin (Teen Titans version) again this year. We lost the mask so we made one out electrical tape, cling wrap and a head band.



Willow started out as a fairy. She was absolutely ticked off at having to wear a dress. She cried and screamed and pulled at it. (I'm so proud. That's my girl!)



So I put her in her cutest PJ's and she went as a baby.



This was Willow's first year and she loved it. We started out at a nursing home and she was very uncomfortable, of course. When we got in the car I gave her some Jr. Mints and she fell in love. She was ready to go trick or treating again to get that rush of easy candy. She loved walking door to door and holding out her bag. Every once in awhile I heard her whisper "Thank you" or "bye".

Now we are home and ready to eat some Halloween pizza and play games.

Peace on Earth...

We know there are many of you out there anxiously awaiting the Burton Christmas lists. I know most people would have to say they wish for world peace, but we want cash. Actually, if you are interested, we have updated our amazon wish lists, note the links on the right. If you would like the honor of being Favorite Person of 2009, we would really enjoy Holiday World season passes...or cash. Whatever. Peace.

There was a race.

btw

Tomorrow's the Day

We run tomorrow. Be there.

Run like the devil's chasing you

This Sunday is the big day. The Half Marathon. I will be running non-stop for two hours and 10 minutes through the streets of Evansville. I would love to have some people on the side to look forward to. Friends make the best mile markers. So if you are free and the weather is good, please find a place on the course and say hi.

I start on Reitz Hill at 7am. (I know, that's early for me too.) We work our way to north on Barker to cross the Lloyd and head towards Harmony Way. We run along the south side of Golfmoor and along Maryland and Columbia to Fulton. We go north along Fulton to Ulhorn and over to Garvin park. We run along the Pigeon Greenway and through Bosse Field. Then we run south on Main street all the way to downtown. It gets a little complicated after that. We are on MLKJ, Bellemeade, Powell, Kentucky and so on. We run through the park on Bayard
and around a park near Kentucky (Akin Park). Those are both good, shady spots. Eventually we get on Riverside (not the pretty part) and work our way towards the river. We finish right on the sidewalk by the river downtown. 13.1 miles of fun.

Here's a good map with vague directions: http://evansvillehalfmarathon.org/course/CourseMap.pdf

I wouldn't recommend being at the starting line. It's very crowded. But I thought it was fun last year to drive to a spot, wait for Jason to go by, pack up and drive a little farther ahead and wait for Jason and so on...until it reached 95 degrees. Then it lost it's fun. This Sunday is supposed to be around 70. Come and say hi.

If you are running too, leave a comment.