Happy Halloween!

We had a little Halloween party last night with some friends. We carved pumpkins, Mitch and I carved a Jazz pumpkin for the third year in a row, and ate delicious treats. It was great. Here are the costumes:

Mitch was email (the letter E + he is a male) & I was a clock.

Nate & Briana

Mike & Andrea

Cute cute Ava. We are so glad that the Kunz are back.

Shad & Audrey

Happy Halloween! I hope that your Halloween is very scary.

Utah Jazz

Dear Utah Jazz,

Please have a good season, not for me but for my husband and all the Crookston cousins. When you lose, my husband's heart breaks into a million pieces. He gets anxiety and can't focus/talk/think about anything else.

I love you.

Love,

The wife of your biggest fan.

Sulli

Meet Sulli. We hang out Monday-Friday in the mornings. He is my partner is crime. He is so cute. He loves to share my cereal with me and make sure all the doors are shut. He goes on long walks with me and doesn't even complain, he usually ends up taking a short nap. Sulli is the greatest.

Love this song.

I choreographed a dance to this song tonight. I love this song. I found the song/video here. It makes me happy and makes me want to stay young always.

Loves,

sj

C H A S E

This weekend my brother Chase was here. We picked him up Monday in Chicago on our way home and he drove back to Rochester with us. We had lots of fun with Chase and we were very sad to see him leave yesterday, we already miss him.

While Chase was here we went to Wabasha and had a picnic, went on a hike, went to Oxbow Zoo, explored Mayo, went to the Plummer House, went to Punch (I love punch), went to Brasa, went to the Mall of America and played miniature golf. We had loads of fun.

Chase and I went to the city of Wabasha and found this pumpkin that weighed over 1,000 pounds.

Here is Chase standing in front of St. Paul's Cathedral. The Cathedral is amazing and beautiful.

This is the only picture we took the entire time with the three of us. Can you tell Mitch is holding the camera?

Thanks for coming Chase, we loved having you here!

Mitch + Sarah + Chicago = Chicago Marathon

(Jonny, Matt, Mitch, me, Braden & Kimball)

10.10.10

Mitch and I ran the Chicago Marathon yesterday with Jonny, Matt, Braden and Kimball. Everyone finished and did an amazing job. Mitch was awesome, he kept me going until the end. 38,000 people ran the marathon and there were 1.7 million spectators, the spectators were on every single block. It was awesome. I am so HAPPY it's over.

Here's a little break down of the marathon, my thought process:

Mile 1-6: "Marathons are awesome. I love running. I want to complete my goal to run 50 marathons in my life."

Mile 8: "I hate running, I never want to run again. I am soooo thirsty."

Mile 13.1: "Half way, we are making great time. I am loving every second of this. There are billions of people everywhere."

Mile 14: "I feel like a million bucks. I am still thirsty."

Mile 15: "There are 11 miles left!! What!"

Mile 19: *I was trying to pass someone and I feel flat on my knees and hands. My left knee started to bleed and I was trying so hard to hold back tears, a few came. Pathetic, I know. Then I started hyperventilating. I had to calm myself down. It was awesome.*

Mile 20: "Six more miles. I can run six miles any day. No problem."

Mile 20.1: "My legs and knees hurt. Still thirsty and it's hot."

Mile 20.5: "Only half a mile since 20, geez."

Mile 21: "I can totally do this."

Mile 22: "Four miles left, this will all be over in 40 minutes."

Mile 23: "Almost there."

Mile 24: "Two more, this is easy. I feel like my right knee might actually fall right off."

Mile 25: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Mile 25.2: "I only have run .2 miles?"

Mile 25.4: "Where the heck is the finish line?"

Mile 25.8: "Are we not to the finish line yet?"

Mile 26.2: "Done, done and done!"

Mitch and I finished the race holding hands. Cheesy, I know. It was awesome. A day later, Mitch can hardly walk and I still feel like my knees might fall off. But I swore that I wasn't going to run a marathon again and I am already thinking to myself, "Which one is next?"

Happy running.

Loves,

Sj

P.S. My brother Chase is here! We are so excited to have him here.

The Wicked Witch of the Midwest

Oh, how I wish that I was posting about seeing Wicked, but I am not. Instead I am letting all of you know that I have turned into the Wicked Witch of the Midwest. On Monday night in dance class I had to tell my girls to be quiet about a million times and let them know that there is no talking in my dance classes. It was awesome.

Happy Wednesday.