Pranksgiving

November was a fun month. We had a trip planned to Arizona to celebrate Thanksgiving and Carrie's grandmother's wedding celebration, so we decided to have our own version of Thanksgiving a week early. It gave everyone a chance to see our new place and let us entertain for the first time in our new house. As often happens with our family get-togethers, things got a little crazy and we had a ton of fun! Which led me to refer to it as Pranksgiving from that day forward. We missed Jeremy and Kirsten but hope to see them soon. Take a look at the pics to get an idea of our night :)

Ups and Downs. And Hair on Fire.

October was an interesting month for us. I'd been training for a long time for the Denver marathon only to get sick at the last minute. It was an agonizing decision, but I decided not to run that morning in hopes that I could save it for another day. I felt bad because my dad had flown in especially for the race. He said that he wasn't disappointed, but I sure was.

In other news, Carrie's hair caught on fire! We had an incredible Halloween celebration complete with spooky cocktails, a Wizard of Oz troupe, and some late night Rock Band. AND some fireworks. As she was leaning back to get a picture of us, Carrie's hair - chock full of hairspray to make a convincing zombie bride - got a little too close to the candle on the mantle and burst into flames! No pics of the actual fire, but you can see Doug's reaction as Carrie's taking the ill-fated picture.