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.