Yes, I know, it's the middle of October. But that doesn't mean that nothing happened during the month of September! Life is crazy here between teaching, being grad students, and trying to have lives. Sure, you may think that that is no excuse (and generally, I agree), but sometimes I just want to go to bed at 8:00 and the blog gets put off for another day.
Some exciting things that happened in September:
* I (Tarah) finished reading a book for pleasure, if you know me then this should not be exciting, but considering that I started the book in June it was a very big deal.
* We went running and hiking two weekends in a row! Again, this should not be a big deal if you know us, but this new lifestyle keeps us pretty busy.
* We had a day off of school! Thank you holidays (this also contributed to us being able to go hiking two weekends in a row)!
* Chris ran a half marathon and got first in his age group (though was awarded third since they did not separate out the overall winners in their awards ceremonies)!
Yes, you may consider our lives lame now.
Here are a couple of photos from those hikes and Chris' race:
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| Church Rock |
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| The trail leading to Pyramid Rock |
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| Horny Toad |
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| Chris running on Pyramid Rock Trail |
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| Some hoodoos on the way up to Pyramid Rock |
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| The view from Pyramid Rock |
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| Beautiful sunset |
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| Desert flora and Church Rock |
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| Chris running to the finish line of the Squash Blossom Half Marathon |
