Guster Concert

For Lisa's birthday, Bob surprised her by taking her to a Guster concert. Matt and I met them there and surprised her. The Guster concert was on campus and outdoors. The weather was incredible and by the time the concert started the temperature was in the 60's with no humidity. Lisa did not know who she was going to hear. She kept asking questions to sneak the answer out of us. Lisa was looking around to see if there were any clues about who was playing. It was so funny because Bob was wearing a Guster t-shirt and she never caught on.

Lucy and Dustyn joined us as well. We all brought dinner and blankets and enjoyed the awesome weather waiting for the 1st band to play.

In trying to take a group picture, Matt had to sneeze. He tried to hold it in, but couldn't. This picture was caught just at the right time, as I was laughing at him for sneezing.

This picture is much better.

This picture was taken when Lisa realized that she was at a Guster concert!! Bob and Lisa have been to several Guster concerts and this was very special for her to be here for her birthday. Bob had even taken her to hear Guster on one of their first dates.

The concert was awesome. It was neat to be so close to the stage. My favorite part of the concert was the bongo drum player. He was amazing. He would throw his whole body into his playing. Bob told us that one time he met him and he tapes up his hands becuase they get bruised from the playing.

Jacksonville Marine Corps 1/2 Marathon

On Saturday, October 6th Lisa and I ran the Jacksonville Marine Corps 1/2 Marathon. It was truly a memorable time from start to finish. Matt and Bob did not come with us and Lisa and I were determined to complete the whole adventure on our own.
We left Friday afternoon in the pouring rain and drove to Scott and Lindsay Diley's house, outside of Jacksonville. We had a great time hanging out with them and we ate a big meal of pasta to get ready for the race. Scott prepped us with directions of how to get to Alltell Stadium for the start of the race.
When we woke up on Saturday morning it was dark, thundering and lightening and raining. We drove to the stadium without getting lost, which we were so proud of! Before the race started we were already soaked. We had many reasons to just quit and drive home, but we stuck it out.
The race was really fun and took us along the St. John's River in Jacksonville and then along the River Bank and Landing and then back to Alltell Stadium. The race ended in a park across from the stadium. In order to cross the finish line we had to run through a 50 yard strip of solid mud, since it had been raining so much. Our shoes were coated in the mud. I did not have th best attitude about the mud and really did not enjoy the finish line because I was so mad that my sneakers were ruined. But I was excited to finish the race. I guess the end of the race fit the title of the race, Marine Corps. Anyways...just as we were walking back to our car there was a man from the race who was hosing off everyone's sneakers. I was so grateful.


Just stretching after the race. It finally stopped raining just in time for us to drive home!


Here is the running shirt we got. It is not my favorite shirt so I figured I better take a picture with it now since I may not wear it again. LOL. We completed the race in 2 hours and 10 minutes. Not bad for having 6 miles be your longest traning run.

Here is our soaking wet sneakers after 2 hours plus of rain and then getting hosed off. You can also see our wrinkled and prunned feet from being in wet socks for so long. I think Lisa's feet were worse than mine! We did get really cool Marine Corps cofffe mugs.

After the race we went back to Scott and Lindsay's house and showered and then went out to lunch. Lisa and I then drove home. We had so much fun and laughed the whole time. God blessed us with a great weekend and a great time together. We celebrated later that evening with pizza and individual pints of ice cream!!

Way to go Lisa and Christen. We were so proud of ourselves.

Here is Scott and Lindsay. They bought a house in Jacksonville and are redoing several different rooms. Here is the work they are doing on the bathroom. It really looks great!

Show me your thunderbolt!

I just thought that this picture was too cute. This is Keegan and Finely our niece and nephew, Kevin and Valeri's kids. Every Sunday for breakfast on Charger game day Keegan and Finely have blue milk and eggs and sing the Charger song.