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Halloween and Cross Country

So, we carved our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch for FHE. We turned on some Nightmare Before Christmas to carve to.







Later that week, Kory and I drove to Couer d'alene to watch state cross country. The drive up through Montana was pretty and we had a good time on the road trip. We got there Friday afternoon and did some exploring down by the lake and ate at a good Italian place.



Isaac ran around noon on Saturday, so we drove to Farragut State Park, where it was being held. It was a rainy, cold day. There was some trouble with the timing chips, so we had to wait a couple of hours for Isaac's race. When it began, we were worried about the position of IF's team, because they were the furthest team to the right and the course funneled off to the left, so Isaac got boxed in kind of early. At the first turn, he was way back in the pack. When we saw him again, he was still pretty far back and we worried that he might not be able to place. Kory headed to the finish line, and I stayed by this other turn to cheer him on. I couldn't believe that the next time I saw him, he was in the top ten...meaning he had passed about twenty people since we saw him last. He ended up finishing ninth, which was awesome, considering the rough course he had run.















We headed home after Isaac's awards. It was kind of a scary drive until Missoula....tons of water on the road and a steep, windy road. Once we hit Missoula, things dried out and straightened out and we got home around midnight. Fun trip.

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