Pumpkin Run, Wedding, & the Farm

D, A, and I headed up to the memorial battlefield park for the 5K pumpkin run. My loving hubby got me an mp3 player for my birthday to run with as D and I have been training up for our various 5ks. I let A use the mp3 player for the first 5 minutes or so, then just as she was slowing down, i let D wear it. He just totally took OFF and left us in the dust! To give him his due, he's been training with me pretty hard, and A hadn't trained for this at all - just begged to be in on it. Anyway, it took A and I a LONG while, but we finally made it. By the time we made it to the finish line, they weren't even calling out times anymore, but i think it was about 40 min. or so. D was waiting there for us, enjoying his exclusive time with the mp3 player before i snagged it back. He didn't pay attention to his time as he crossed, so i don't know how he did, but it was more than 30 minutes; as that's what the 3rd place elementary boy placed. We had a good time, and it was a lovely morning for a run.

In the afternoon, we got all gussied up and headed up to Winchester for a wedding of some extended, related by marriage, 2nd removed something-or-other cousin of my loving hubby. We dropped off the two little ones at Sister Orchard's: a lady in our ward who owns a little farm land. The older ones, we took with us, and they did allright, and were quite excited when they saw the church had a playground with it! I took them out to play after the ceremony when we were waiting around for the reception.

We let the kids all play out at the farm when we went to pick up the little ones. D had a WONDERFUL time with the little foal Sis. Orchard has. Apparently she's a little skittish, and normally doesn't come up to people voluntarily unless there is a food offering involved. Well, D went up to the fence, coo-ed a bit to the colt, and she stood there at the fence letting him pet her for a half hour or so. Anytime anyone else came up to the fence, she would skitter off, but if it was just D, she'd nuzzle and play with him. It was interesting,... and to tell you the truth, it was the most calm i'd seen D all day! (he's typically just FULL of energy - busting out at the seams.) We might have to go see her more often; it was a great visit.