Calling all Spouses & Movie Goers

The Officer & Enlisted club banded together at our base to throw an annual All Spouses Night. Every squadron was allotted a certain number of tickets to sell, we had to come up with a movie theme- decorate our table to that theme and dress accordingly. I was a little nervous about the event because they kept all the details a secret but we had a BLAST.

The squadrons went ALL out in this event and it was so much fun! They had a Grog where you had rules associated with dinner and if you broke them you had to drink from these toilets at the center of the room. The rules were hilarious- such as not taking off your shoes- because of course ever lady wore heels. And having to stand when a man approached your table. Just fun things to liven up the party. There were some games and prizes and overall was a fantastic evening. I'll definitely go again next year when they have another one.

Sorry for the picture overload to happen but it was fantasic!

The head table was The Hunger Games and they ran the whole evening announcing us a "Tributes" and the like. It was quite amusing

And last but not least was my squadron's table. We did 007 and the ladies who decorated our table were fantastic! absolutely loved it! we had the best time!

America River Parkway Half

Well Folks, this was a first for me. I ran a half marathon- untrained. Between my 70 hour work weeks with no comp time, having to move houses, there was little time to run- let alone squeeze in a long run. But my husband and I both did it. We're so incredibly sore and hurt from the lack of training. I would not suggest ever running a half untrained and it will definitely be a while until we run another half.

We signed up for the America River Parkway Half Marathon and it did not disappoint. Our running path followed the beautiful American river and they had tons of volunteers playing musical instruments and holding motivation signs along the run route.

There was tons and tons of food for everyone when we finished and everyone was just laying in the grass relaxing. These are the races I like to run.

My husband finished in 2:29 mins. Geez he's fast!

I finished in 2:57- the same time as my first half marathon

So we've hung up another medal and bib on our race holder and I think we need more room after today:

 

 

Electric Run- not quite a 5k

A few weekends ago, my husband and I, right smack dab in the mix of moving, Ran the Electric Run. 
It was a newer run that had never been to Sacramento before. Race fees were outrageous for a 5k but we decided to jump on board and sign up. The best part- it was at night. So I worked all day and could still do this race!

I ordered a neon shirt from FireDaughterClothing and tried out my $5 run skirt from target. I've never worn a run skirt- and I probably never will again. Those elastic shorts do not stay down when running. They bunched like crazy. But what do you expect for $5. I think run skirts are only for people with skinny thighs.

We loaded up on glow gear for this race. Party City had a ton of options. And went to line up. Note: we were the very first people to line up. As in the only people in line for a whole 30 mins. It was quite nice. But then the crowds came:

Thankfully we were in the first wave. And were in a prime location for tons of giveaways! Included these SoCo glow wands!

Anthony got one that changed colors but mine glowed red the whole time.

They delayed the Start time of the race until almost 8:30 because it wasn't quite dark enough out.
So we slowly started to glow as the wait progressed.

And the race kicked off and we ran through our first "Glow" section

They had the coolest glow sections but I didn't want to keep stopping to take photos so we just kept jogging along until we say this:

Who can resist a photo op like that mid race!

We finished and they had mounds of glow water and some granola bars with an after party. We didn't stay for the after party because beers were $12 a piece. I'm still not used to how outrageous California is in prices. And a $12 was not work a 2.6 mile race. Maybe a 10k.

There you have it! Our first Glow Race!