State Fair!
We went to the State Fair. We were better prepared for what it would be like since we went last year. We watched a bird show called "Birds of the World" that was very entertaining. We walked around and looked at people, fair games, food, etc. We watched the night light parade and checked out a bunch of new cars that were on display. We sat in a couple. I couldn't believe the cars were all open to the millions of people at the fair to sit in, touch with the dirty fingers, and let their kids walk on the seats! We aren't just talking like a couple cars but probably over 50!
We were smarter about our food choices this year and I walked away from the fair not feeling like crap. :) We did try the winner of the fried food competition - - fried frito pie. It was okay but didn't set my world on fire. We also had a corn dog, frozen strawberry chill, and ended the night with something sweet - - fried apple pie bites.
CASINO NIGHT!!!
It was CROSSMARK Casino Night again at work to benefit the Children's Miracle Network. If you remember, last year I bid on and won only one thing - a one month membership to Bikram Yoga (side note - I finally went 3 weeks ago and have gone 5 times since. It's hard but a great workout and I think I might be hooked!). And I walked away wanting to bid on more things the next year. Well, I certainly bid more. I bid like CRAZY on tons of stuff. I was feeling very abundant since we are now again a two income household. Here's what I walked away with....Tickets to a ranch outside San Antonio, 4 tickets to the Texas Tornado Hockey Team, 1 Hotel night at Aloft Hotel plus 35.00 dinner coupon, 1 night at Hyatt Regency, Sunday Brunch for 2, 4 tickets to a theater, 8 tickets to another theater, 2 symphony tickets and dinner. I might have gone a little nuts but it benefits the children and will turn into a lot of fun dates for Peter and I. :) I can't believe I have to wait a whole year for the next one! Plus we had a great time gambling with fake money. Again, we stayed at the blackjack tables the whole night. It was also fun because I felt like I knew so many more of my co-workers this year so I had lots of people to introduce Peter to!
FIREFLY 5k
Peter and I did our first 5k together. It was at night!!! The weather was so much better than the Susan G Komen 5k. The temperature was nice, it wasn't humid, and I dig running when it's dark. This was the first time this race was held so there were some minor kinks that hopefully get worked out next year because I'd like to do it again. All the runners were given LED lights (they were on the reflective bands in the picture). You could choose to have the lights solid or flashing. We added some glow stick jewelry as well. We ended up walking most of it because Peter hadn't trained as much as he wanted to. Our time was 55:23. It should actually be a little bit more since we didn't do exactly 5k. Since we were walking, we were at the end of the group (BUT NOT LAST - there were at least 10 people behind us) and didn't have the "crowd" to follow. Because of that we missed a turn 
on the route and went the wrong way to the finish. This is one of the kinks to work out next year - HAVE THE ROUTE CLEARLY MARKED. I mapped it out on my computer later and figured with the route we took we missed out on the equivalent of about 1/8th of a mile. When we got to the finish line it was evident that they weren't waiting for everyone to cross before starting to shut down. They had turned off the race clock, stopped handing out water, etc. Oh well, I wasn't doing the race for those things anyway. It was all about spending time with Peter and having fun being healthy. It was really cool to see everyone running in the dark with their flashing lights/glow sticks, etc. I'm sure next year will be even better!
