We participated again this year in the Race for the Cure in honor of my mom who is now a 19 year survivor!! It is hard to believe that she was dealing with this way back when I was just a freshman in college. Seeing her hold her 19 balloons and growing each year is always an emotional time for us. It was a beautiful day and we all enjoyed it very much!
I have been training for about 4 months for this big event and I finally completed it! It was a great sense of accomplishment and something I can check off my bucket list. It was so amazing to do this race with some of my closest girlfriends and hundreds of other women.
The Ramblin' Rose is an all female triathlon...250 meter swim, 7 mile bike, 2 mile run. My goal was to finish in the top third and break 1 hour...I finished in 58 minutes, and was 183 out of 568 athletes, so was very proud of my effort :)
Jake had his first game of fall baseball today and had a good day, going 2-3 at bat. He also played in left field and only had a couple of balls hit to him, but stopped them and prevented some runners from advancing. He hurt his wrist on his scooter last night but "played through the pain" and did a good job for his team. His uniform "The Storm" is pretty fitting for all this hurricane weather going on.
After months of training, I finally completed a full distance practice triathlon, 3 weeks before the big race on October 5th. I had done some back to back bike/runs and one shorter distance practice tri, but this was the first time I did the entire distance (250 swim, 9 mile bike, 2 mile run).
The Perry house is all abuzz for football season and we were thrilled to be able to have the pleasure of watching our Ohio University Bobcat team take on the OSU Buckeyes on national television. We took a pre-game pic out on the back porch and then buckled down to watch the game. We were dancing in the kitchen as the Bobcats took the early lead and then kept the pressure on for most of the game. We really put a scare into those Buckeyes and we could not be more proud of our team!
On Sunday, it was time for some NFL games. Brian was hyped up for his Browns to take on the much pumped up Cowboys and I was getting annoyed that everyone was picking the Steelers to get upset. And we were both ready to see how our Carolina Panthers would fair. I again tortured the family to put their jerseys on for a family picture and Jake insisted we get one for Dodger too! How much longer do you really think they are going to humor me with these pictures??? Bri and I both lost our fantasy football games, but were so excited to see the Panthers get a big win in San Diego!
Dylan is very excited about his three year old class at preschool this year. His teachers are Ms. Cynthia and Ms. Heather who are both glad to have Dylan in their class this year. He is making lots of new friends. This past week he took in a baby picture and learned about how God made him special and how He makes everyone special! He goes to school every morning from 9 am - 1 pm which works great for us to have time each day to dedicate to work.
