Life on the Runn...

This weekend I would like to wish a very HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to Blake, my cousin Jenny's adorable little boy. Happy Birthday, Blake! (image stolen from my cousin's  blog ) Last weekend was Homecoming at one of my old schools, Bradford.  Coincidentally, they were playing my other former school, Indian Trail.  As such, I decided to venture to Kenosha to take in the parade, see some of my old kiddos and visit with my friends.  After the parade, Katie, and I went to dinner and then met Amanda to head to the game.  It was freezing and I believe I lost feeling in my face for about 10 hours, but I was glad to see some of my former coworkers and kiddos and always enjoy our after-game tradition of going to The Club House. Saturday was double-date day. Katie and Ryan met Brian and me and we all headed to Madison to watch the Badgers defeat Illinois.  Though it was very brief, we were also able to meet up with Star, Katie's cousin and my good friend. ...

Though we aren't exactly blessed with an abundance of climbing in our area, we've certainly come to appreciate having one really great place to head to that doesn't require an eight hour car ride, and that pace is Devil's Lake.  We've made a few treks up to the Lake, as we refer to it, this year, and we were able to get in a good amount of climbing both before Brian's ankle injury and after (good think summer climbing at the Lake isn't big on our to-do list).  Our usual DL buddies are Dawn and Chris and we certainly had a great time with them on a number of occasions; it was also nice to be joined by other friends from the gym.  Our most recent trip was a few weekends ago when we met Dawn and Chris for breakfast before heading out for a day of sunshine and rock climbing. We often hike the CCC Trail to get to the top of the bluffs and set up our climbs, and though neither Dawn nor I love that hike - the 400+ stone steps (yep, we counted them!) you must as...