Halloween

Well we had a very fun, very cold Halloween. The kids had a blast. as you can see, Tyson thought he was pretty cool in his Halloween costume. He would run up to everyone and stick his arm out and yell Bat maaaann! He thought, he was pretty tough.
Bailee started out being cat woman, but we lost her cat ears (story of our life) so we got her a witch hat at the dollar store and turned her costume into a witch.
we seamed to have lost some of the Halloween pictures that we took, so if we find them we will post more.
The kids were both so cute trick or treating, the first 3 or 4 houses we went to, Tyson just walked on in like he owned the place. he's go right into there living room, we'd have to run and grab him. after a few housed he finally got the hang of it. Bailee had a blast getting all of that candy, and Ryan had a blast eating all of it, (I have to admit I took some also.) There was a house close to our neighborhood that was all decked out with like 15 dummies (one being a live person that jumped out and scared us) and a bunch of other decorations. and they gave out full sized candy bars (score!!) so we just went down that street and back up the other side, it was about 10 houses, but that was plenty for all of us.
we came back home in time for out 1 trick or treator of the night. I was actually surprised we even had one (we don't really live by a lot of young kids.) so we also had a lot of left over candy and the past few days have been a lot of sugar highs and sugar hangovers at our house. hopefully this candy will be gone soon..
I just wanted to tell you one more funny story, we went to our ward party, and I thought I'd try and be sort of trendy, I didn't dress up, but I just wore a new vest I got that has some fur on the hood, anyways like 3 different people (adults not kids) asked me who I was dressed up as. the first time someone asked it was okay but by the third person I was getting a little self conscious. it was pretty funny, and then I wore the vest at church today and a little girl came up to me and said "hay you're wearing your Halloween costume. (maybe it's time I turn the vest in) anyways I thought it was pretty funny.
We hope you all had a fun Halloween, and have a good Thanksgiving. We love and miss you all so much. We will see you at Christmas.

St. George Marathon 2006

So a lot has happened since our last post. THE MARATHON!!!!! ya, we did it.
I have to say it was one of the neatest experiences of my life. It was so cool to set a goal, that 6 months ago I would have never believed I could do, and actually do it.
with out sounding like a big dork, I think this experience is something I will always hold close to my heart. I'm not sure I will do it again or at least not until the kids are a lot older, but it was well worth the endless miles and hours of training.
We had a good size group to represent the bullocks. (Ryan's Mom and Dad, his brother Jeff, sister Whitney, me and Ryan) I think we were all pretty happy with our times. the times probably won't mean anything to you unless you are a runner, but now that I am a "true" runner I have to say our times. Ryan ran in 2hours and 41 minutes, beating his old time by 5 minutes, (that makes his mile break downs like 6 minute and 09 second miles) so I definitely have to brag for him.
My time was a little different. I finished in 4 hours and 37 minutes, which makes my mile break downs like 10 minutes and 40 seconds,( and yes that is almost double Ryan's time, but yes I am still way proud of my time) I was just hoping for under 5 hours and I feel like I beat my goal time.
The whole Bullock family beat their goal time and a lot of them qualified for The Boston Marathon (go Kris!!!!) so some of them may be taking a little vacation this spring.
All in all it was an awesome experience and I totally recommend it to anyone who feels like they are going through a mid life crisis (even if they are only 25).
We love and miss you. Love Ryan, Katie, Bailee, and Tyson