Car in the Garden

Last weekend we had a visitor in the night. Lexy dog woke us around 5 am and upon investigation there were 2 drunk men and their car in our flower bed. Here's some photos...

So they hit the new curve at the intersection by our house, popped a tire, swerved onto the grass, over our mailbox (you can see flatted in the picture above), over a big rock and into the flower bed.
It was actually in the flower bed but they were trying to leave so after 10 minutes of spinning tires they got it over the curb when the police arrived....
Here you can see the blown tire and the airbags. Two shocked, very drunk men...but exciting nonetheless!

future missionaries

After church on Sunday I noticed the twins wearing little missionary tags. Their Sunday school teacher came over and talked with me, "We had a class on missionary work today and I was supposed to help them get excited about one day serving a mission but they both started crying...I'm really sorry." So Colin and I asked them about it and instantly came the tears. I didn't get it but Colin figured it out...they had the tags and thought they had to leave immediately...apparently these two are ready to leave the nest yet....boo.

Later that night at a family bbq Ben came over and whispered, "Mom when's the end of the world?"....I answered that I didn't know. Wonder if that was in the lesson too? hee hee

Zurich Marathon April 2011

In preparation for the Zurich Marathon I trained all through the winter. Luckily we had a pretty mild winter and I learned I actually prefer to run in cold than HOT and buggy. I had a horrible 16 and 18 mile runs and I hadn't even signed up for the race yet. Then in March I ran 20 miles on a wonderful, sunny day around the lake of Zurich. It was perfection. So I signed up and hoped for the best. I didn't have any running buddies so I was hoping to meet up with some. I ran too hard at the beginning of the race so I was on my own without the pacer group by the half way point. Then I met up with an 80 year old woman and ran with her for a few miles. We never spoke but we ran together for awhile. Then she stopped and I left her in the dust. My next running buddy was an injured 20 something male. He was cute but really injured. He hobbled along next to me for a couple miles. We were back in the city and a few miles to the finish...but then he gave up and I kept on going. By this point I had a lot of tummy cramps...Colin thinks I overdid it at the food tables...too many protein bars. I slowly made my way into the finish line at 4:57! It was faster than last time but not as fast as I wanted. I have no idea if I'll run anther marathon but the swim across the Zurich lake is coming up and the Greifensee half marathon is coming up in September. I have some buddies running with me so it should be fun!!