Blueberries, Basil, and the Blue Ridge Parkway

On Saturday Nate and I went on a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Four hundred and sixty-nine miles long, the Parkway starts in North Carolina and travels north to the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. We can hop on just south of Roanoke. We only drove for about 25 miles, but there were a lot of beautiful views. It should be really pretty once the leaves start changing colors.

Under the Parkway.

Scenic overlook

Another sourdough starter creation - Blueberry scones. They were really yummy.

Nate came home Friday with two grocery bags of fresh basil. So exciting because we both really like pesto even though it's a pain to make without a food processor (but worth the effort I think).

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City champs

Cross country season is officially over. Last night was city finals and Blackhawk girls finished first. We took 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 10th place. Evelyn ran 14:56, so about 10 seconds off her PR. She was 32nd overall out of 64 girls. Her place counted for her team which she was happy about. The boys did good too and finished in second place overall.

Last weekend

Last weekend was a busy one. I had the Fort4Fitness, Evelyn had a cross country invitational in Huntington and Jameson had two soccer games in Middlebury. All on Saturday! Friday I spent all afternoon at the F4F expo. The weather was lovely so that was nice. When it was busy, the time passed quickly. When it was slow, there were still enough people that I wasn’t totally bored. Evelyn had a great run and PR’ed with at time of 14:40. It was an early morning for them as she had to be at the meet by 8:40. But that was better for us since Jameson’s games were into the afternoon. I had a decent half marathon. I ran 2:10:30 which is slower than I’d like but I’ve also been dealing with a nagging right knee problem. So I honestly was thankful I could run and run the race without much discomfort. I was fast enough to get home, shower and eat lunch before we left for soccer. Jameson’s team won the first game 0-1 and tied the second 1-1. He scored both the goals. ...

Futsal

It’s futsal season. Jameson had his first game tonight. It’s all just intra club fun meant to help the players develop and practice over the winter. Parents only have to help during games with subbing but we also got Evelyn to help run the scoreboard.

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