hi friends!!

Naomi, Luke and I were bummed about missing the city wide celebration but when we got back from Seattle, we were somewhat happy to here that we hadn't missed the opporutnity to part with our Vancouver friends!! We were stuck in a Snow Blizzard on the way back from Seattle...the trip took us 7 hours instead of 3, but God be praised, we got home safe and sound.

Some of you know that I was running the Seattle marathon today and I wanted to let you know that I survived. Fortuntaely it wasn't snowing, but it was pouring rain and about 2 degrees...by the time I got to the finish line my muscles were seizing because I was frozen to the bone. Towards the end of the race, I found myseolf asking the age old marathon question..."Why am I doing this again?" Anyway I finished in 3:33 and am alive to tell about.