Birthday

This year we celebrated Mitch's birthday with lot of food. The day started with a birthday breakfast. In the evening, we went to a delicious seafood restaurant downtown. Unfortunately, it was pouring monsoon-like rains on his birthday, so we were absolutely drenched while eating dinner. We ended the night with his favorite dessert made just the way he likes it: cheesecake with an extra thick crust and fresh fruit. It was a fun and memorable night. Later in the week, we celebrated by having more cheesecake with friends. Happy Birthday, Mitch!

Seymour

Bekah took a long weekend away from work to visit her family in Seymour. While there she had a fun time of doing some of her favorite activities: outlet shopping, hanging with the family, eating at Texas Roadhouse, watching Carter & Cooper play basketball, cheering on the US in the Winter Olympics, training for the marathon (James & Kristi joined her for most of the 10.5 mile run), celebrating birthdays, and watching snow fall...watching lots of snow fall. You can check out her pictures to see some of the excitement.

53%

This week, Bekah passed the 50% mark in fundraising for Team Brigham! She has collected $1,871.22 of her $3,500.00 goal. Thanks to all of you who have already contributed! Today's run was 18.5 miles, and she is pretty exhausted! She has now logged 323.5 miles since beginning training on November 23rd! You can check out her fundraising page for updates about the training runs. Other exciting news is that Bekah is now an official entrant in the Boston Marathon - see for yourself on the BAA web-page by typing in "Machiela" into the last name field. The Boston Marathon is April, 19, so it is now less than two months away!

Cookies

For Valentine's Day, Bekah made Mitch one of his favorite desserts... sugar cookies. You can check out Kitchen Concoctions for the recipe.

287.7

...and counting. That's how many miles Bekah has logged since beginning her Boston Marathon training in November. She runs about 4 times a week, including one long run with Team Brigham each Saturday morning at 8AM. Yesterday's run was 18.5 miles!! This is the furthest Bekah has ever run before! Believe it or not, she said that it felt pretty good, and she is still walking today! Also, Bekah is now at 35% of her fundraising goal. Thanks to all who have shown their support. Check out Bekah's fundraising page for weekly updates about her training runs.