That...Was...AWESOME!!

The mud run was on Saturday. I had so much fun. 

It was a family friendly event, so we all enjoyed ourselves and the weather was great!

Here's the "Run Amucks" before we got all muddy. 

We were the coolest group in attendance (according to me, at least).

The kids had all sorts of things to climb on; not excluding off road vehicles.

 Annnnnnd...We're off! Can you find me? 

Robin and I ran the majority of the race together.

Our faces are so red here. This was 2 miles in.

 

We're at the bottom resting and catching our breath while we wait our turn to climb.

Josh pushed the girls around like this to come cheer us on and take pictures.

The FINISH LINE! It took me 32 minutes and 58 seconds. 

I was the 20th female out of the 156 in our wave. 

I finished in the top 25% overall (male and female). Not too shabby! 

Especially since I was getting over a stomach virus.

BLAH!

I look really funny here b/c I'm trying to slow down after running super fast downhill.

Check out Farmer Brown. 

He was a very squeaky runner with his soaking wet bibs and we kept the same pace the last mile of the run.

Thanks for the comic relief!

WE DID IT!

Me and Amanda. She's who invited me to race. 

We kept the same pace for the first mile, 

then I had to walk and catch my breath and she became my motivation.

Melanie smoked us all! She was the first of our group to finish and 8th place in our wave.

We were workout buddies earlier this year, so it was fun to race with her, even though I could barely see her WAY in front of me. Next time it won't be that way, because I'll train more and won't have a stomach virus to slow me down (knock on wood). Is that guy in the background checking us out? I just noticed him.

Then it was the boys' turn to run in the Mini Muck.

Josh and Brent ran with them.

Adorable Annie pointing at a helicopter.

They got a lot more muddy than we did.

Go Ayden, GO! 

Post race mud monsters. Ian didn't race, but he found some mud and a medal anyway. I had to VACUUM out the washing machine after I washed all of our clothes and shoes TWICE with four rinse cycles.

We all had a great time in the mud, so it was worth it.

Girly Milestone

Over the weekend I painted Afton's toenails for the first time. 

She was so excited about it and stayed perfectly still for me. 

We now have matching "Cajun Shrimp" colored toesies!! 

Why did I ever say that I wanted all boys?

Road Trip!

On August 29th I became an aunt for the 22nd time.
Meredith and Andrew have a new beautiful little baby girl, Ellis Page.
She is their third child, and her older brother and sister are so excited that she's finally here.

Robin and I decided a few weeks ago to visit Meredith and her family over the Labor Day weekend.
It was just the two of us.

Did you get that detail?

Josh and Brent were single dads for 4 days and 4 nights!
We had a great time together on our long drives to and from,
and we loved spending time with Meredith and her sweet family.
Our poor husbands were trapped indoors the entire weekend because of a tropical storm,
but they managed. 

Peyton is the oldest on Robin's lap, then Brady sitting with his momma, 

and I'm holding teeny tiny Ellis.

Look at all of that hair!

Here we are just before the drive home. 

Now I'm adjusting back to the daily grind, feeling refreshed and soaking up my precious moments with the hubs and kids. On the other hand, I'm suffering withdrawals from Robin and Meredith's company :( I've figured out that no matter where I go, there's always someone I'm missing. C'est la vie.