January 7, 2014

Rugged Maniac

I am a RUGGED MANIAC!!  For a long time, I have wanted to run a mud race, and I finally did it!  Long ago, Laura Cronin and I signed up to do the Rugged Maniac, but then a few weeks before the race, Laura did something funky to her knee, so she couldnt' do it!  waaaaa!  I was so sad to see that she couldn't do it.  But, we didn't want her ticket to go to waste, so cute Anna Rogers- a GREAT friend of mine- stepped up and ran it with me!  It was seriously SOOOO much fun!  It was DANG hard, but it was such a blast.  We sure got muddy!~  It was fun to see Cole and the kids midway through the course, and to have them be able to take a few pictures!  It was SO much fun, and I can't wait to do my next mud run!

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Cute Payton waiting for his mama to come through the tunnel

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AWESOME slippery slide into a mud puddle

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Morgan wanted NOTHING to do with me with all of that mud covering my body!

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The sweet taste of VICTORY (or rather just tepid water when we finished.)

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Payton would hang with me!

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WE DID IT!

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They had a fun jump castle and the kids had a blast going in it!

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May in a Nutshell

May was another busy month!  Here it is via pictures!
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Early Morning Bike Ride with Dad

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It was COOOOLD!

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Link rippin it up on the soccer field

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We had a few park days with a LOT of slobber!  Can you spot the slobber trail?!

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We love Wash Park!  Stockton was having a blast in the tunnels!  The sounds, sights, everything was so fun for this cute little crawler.

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Morgie liked it too!  Cute little peanut.

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Ready to go!

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Date night to play Racquetball!  SOOOO much fun.

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Coming home after the fishin trip.

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Lincoln had a make up game and it was POURING rain!  I tried to keep Stockton in my arms so that he wouldn't get too cold, but he would have NOTHING to do with that crazy idea! Haha !  He had the BEST time crawling around and playing in the puddles!  So did the other two, but they were running around too much for me to take their picture.

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Lincoln scored his FIRST goal ever this season!  So we went and celebrated with some serious frozen yogurt!  Hooray for Lincoln!

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This lovely picture was taken after church on Mother's Day.  All FOUR of the kids fell asleep on the way home from church!  HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ME!!

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Stockton (affectionately nicknamed TACO by his brothers and sister- which Mom does NOT like!) gets super bad diaper rash, so we take a lot of naked time.

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Cute little buns

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mmmm.....nola bars are good

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LOOK out...

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Morgan REALLY loves to ride bikes!

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Handsome baby (not so baby really!) boy!

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TRAMP HEAD!  Check out this static electricity!

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We LOVE to ride the horsey at King Soopers!  Yahoo!!!

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Top teeth are starting to come in!

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Taking a nice rest during the bike ride.

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This little dude LOVES to play at the parkolio!

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Lincoln got to go on his school fishing trip and he got to take his DADDY!  He could not have been more thrilled, and he even caught a fish!  There weren't very many that did actually- so he was pretty proud of himself.

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YEAH for daddy coming!

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My Mommy is my jungle gym...

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WE went on a REALLY fun hike on Memorial Day, and the kids had such a blast!  It's so fun to be able to take these kids on hikes. They have such a fun time, and it is so fun to be outside and active together. 

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Gotta Stay Hydrated!
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These kids could NOT love their Dad more.  He is the best dad there ever was- and I am SO grateful for this amazing guy!

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Jumpin on the tramp.  Hangin.

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Hangin at the grocery cart!