Muddy Yet?

A few weekends ago, some girlfriends and I ran the Goodwill Mud Run in Greenville, SC.  Man, was it a good time.  It was the most fun I have ever had running a race.  The 8:30 start time was a little rough as it was pretty chilly.  The first obstacle was jumping into a mud pit.  Talk about hypothermia.  There were 35 obstacles all together so we warmed up pretty quickly.  I will definitely do another mud run in the near future, it was awesome.

 We dubbed ourselves the Mud Darlins and made some pretty sweet t-shirts.  Look how clean we were before the race.

After the race

We all got some pretty cool injuries.  Looks pretty tough, huh?

  The Mud Darlins were out for blood.  I have to say, we cheered every time we noticed it.  You gotta look tough during a mud run.

Here are a few from the photographer.  I took pics of them on the computer so they aren't that clear.  This was the first obstacle.  They really made you jump right in.

This was the last mud pit.  Look at Kirsten's moves, the backwards jump into a pool of mud.  Nice one.

Puddles

How cute are these pictures?!  We were over at Kirsten's house when the kids spotted a huge puddle.  Before we knew it, clothes were flying off.  I don't know who had more fun, the kids or Kirsten and I watching them play.  Their laughter was infectious. Oh, to be a kid again.

Best Buddies. Lilyanne, Anika, Grady and Myles.  Who says girls don't like to get muddy?

My favorite picture of all.  Four full moons on a beautiful Spring day.

Spring Break

Ahhh....Spring Break!  We really needed it this year.  The boys and I packed up the van and headed to Virginia.  Unfortunately, Josh couldn't make it this time as he had to work.  We had a great time visiting Mimi, Papaw and Uncle Will.  I apologize for all of the pictures, but we did so many fun things that I am overloaded with photos.  Thanks for everything, Mom and Dad.  We had a blast.

Our first day there we dyed Easter eggs.  

Myles liked the method of dye one then eat one.  Notice his mouth is full of egg.

The boys and I made the usual rounds of the museums in DC.  Here they are at the Air and Space Museum.

Check out how many people were there.  I think all of America had the same Spring Break.  It was insane.  We are never going to the museums during this time again.

Uncle Will took off a half a day and met us at a DC park.  The boys made some friends along the way.  Have  I mentioned that they have never met a stranger?  

We had the best time playing at Brooke's house. Brooke and I have been friends since elementary school and continue to be close.  It's great to see our kids playing together.

She even has her own bouncy house.  I think the boys want to move in with her.

Mimi and I took the boys to one of the best playgrounds I have ever seen (and I'm quite the expert on playgrounds).  I heard about it after reading an article on Yahoo, "The Top 5 Parks in America".  One of them happened to be in Fairfax County where my folks live.

It was created for disabled and non-disabled kids to play along side each other.

Mimi signed the boys up for an Easter egg hunt by her house.  Myles wouldn't leave the house without wearing Mimi's hat.

Myles took these games seriously.  Look at those skills.

Still out for blood.  He was going to get those eggs.

Of course we celebrated my birthday with a birthday doughnut.  Who wants cake when you can have a doughnut? 

Easter Egg Hunt #3 in Mimi's garden.

Papaw took the boys on ATV rides every day.  The neighbor even joined in the action.

But one of their favorite thing they did was play on the mountain of mulch.  They were lucky enough that Mimi had a big pile delivered while we were there.  

Easter Fun

Last weekend was the Black Mountain Easter Egg Hunt.  The boys love this event.  We were going to head to Virginia but because of the egg hunt (and a 10K run) we decided to put it off for a day.  Little did we know, Mimi signed them up for an egg hunt the following Sat as well.  The more Easter egg hunts the better!

Checking out the fire truck

The hunt begins

This was serious business for Grady.

It was over before they knew it.

 Gotta give some love to the Easter Bunny.

Their love for people in costume astounds me.  I always thought of these guys as a little freaky.