Muddy Me

 "Hey Babe," I said.  "Wanna roll around in the mud with me on Father's Day?"  His answer was emphatically, "Yes."  And so we did just that.  Well, we rolled around with Anne, Kevin, Anne's cousin and sister-in-law too.  It was awesome and more enjoyable than I ever could have possibly imagined it to be.  You see, a mud run isn't exactly something Gwen would be prone to do.  But some force came over me while I sat at work pondering what to do on Father's Day and THIS is what I came up with. Part of me wanted to jump out of the moving car on the way there and run for the hills (mountains), but I put my big, adventurous girl pants on and stuck with my decision.  So glad I did.  We all had a blast and our skin was left extremely exfoliated.  And parts of us, to remain unnamed, were a bit chaffed from the constant presence of running while covered in mud and small pebbles.  But that's part of the glory of the experience.

 Who knew, as Seniors in high school, that we'd find ourselves swimming in mud together in Colorado.  I love it.  

Throughout the 3.3 mile course, there were multiple obstacles.  Large mud pits with hidden sink holes, were just one of the treats we ventured through.  Others included jumping over 6 foot high hay bales (which contributed to the chaffing), monkey bars, net towers, wooden walls, tires and an awesomely awesome air filled, slip n slide that spanned what seemed like 1/4 mile.  The highlight for sure.

 My dad took these pictures.  I think he might have peed his pants at the sight of his daughter actually going through with said mud run.  One of his proudest moments I'm sure.

 Note my son in front of us.  This is the closest he would get to us.  He was absolutely in awe of the fact that we chose to get dirty.  Pretty sure we lost some of his respect that day.

 "Daddy, you dewty.  Mama, you dewty too.  Go way."

 They're kind enough to provide ice cold water nozzles for those who don't want to dirty their car seats.  I gave my shoes away to charity.  

You go Gwen.  I'm so proud of you girl.