Dirty Dash 2011

Okay...so you can hate me now...but I'm warning you there are a lot of pics for this post. But seriously, one of the most memorable for our family....my kids are still talking about it, and planning for next year. On September 24th, our family ran in a muddy, muddy race. And we had a ball...mud and all! The weather was perfect and we had awesome helpers (Grammee and Grandma Bug), and we are now officially clean. (Believe me it took a more than one shower to find all the mud in hidden places.) The race was held up at Soilder Hollow. Nate and I ran in the 10K race with the Muddy Buddies. And our kids ran in the 1 Mile Piglet Plunge. Next year though, I think the older boys want to run the 10K with us. I'll never forget Grandma Bug's comment when we first got there and saw all the muddy people..."You paid to do this?" And now she's singing a different toon of...next year when I run it ;-) There were hay bales to jump, walls to climb over/under, pipes to crawl through, and fire hoses to dodge. We laughed and joked the entire time, and had a ball with our running team mates. But the end was a blast going down the HUGE slide and playing in the pit with our kids! We can't wait for next year!





Almost done...almost done!

Nate running to the slide.


Cowa-Bunga!

Once a kid....always a kid!


Seth looking at us trying to figure out who we were...he was not ammused!

Momma and Daddy trying to get Sethers to smile and recognize us...I guess we were entertaining!

Me, Annie, Michelle, and Kameo....running buddies!

It's gotta be love!

Annie and I doing a back-stroke to the finish.

Hannah was still pretty clean when we came across the finish...it didn't last long though.

Ahhh....he finally decided to love me as long as he didn't have to look at me.

Brady...looking good!

Zack loved getting down and dirty!

A face only a mother could love.

Brady and Jace....enjoying the mud pit.

Martina and Michelle waiting to surprise Angie.

Zack wading through the mud pit.

See...she was not happy that I gave her a hug and got her dirty....oh how that changed!

Cute family shot...maybe our Christmas card? (Rachel took off with her friend Suzy, so I don't have any real muddy pics of her ;-(

Our Team Photo...the Muddy Buddies!

Brady and Hannah playing in the mud

We told her that it was okay to get dirty...and that's all it took.

Annie Clayson...she organized our team.

Jace and Hannah...not big fans of the cold showers.

See what I mean...she just needed the green light to get dirty.

Boy Jace...this is fun!

Nate didn't care about the cold water...he was gonna get clean!

Mostly clean...and ready to head home.