Survivor

What did I survive???? The Survivor Mud Run! You might be thinking "So what! It was a run in the mud." I am here to tell you it was cold, rainy, wet, muddy, smelly, dirty, slimy, tiring and so much more. I am not sure what I was thinking but I somehow convinced by two friends Nicole and Tara to participate with me so there was no backing out. Will's family was signed up and I figured if they could all do it I could do it. The problem is they all had a blast and would do it again and I, at least at this point, have checked that off my list of things to do although I don't know that it was ever on my list, and will never do it again.

The event was called the Survivor Mud Run and it was held at Remlinger Farms in Carnation, WA. We had a lot of fun getting ready for the event. We decided that we wanted to go into the start looking cute. Costumes were definitely welcomed so we went for a pink motif with argyle socks and tutus. People loved us and thought we were cute. They may have just been making fun of us but we did look cute so it didn't matter. Nicole and I went shopping and got our inspiration from what we could find at Target. She later went and picked up the materials for making tutus and made us rainbow ones which were fabulous!

Here is what we looked like before we got started:

AKA Mud Princess

When we got to the start area we were asked to be in the costume contest but in order to do so we had to start the race 45 minutes early. This was fine with us as we didn't want to wait around but we were concerned about losing our cuteness in all the mud. After the first few obstacles it was all over. There was no way we were going to make it back by the time the contest started and we didn't look anything like when we started as you will see shortly. Nonetheless we were off and running. The course was a 5K with 12 obstacles to get over, under, through or in some cases around.


Here we come! Nicole is all smiles at this point.

So what were the obstacles?? Here ya go:

1. Plank of death
2. Cobweb
3. Mud crawl under cargo net
3. Tire run with three walls
4. River run (brrrrrrrrrrrr it was cold!!!)
5. Wall climb (10ft wall)
6. Slime walk/crawl through a culvert
7. Wall climb (10ft wall)
8. Log swim/crawl with mud hills
9. Cargo net climb
10. Angled wall climb with sinking mud
11. Mud crawl under cargo net
12. Mud pit swim

Are you thinking you want to do this next year??? Will was able to catch us at the mud pit and get some priceless pictures. For those of you who know me don't ask. :) I don't know what I was thinking this is sooooo not me.

Here comes Tara and I. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

There we go. We look a little defeated and worn out huh??

Once we finished we were so beat but the carrot was waiting for us. We got to go have a drink. Everyone of age was greeted with a beer or wine and a brat. Before we did that though we attempted to clean off. They had a couple of tents made of pipe that had water coming down from a faucet but it didn't do a whole lot for us. We had mud everywhere and I mean everywhere. We ended up using some baby wipes that Chad and Nicole had in their car and even they didn't help much. We were pretty much a hopeless cause. We sat on the back of our tailgates freezing and eating cupcakes in all of our muddy glory. Also as you will see from our after pictures we had no chance of winning any costume contest.

Great mud bath!

My name has rubbed off my bib and you can see the grass hanging from my shirt and safety pins. Oh my!

The Survivors!!! We lost all of our color but hey we are smiling, I think. :)

The car ride home was long. I had to sit in all of my muddiness for two hours. I was so thankful to see the shower when I got home. I stood in the shower for 25 minutes and still found traces of mud in my ears for two days to follow. It is a great story now and of course one of the reasons for doing the race was for bragging rights and boy did we earn them. We had some war wounds to show off and even as I write this a week later some of the bruises are now turning a deep shade of purple.

Nicole and I decided next year it was Will and Chads turn. Tara said that her husband Bruce is definitely not interested and I can't blame him. I hope you enjoyed seeing and hearing about this latest adventure! Cheers and until next time.

JET

Peace Health Gala

It has been a while since I have been able to post anything. I have so many things to share and many pictures to show you all but my time has been very limited. Because I have a quick second before I start my next project at home I wanted to post a few pictures of our latest adventure.

Our friends Lexy and Peter invited us to go to the Peace Health Gala a week ago. This was a fundraiser and awards banquet for the hospital in Bellingham. They are going to be building a new Cancer Center. Whidbey Island Bank was a major sponsor which is where Peter works so we were fortunate enough to get to go and sit at their table. Will's mom is on the Foundation Board for the hospital so she was there too. She said she didn't invite us because we were not big enough spenders. At least she was honest. :)

Anyway this event was like getting ready for prom. It was black tie optional and Lexy and I decided that we would have our boys wear suits. Well, easy for Lex as Peter already has a few suits but Will on the other hand does not. I am lucky he owns a few ties. Anyway, Will and I went shopping and for those of you who know us and Will's opposition to looking cute, meaning clothes that are not shorts and shirts, it can be a challenge. I am pleased to say we were successful in finding him everything from shoes to shirt, suit coat and matching pants and it did not result in any wars. I will admit we had a fun time and I think he did too. He was a good sport and kept an open mind about it. All put together Will looked quite handsome so we had to have Chris take some pictures of us. It was a beautiful day too so we lucked out. The event was in a big white tent in the area of where the new Cancer Center will be. I decide it was like a scene out of a movie. It was probably the fanciest event I have been to in Bellingham. We had a great time! Enjoy the pics....

Don't tell Lexy I put this out here she will kill me but she looks amazing!!! :)

As you can see we had a great time and it was fun getting all dressed up. I love these types of events but don't get to go to them very often. Cheers and until next time which I hope is sooner than later!!

JET