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As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back. - Unknown

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas!! 
This year, the boys and I spent the holidays with Grandma :) 
They got to have christmas 2 days in a row and couldnt have been happier. 
And man did they make a killing! 

Grandmas pup, Xena lying on her new blanky.
Sweetest pup ever! 

The grandkids
Logan, Kaige, Alexis, Rhiannon & Brady

Grandma with her faves 


Cousins, and best buds! 



Uncle Mike and baby girl Lexy 


Jeremy & Jessica 

Merry Christmas everyone!
I hope youre all as happy as these kiddos :) 

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Tough Mudder 2012

Not sure why I keep doing these.... 
Im pretty sure I must enjoy the pain...
Not really, but I do very much enjoy the feeling I get afterwards knowing I DID THAT!
But this one was definitely the most difficult one I've done so far!
It was rough, it was cold, it was challenging and it was awesome!! 
Especially awesome because I have such an amazing group of friends who are just as nuts as me. 
And special thanks to Matt for walking the course in the cold, 
carrying all our stuff, and taking all these pictures! :)
Me, Sam and Natalee 
My bestest buds 
I love these guys!!

Our scared faces... Because yes, we were very scared! 

The first obstacle

Looks easier than it was...
just sayin'


This SUCKED!! Its a giant garbage bin lined with plastic and filled with ice water and A LOT of ice!
As soon as I jumped in, I quit breathing and couldn't catch my breath until after I got out.

I have never felt pain like that! It was so intense and I cant believe I actually did it!! 

I couldn't believe there was a dead horse on the trail...
Im hoping it was fake... 

Natalee contemplating her attack :)

This obstacle was kinda rough. We had to crawl thru an underground tunnel, no light and very tight space.
didn't like it very much...
Luckily the fella in front of me, some random stranger, let me grip his ankle the whole way :)
 













We caught up to our team..Dirty Ninjas
They started about 20 minuted before we did 

because we were stuck in traffic and got there late...
But we caught up

then ended up finishing before them.
Im not sure how, but Im pretty proud of us :)

We had nice weather to begin with. It was cold and windy but sunny... then we got this. I cant begin to describe how painfully cold the weather made this run! Our bodies were hurting, our hands were so frozen we could barely use them, and afterwards it took hours to get warm again.

This one went down thru skinny pipes, into water, under barbed wire, then back in the pipes headed up hill..
not too bad






This is the one we dreaded doing, and ended up not being able to due to the loss of feeling and mobility in almost all extremities, but the tough mudders who did do it, showed some seriously excellent team work!
Loved that!
 

Yes, hes being shocked! 

One of the shocks caused him to face plant...
poor guy 


SO COLD!!
And SO glad it was finally over!

OH YEAH!!
But sadly I didn't get to drink that one.
But I did end up getting some gluten free beer to enjoy later...
and I enjoyed it very much :)

WE DID IT!!!!! 
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SIXTEEN ALREADY

My baby is 16!!
For his birthday I took him and some of his friends to paintball, then out to dinner.
They all said it was great and I did a good job :) 
Happy Birthday Brady! 

Learning how to Paintball :)

Brady, Damon, Stockton & Sam

Enjoying the free birthday mud pie cake :)
I would have LOVED to get more pictures, but this group is somewhat camera shy :) 
They were getting mad at me after only a few so I had to quit.