Warrior Dash 2011

March 19th Tom raced in a warrior dash in Conroe TX, along with our brother-in-law, Eric and one of our good friends Mike.

The warrior dash is the equivalent of a 5k but with obstacles to go through, under, over and around. Some of these obstacles were jumping over fire, sliding down a muddy hill, crawling through mud, climbing up and over a big mound of haystacks, running 100 yards over tires, and wading through a swamp while jumping over huge logs.

When we got there I saw that EVERYONE was doing the dash and by everyone I mean people in great shape and people in not so great shape. Thin people, heavy people, tall people short people, young people, old people, boy people and even girl people. All different kinds of people. So...I wish I would have signed up and done it with them. It was more for fun than actual competition, for most.

It was fun to see all of the people that actually dressed up for the event. There were women in tutu's with bunny ears and guys dressed up as cavemen. One guy even dressed up in a nice suit, obviously didn't care if it got ruined because it was going to. Lot's of fun and crazy costumes!

-Before-
Nice and clean
and oh so manly!



I had to add this picture.
It was just too cute not to.



As we were sitting waiting for the guys to come in, not knowing how long it was going to take, I saw a guy walking around that looked like one of the guys that started in their group. I only noticed because he had a funny mask on. I told the other girls that we should head over to the finish line. Just as we were walking over I saw Mike jumping into the muddy water at the finish and ran over to get a picture. I got there just in time to get this picture of Tom just coming out of the mud. It turned out pretty good for just holding up the camera and shooting at the very last second.



-After-
Dirty, manly boys!
I think Mike and Eric had washed off a little. I'm not sure because after I took off to get the picture I came back to find Avery missing! Yes I am a great mother. So instead of seeing the guys right after they came in I was looking for her. When I saw Tom I told him and he started looking as well. Eric helped too. I finally found her in the furthest corner you could get before actually being on the course. Little stink wasn't even worried that she didn't know any body around her. If it would have been Cole he would have been in a panic but oh no, not Avery!
I win the mother of the year award for sure!



Avery didn't want anything to do with this.
As you can tell she stood as far away as she could.



Victory Kiss!

The wash up

Next year I am in!

Grandma Booth

Back in March, March 3rd-10th to be exact, Tom's mom came to visit! Yeah, I'm just a little behind!

One of the days she was here we went to Brazo's bend, the alligator park.

On the drive up the kids fell asleep.
Thank goodness for grandmas comfy shoulders.

(ZOOM IN)
This guy was pretty big!
Lucky for us he was on an island in the middle of the water.

The weather was perfect for us, a little overcast and not too hot, but as for the alligators it wasn't the perfect weather for them to be out in. I hear that when it is sunny and hot out the alligators actually come out of the water to lay across the hot pavement blocking the walking trail. As freaky as that would be it would be pretty cool at the same time. I would just have to turn around and go back the way we came! One of these days we'll catch them on a HOT day!

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It was a plus that while she was here the Houston Rodeo was in town too. We went Monday March 7th. The performer that night was Tim McGraw, one of my favorites! There were a lot of great performers that I would have loved to have gone and seen but since Tom isn't a big fan of country music and Tim is one of the only singers he knows in country we went that night, obviously I didn't mind though!

The kids LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the petting zoo!
They could spend all day with the animals!
And don't you just love their little cowboy, cowgirl hats!
Grandma bought them while we were at the rodeo
and surprisingly Cole and Avery wore them most of the time.

We rode rides ate some really great rodeo food and snacks, it's not a rodeo without the cotton candy and popcorn, and had lots of great entertainment! We even decided we would like to get Cole into muttin bustin' in a couple of years! How fun would that be!

I love the rodeo!

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One of the nights Susan took Tom and I out to dinner while we left the kids with a baby sitter. ALWAYS a good thing! The rest of the time was spent just enjoying her company.

The kids were sad to see her go as were me and Tom but it was wonderful while it lasted!

After she left, when Cole would say his prayers he would say, "Bless grandma that she can feed her horses." So cute! We told him that is why she had to leave is so she could go feed her horses.

We love you mom and can't wait until you can come visit again!

"Sharp Things Near My Eye's!"

I keep forgetting to blog about this and thought while I was thinking about it I would sit down and hurry and do it while it is fresh on my mind.

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February 26th, Tom had PRK done! It's like LASIK but instead of cutting a flap like you do in LASIK they laser right on the top surface of the eyeball! They had to do it this way because his eyeballs were miss shaped just enough that it would be safer in the long run. Flap or no flap it sounds gross either way! Looks gross too, at least the PRK looked gross. I didn't get to watch when they were doing my eyeballs but from what Tom says it was also gross.

His healing time was longer and a lot more painful than mine was. Our house was dark for 2 days straight because it was too bright for him otherwise. For those two days he couldn't open his eyes without water works. The pain was pretty bad. The Doc actually even gave him lortab to help with that pain. Ouch! I know! I felt so bad for my honey!

Now that the worst is over he is seeing pretty well. It's supposed to get better the more time it has to heal.

So...no more glasses or contacts in our house, for now.