TTUT ~ We are Spartan

It's good to be back, I've missed all of my TTUT friends! I hope you're here to link up with IA, my partner in crime and me, for another great week of our rule-free meme! 


Last week was the girls spring break, Babe took the week off and we did a little vacationing, just the four of us. I won't bore you with all of the details, not in one post at least, but I did want to share with you their {Babe, Honey & Peanuts} achievement because once again I am one proud Mommy and wife! 


Babe and Honey signed up to do the Spartan Race, a 4 mile military style obstacle race outside of Atlanta. Peanut was not old enough to do the race with them but she did kick some 10-13 year old butt in the kids race! 


I sat back and watched and of course took lots of pictures and cheered them on. 

The day started with them looking like this

And ended with them looking like this

Peanut took off in the back of the pack, I'd say there were probable a little over 100 kids running in her age group, and finished 25th, only 4 girls crossed the finish line before her. I was super proud of her but for any of you that have read my stories about Peanut and her extreme drive and competitiveness you can only imagine how placing 25th went over. She's already training for the next race where I have no doubt she'll place in the top 10! 

She made up a ton of ground during the obstacles, I think she passed a half dozen kids while crawling in the 10" thick mud under the "barbed-wire".

There was a bathing station set up for the runners to clean up when they completed the race. The water was ice cold but not rinsing off really wasn't an option. 

For some reason I have more pictures of this guy than I do of anyone else.

Oops, almost a wardrobe malfunction! 

 I'm fairly sure I heard him talking to ahem...himself. This is what he said... "Hey, Little Fella, I know the water's cold but I don't think everyone has admired me yet, hang in there for just a few more minutes."

I seriously think he emptied the well! 

Enough already, back to my family...

The 40' mud crawl under barbed-wire was at the half way point, about an hour and both Babe and Honey said it was the hardest obstacle of the event.

I'll be honest when I saw my hubbies face I was a fearful that he was gonna have a heart attack, admitting defeat is not his strong suit!  

At about the half way point Honey, along with the majority of the other racers, opted to roll instead of crawl. Her elbows were raw and bloody when she crossed the finish line! 

By the end of the day this rope climb was covered in mud. I'd say a quarter of the people made it up the rest lined up to do the option. They meant business, if you couldn't or wouldn't do a certain obstacle you had to do 30 burpies before moving on to the next thing. 

 They crossed the finish line with a respectable time of 2 hours 27 minutes, covered in mud, exhausted and ready to sign up for the next race! 

I couldn't be more proud of them. They came, they saw, they kicked ass! 

What are you talking about today? Anything goes guys make sure to come back and link up so we can swing by and say hi!