October Fun

 October has brought that gorgeous fall weather...Nic and I took our kids to This is the Place State Park.  It was really a fun day.  There was trick or treating and crafts...the kids had a lot of fun.

 Then, on the Friday before Halloween, I went to help with the kids parade at school.  I picked up my big middle schooler to watch her siblings and help with Ben, and she ditched and walked back to school before the parade even started.  What? 

 There was snow on the ground and a chill in the air!  Brody is wearing my gloves, as a result!

 Avery was working her red hair and lipstick, as she would!

 Brody had an army man appropriate hairstyle, because it had been red ribbon week and we had shaved half of his head on crazy hair day.  I was suprised that he let me, he is kind of a stick in the mud.  I originally asked if I could just shave the crown of his head to look like an old man :).  I knew he wouldn't go for it, but it couldn't hurt to ask! 

 I am loving the crisp weather and snuggly boys!

 Then, on Halloween, we went to the Ward Trunk or Treat.  It is so fun, I love the people here.

 Fall is the best season all year, it is soooo lovely!  I love these kids and my husband...we are incredibly blessed.

Last post about this, ever! (Unless I do it next year)

 This was our whole group, The Chupacabras...Rob's 4 brothers, Rob, Me, Misty (a guy from work, his girlfriend...she was super cool), Justin Koyle (from our ward, in Young Men's with Rob), and Rob's 66 year old boss!  He is incredible!  He is 66 and has had BOTH knees replaced!  He is full of metal and still went through both of the electrical obstacles, crazy determined! (and he's ripped, I think I have a little crush on his determination and fitness)

 We're off!!  This was the start of the whole thing!  We were heading towards a lot of cold and a lot of mud!

 Rob just loves his boss :)

 The ending of the boa constrictor...I know these are in crazy order, okay!

 I'm fake crying to the kids when we got to Everest!

 The Tough Mudder could not be done alone.  It is such an interesting process of needing eachother and complete strangers.  It makes you love people.  There are a lot of hard working and good people out there!  (and a lot that were not at the tough mudder, too:)

 This is when Rob's right arm came off and I sewed it back on, quick, before the Electro Shock Therapy!

 Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta hug!  They worked hard together!

Well, that's it...(really I have so many more pictures and videos, but I'm so sick of uploading them and I'm sure you're sick of seeing them...onward and upward)

This whole thing was a riot, I loved it so much.  It gave Rob and I some extra love for eachother and I loved being with all of my awesome brother in laws, and Koyle.  Misty was super cool and fun to run with.  I am so thankful to be alive, healthy, and movin!!!

Some more for my sisters, who put everything on Facebook, even though I can't see it.

 This was the Mud Mile, and it really did feel like a mile.  You had to go up mud hills into water and up more mud hills.  Getting mud in your face/hair/everywhere was not an option, it was a fact!

 You REALLY had to help eachother, there was no other way.

 Then the boa constrictor...through tubes with water in them.

 And the funky monkey, where I proved once and for all that I have NO upper body strength.  I didn't even make one rung, if your counting!  That stance of Rob's is the "I swear, I didn't push you in" pose!  He was actually holding my waist trying to lift me from rung to rung, but as I said...NO upper body strength.

 Rob on the other hand...

This video is Everest, a crazy obstacle!

I have pictures of this, but they take soooo long to download.  Chad is the first one shown, being pulled up, then Rob gets up on his own, and then me...after that it is Misty, Justin, Jacob and Marc.