Man vs. Mud

The first weekend in September we headed to Logan, Utah where Kevin and I joined his family to do a 5k Mud Run.


Kyle and Brittany, Dad Ashcraft, Me and Kevin.


This was the first that we've ever done and it will definitely become an annual thing! It was such a blast!! This was our group of Ashcrafts: Kevin, Me, Brittany and Kyle, Paul, Eric Eliason, Tori Eliason, Shannon Eliason, Bruce Boehm, and Tracy Boehm.

Look how clean we were...


Kevin with his dad and brother Kyle.


There were about 4 or 5 slides through out the course, a couple army crawl spots, one trench obstacle we had to walk thru mud that was up to our chest, and lots of other fun challenges. This was us right before we slid down the last hill into the finish line mud pit!


This is our whole group in the last mud pit. The fire station was there soaking the slides and this was at the very end.


Don't we look amazing!!


Me and Kevin. (that thing on his head was one of those 'go pro' cameras. they asked him to wear it throughout the run to get footage of what it was like)


I think this was the absolute WORST part for me. This was the washing off spot and they had the water coming from the mountain stream. That water was beyond freezing!!


After we were all done the kids got to participate in their own mud run. It had a few of the same obstacles that we did but scaled down a lot!
Kaylee and Kollin.


Khloe in the foam pit. It took her a few minutes to get into it but once she did she was covered from head to toe!


Kaylee and Kollin coming out of the mud pit.


Mr. Kooper loving that he could get as dirty as he wanted (without getting in trouble)! The dirtier, the better!!


Kooper in the foam pit.


Kollin...


And even little miss Kaylee got covered...they had soooo much fun!


After the freezing shower they were excited to put on their new Man vs. Mud shirts!


After we went to Kevins Aunt and Uncles house there in Logan and swam for the rest of the afternoon.
Kaylee surfing...


Me, Khloe and Kollin.


Kollin surfing across the pool.


Kevin and Kooper on the diving 'stone'.


It was such an amazing day with the Ashcrafts. I really am so thankful that have such amazing family members on both sides. Spending this day with the Ashcrafts was relaxing, fun, exciting and comforting to be around people we love so much and love us back the same!

8 years ago...

It seems like a lifetime ago but 8 years ago Kollin joined our family. I was going to post some pictures of him as a baby, but as crazy as it seems I didn't have a digital camera then:)!
He turned 8 on August 30th and it was a very very busy day for him...and us.
He got to take some treats to school and as soon as he got home we helped him celebrate some more.


He's crazy about technology, magic and Lego's. So for his birthday he got the coolest
gyro mini remote control helicopter. Its the tiniest thing but is pretty awesome.


His other new phase is Heely's. He hasn't quite mastered it yet but enjoys that he and his friends can "heely" together:)


Kollin's absolute favorite treat is to go to Cafe Rio and get some of their fabulistic "Tres Leches" cake. Usually we have the kids share one but today he was excited to get his very own.


After cake and presents Kevin took him outside to practice his heely's for a few minutes. Bless his heart, but he isn't the most coordinated person on the planet but he tried soooo hard!




We weren't able to do a party for him this year because Kevin and I were put in charge of our Ward's Summer Party. Which turned out to be that same night. So he might not have had his own party but got lucky enough to have a huge party on his birthday.


Enjoying a yummy cheeseburger.


Human Foosball.


Khloe.


Our handsome birthday boy!!


That night was a very very late one but we put all the other kids to bed and let him pop his balloons all by himself.


That Friday we went to Kaysville to participate in a Mud Run and Kollin got some fun magic tricks from my Mom and a Pogo stick from Kevin's parents.


Kevin and I have been battling back and forth to get the most hops and I only post this because its in my favor but I'm in the lead with 55!
Kevin attempting to beat me...


It must be the flying hair that helps me jump so much:) (yikes!)


Our lives have never been the same since Kollin joined our family and there isn't a second that goes by that I'd want it any other way. He is such a joy to our family! We're headed to Kaysville on October 8th for him to be baptized. I know there will be many many tears shed at another moment when I realize how quickly my kids are growing up! We love you Kollin!!

Rafting along the Green River

This post is completely out of order but it was just too fun not to reminisce. Back in July my sister Kim came and stayed for a couple days. We've been wanting to go up to Flaming Gorge and go rafting on the Green River. So we called and ended up getting the very last raft. The water was FREEZING but kids are amazing and didn't let it bother them one bit.

Kooper hanging on to the rafts rope while we waited for Kevin to take the car down to the boat dock down the river where we'll end up.


Kaylee and Kollin excited and ready to go.


Khloe. This was the happiest she was all day. She wasn't as comfortable as the other kids on the ride. Seriously screamed every time she'd see white caps.


Kim and Khloe.


Me and the kids getting geared up.


Because it was the last raft the 7 of us had to squeeze into a 5 person raft. It was cozy for sure but I think the kids liked the comfort of being so close to us.


Finally on the river. Kim, Kaylee, Kooper and Kollin.


Kevin and Khloe.


We took a little pit stop to have a snack and let Kev fish for a while. Kim jumped into the freezing water and surprisingly enough everyone but Khloe followed.






It was simply gorgeous! Going thru some of the canyons the scenery seemed almost surreal it was so beautiful. Once we got to the end of the 7 mile ride we drove to the top and did it a second time!

Our family along the Green River.




The next day after church we went on a hike here in town that shows petroglyphs along the mountain side. It felt like 110 degrees that day but we didn't let it slow us down.

Me and the kids.


Kim and Kollin hiking along the side of the mountain.


You can kind of see the petroglyphs on the mountain side. Most of them we could make out the story they were trying to tell. Pretty neat.


This is how most of the kids ended up after the hot hot hike. Each with a small layer of clothing taken off.