Somehow "Life is good!" just doesn't sum it up!

We went out for our maiden voyage in the new boat this weekend.  Joe is quite simply just amazing at not just operating the boat but the trailer and everything else it entails.  Obviously I trust him beyond words or I would not have had children with him but I also would not bring the girls for the first trip out on the water.  It was a fun filled day with lunch in a nice cove and zooming around exploring the rest of the time.  To let you know how smooth this boat ride and probably more importantly the operator was, Little Miss Tyler Mae fell asleep on my lap while we were cruising along at 35 miles an hour.  The only even kind of difficult part is that I have to have both girls on my lap mostly because I am neurotic but also because I don't trust that Austin is old enough to understand the consequences of not holding on, well and Tyler is just wild right now so she can't be trusted in the living room much less the open water.

The Color Run!

 So apparently some kids thought up a way to get more people to run for charity.  Play loud music and throw colored dust at them.  Well it totally works as we joined in with 4,600 other Coloradans to run a 5K this weekend.

Here's Kelley and I before the race looking all white and clean.

Joe and I with Austin refusing to get in the picture so Joe just grabbed her and hung her upside down.

 Briargate Wellness Center's full team - Erin, Kelley, myself and Joe.

 The blue guys meant business and really covered us well.  My back and armpits are still stained.

 All us girls after the race and before a much deserved breakfast.

 My Mom AKA race day Daycare carrying around a very dirty Austin.

Austin playing with some color at the finish line...it was colored food starch and was about the softest thing in the world...super fun to play with!

And at least Monday's already suck...

We were woken up at 3:30 this morning by our security team letting us know that the shop's glass door had been broken and someone had tried to burglarize it.  Luckily...first and foremost no one was there, and secondly the bars on the windows and the locking dead bolt kept the robber at bay.  Here's a clip of Joe that will air tonight on our nightly news about the break ins.

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Muddy Buddy

I was insanely happy when Joe took a liking to racing after the Bolder Boulder.  He volunteered to race in ANY race I wanted to sign us up for.  (You can picture my smile right now).  I chose two races the first was an 3 mile obstacle race this last weekend and the second is the Color Run next weekend.  Here are the pictures from the mud run.

Just before the race started.  Look at how clean we were.

Austin hanging with Grandma to help cheer us on.

 Grandma got Austin a sno-cone and Austin's version of sharing is to throw the ice on Lil' Bit's tray to eat. :-)

  

 Here's Joe stretching before the race.

Here's part of the course in the background which was originally a four wheel drive track that they added 20 obstacles to.

 Tyler trying to break Grandma's headband.

 Walking the starting line with Kelley waving by to her clean clothes.

Base camp for Grandma and the girls while we raced.

 We just got done climbing the rock wall behind us getting ready to run to the finish line.

Kelley and I and all our mud.  Notice the hand prints on me courtesy of Joe. :-)

Oh yeah and look who can "walk"!

I have to put "walk" in quotes because it looks more like dancing. :-D

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We finally let Lil' Bit ride with Austin.  I love this video because you can hear Aunt Lisa's voice in the background since they are here visiting.

Look at how excited those sisters are!

A small sample of what a goofball Tyler is.

Updates through pictures.

We were lucky enough to get Carole for a whole week out here and we managed to sneak out for an afternoon and head up to the aquarium in Denver.

We ate lunch at the seafood restaurant in the aquarium first (which I think is the most backwards thing I have ever heard of, but the food was good and the giant aquarium at our table that even included a Mermaid show was awesome).

Look at the trepidation in Austin wanting to touch the mermaids hands but not quite being sure if it's a good idea.

Look at this ham-bone attempting to smile at me. :-) 

And this one with her true "Crystal smile". 

This was Tyler's facial expression the whole time, kind of tired...kind of scared.

Austin making friends with the turtle.

They even have a tiger at the aquarium.

Marmee taking pictures of the fish and the girls mesmerized by her.

It's not a great picture due to the glare but since sharks are my favorite animal I had to include this picture.

And of course there was a bounce house outside that we had to jump in.

Oh yeah and look what followed us home from Denver on Saturday...poor big beast needed a good home. :-)