Team Mad Dog- Tough Mudder

Paul has a friend he worked with at Target years ago who has been struggling with liver failure. A group from Target decided to raise money by running a tough mudder. The Tough Mudder events are hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. You go over 12 foot walls and through underground mud tunnels, through water, over hills and through 10,000 volts of electricity.  Their team, Team Mad Dog raised over $5000 for Jared and his family. In the end, Paul had a blast but unfortunately ended up breaking a toe and bursting his eardrum. It was a tough race but he's planning on doing it again so it must have been fun!

Paul's Run in Moab

This was Paul's third half marathon he's run. This time we made the trek to Moab to cheer him and Kim (his sister) on with his parents and Kim's two youngest girls. While we were waiting for them to cross the finish line, the kids played at teh park. They just love cousin time!

The kids being silly...

...With the Parents...

...Kim and Paul, this is their third race together...

 

We finally got to see Paul finish a race. He did awesome!

Vegas Rock n' Roll Half Marathon Weekend

Paul loves running and luckily so does his sister so we headed to Vegas for the RnR Half Marathon. We had a blast with Kim and Aaron. I think this will become a tradition.

We went to eat and went to a Comedy Show. We walked A LOT...

 Kim and I, ❤ her!

The race was Sunday night... pumped up for the race.

During the race, there were 44,000 runners for the half and full marathon. It was awesome to see.

After the race, it was freezing cold but they both did awesome!

We had a great time in Vegas!

My parents met us in Vegas on Saturday and took the kids back with them to California until Monday. In California, the kids: made cookies with Nana, had a pizza party with Poppy, decorated Nana and Poppy's Christmas tree, saw the lights at Mission Inn, and saw Santa. They had a blast! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Utah Half Marathon

Paul had the opportunity to run his first half marathon race with his brothers, Scott and Kent (Kent ran a full), and sister Kim. Jenny and I took care of the kids while they did their thing. Unfortunately and fortunately, we missed all of them coming through the finish line since they all knocked out their best times. It was a fun a day and so much fun to watch!

Before the race at 6 am.

 The kids eating popsicles after the race.

 The four "Chalmers" siblings after the race.

 Dance party in my car while waiting for everyone... the girls were jammin' in the back.