Kids Mudder

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Every year for the past three years, the boys have competed in the Children's Challenge in Brooklynn Michigan.  They look forward to this great event each year.  We drove up early Saturday morning and made it just in time for them to race.  Each one of them impress me each year with how well they do and how hard they push themselves.

Landon running hard.

Carter sliding out of the muddy tunnels

 


Cheering Landon as he ran past...he is blowing kisses to me as he ran by.


Carter was in first place until this point...this was a new station within the race.  They had to pull a 5 gallon bucket filled with water to the top.  He was so bummed that the two older boys passed him at this time.


Crawling through the muddy puddles under the fences
Carter ended up in 2nd place in their group of kids ages 4-14.  Landon wasn't too far behind him either.
Nolan didn't run it this year but at the end he slid down the mud slide to the finish and the sweet girls gave him a medal.  He was so excited.  
 

 

 

So proud of these boys and their accomplishments!

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