the muddy grandpa

my daddy is my superhero.

awhile ago his health wasn't exactly where it should be.  

maybe it was the heaping bowls of vanilla ice cream doused in chocolate syrup every night huh daddy??

and his doc had told him that he better get into shape or his health could take a turn for the worse.

and that's exactly what he did, he started eating healthier and working out a lot more.

i would be chatting with my parents via phone or skype around 10pm our time, midnight their time, and daddy's like, whoops gotta go to the gym, ttyl alyssa.
and then he tells the family that he's training for tough mudder!
and we were all like, WHATTTTT.  daddy you're gonna die!!
and then what happened?  he ROCKED it.
he went to the mid-atlantic event in MD (which we were not able to go to watch him) and he said it was so freakin fun and that he'd do it many more times.
pics courtesy of mah mom.

my parents are seriously so freaking cute.

there were 20 obstacles and one of them was going through dangling electrical wires, yeah ok.

and my mom said she's never heard so many curse words in her life as she watched everyone going through those wires.

and my mom had a blast watching all kinds of people, like this dude with a blow up doll attached to him.

and what's up??  the avengers assembled.  seriously so cool.

my dad's team that mostly consisted of cops.

he became a part of this team through a church buddy, who is a cop as well.  

my dad said that everyone waited for each other to finish an obstacle and supported each other the entire time.  i thought that that was just so cool.  my dad also wears hearing aids, which he could not wear throughout the event and couldn't hear anything at all, except for the electrical cords shocking him.  but yet the team was understanding and was able to communicate what they needed to with him. 

you go glen coco!

i'm SO proud of my daddy and am still in awe of the fact that he accomplished such an event.  he is already planning on doing 2 events next year, 1 out east and 1 out here in utah.

he has inspired everyone in the family to start getting fit and healthy.

and today brett, everton, and i ventured off to work out.  but things didn't work out for today so we came home and i finished off a carton of my fav chocolate ice cream.  maybe tomorrow i'll work on my fitness.

but for real, my dad is so hardcore.   

this 52 year old gramps is still a kickin.