The Christianson farm in Abbotsford Fischer remains 100% brainwashed. The boy lives for John Deere.... imagine that?! He recently woke up singing "it's all about John Deere" - a song from one of his J.D. kids dvd's.
FINALLY we got our family pictures taken! Connie Hemmer did a great job. I always dread picture day... but this one was short and sweet and we ended up with nearly 200 awesome pictures. Above are just a few of my favorites.
While my boys were home being spoiled by their grandparents, their "tough mother" was off trying not to embarass herself at Wisconsin's "Tough Mudder." This was all Sean's bad idea... i don't know if he caught me at a weak moment, or just plain tricked me.... either way... it was not nice to get me roped into this!
Here's a description from the WI State Journal: "The Wisconsin debut of Tough Mudder, a 10-mile obstacle course of mud, walls, burning bales of hay, tubes, steep hills and electricity, had 7,500 participants slogging their way through a course designed by a guy who spent five years chasing terrorists in the Middle East and Southeast Asia."
Great idea, huh?! So after months of hard work and training.... we did it! And it was awesome - what a riot! The hills were steep, the walls were tall, most of the water was disgusting, and I have minor road rash on my rear..... but I would do it again... it was all for fun, and the camaraderie was the best part. Everyone helped everyone, even those not on your team. We finished in just under 3 1/2 hours.
For more pictures of all of the obstacles at our event: http://toughmudder.com/event-photos/wisconsin-2011-photos/
The before picture: Karie Thums, Julie Thums, Allison & Sean Ebert
Thousands of shoes will be cleaned up and donated to 3rd world countries. Over 1 million dollars has already been raised by Tough Mudder for the Wounded Warriors Project.
We survived!!! 10 miles of torture.... just for fun!
The Spartans & The Spartanettes:
Karie & Julie Thums, Sean & Allison Ebert, Chance Crowther
Fischer spent 2 weeks in IL in the month of July. He was very busy combining wheat and oats with Larry and Nede. I wasn't sure he would ever come home... lots of swimming, riding the 4-wheeler, riding his bike, visiting Grandma Dory and Grandpa Marty, checking cattle....
Stanley stayed home with us.... a little too much action down there for a little guy. He's doing great - happy as long as someone is talking to him. He just laughs and sucks his thumb! He was very happy though when his big brother came home!
