Birthday, Tough Mudder, Siesta Key

          This weekend we went up to Tampa for Brandon to do his Tough Mudder event. It was about a 4 hour drive up there from our house. Andrew did really well in the car. He just slept most of the way and the other parts he liked having me back there with him playing with toys. I was really impressed he did so well. We got to the event around 11:30 in the morning. It was out on a ranch so it was all grassy. It was hard to push the stroller around but there were lots of moms there with strollers too so I didn't feel so weird dragging the stroller around. The race started at 1 and Brandon finished around 4 so it was a really long one. Brandon finished the whole thing though; I am proud of him! It was a really tough race. The race was 12 miles long and every half mile there was an obstacle he had to overcome. I only got to watch him do a couple obstacles because I couldn't push the stroller around for 12 miles, but it was fun to see him do them. There were obstacles such as climbing walls, going through multiple mud pits, climbing up hay bales, cargo nets, and the last one he had to run through electrical wires! It looked pretty fun though I would like to do it with him sometime. The race was a pretty long day for Andrew and I because there wasn't anywhere for us to really hang out and me to feed him so we just had to find little secluded spots out on the field. Andrew was pretty pleasant though and I got him to laugh out loud a couple times.
      After the Tough Mudder we spent the night up near Tampa and then in the morning we drove to the Siesta Key. It's beach is rated #1 in the country so we went to go see it. It was a really pretty beach. The sand was like powder and really white. It was super cool. It was hard to enjoy it much though because Brandon and I were both sick. Brandon got really sick after his event. It was just too tough of an event for his body. So now we are both still sick and trying to recover.
      It was also my Birthday last Friday. I can't believe I am 22 now! I still feel so little. We went and got a bike for my birthday present. I am really excited to start riding it around here. Florida is the perfect place for a bike. Brandon also got me flowers and made me birthday spaghetti which was super nice :) I also found a mouse in the house! Yikes! I woke up and turned the light on in the kitchen and a mouse ran squealing out. It was so gross! I hope we can catch it soon because it really is nasty to have a mouse running around the house.