Eagles v. Chiefs

 The Chiefs are going to the Superbowl for the third year in a row. They are going for a "Threepeat", if you haven't already heard...

Chiefs fans all over the world are praying extra hard every night. 

On Track went up against a Box in Philadelphia in a head to head workout, just for funsies!

That called for lots of red and yellow decorations and our best local artists to produce Mahomes' buns posters. 

We spared no expense and it was 

AWESOME

Philly:

On Track:

Sadly, the Chiefs lost and so did we. 

But I loved every minute of it. We live to squat another day.

Coaches

Mark is under the gun at work. The sky is falling over there.

So the rest of us are handling matters at the gym. Thank the heavens above that I'm finally off crutches. 

It's CPR night at the Hufford House and we're having Butter Chicken and garlic naan....because I love these yahoos. 

Silver Anniversary and Crossfit Games

We are mere days away from our 25th Anniversary! Aren't we cute with our readers? 

We planned to celebrate by taking the kids to Aunt Sarah's in Arkansas and then going to the Crossfit Games, but Mark planned in an extra day in Ft. Worth to have a real date. He nixed the long drive to Texas, bought flights and made reservations at Capital Grille. It was perfect. 

The hotel surprised us with a special treat. The restaurant sent us off with a goody bag too...so we had a yummy chocolate picnic after our early dinner.  

We grabbed an Uber to a movie theater and watched "Twisters". Then we took the scenic route back to the hotel. I'm a sucker for an artistic alleyway. 

The next morning, we checked into our Airbnb. It was super cute!

We had the best roomates: Dan and Lauren Smith, Ross and Lauren Terry and Zach Nash...who grabbed the way too short futon in the living room. Game nights, cooking meals, talking Crossfit and investigating the sinkhole hidden under the dining room rug. These were the perfect people to do all of the things with. 

Watching the games in Dickies Arena. We froze our butts off up there. The AC was on overdrive.

We spent our time walking from the arena to the Vendor Village and back, doing workouts (not me, mind you)

finding yummy places to eat, even if it takes a brutal, soul wrenching walk of torture to get there. 

Uber? Uber?

watching for our photos show up on the jumbotron!

eating sooooo many acai bowls,

and hanging out with the sweetest, quirkiest, nerdiest friends a person could ask for. I love these ding dongs!

And just like that, it was over and we were trapped in a plane for 4 extra hours, just trying to make it back home to our babies. 

Well, our teenager babies, which, as we all know, need the most love of all. 

 

Monster Games

Mark and I volunteered to judge at the Monster Games. Actually, for me, it was a little bit of an accident. I marked that I would be willing to judge, but assumed they would assign me to other tasks. 

That isn't what happened.

I also assumed that we would judge in shifts, reasonable stretches of time. 

That isn't what happened. 

We judged all day, everyday. 

It was exhausting and fun and totally nuts. We both learned a lot and we got to spend 4 days with some of our favorite people. 

We got some great exposure for the gym and made some pretty cool contacts with other gym owners and athletes. I felt out of place, but I learned a lot and I was proud of myself for stepping up and doing something out of my comfort zone. 

It was funny to show up on other people's social media.

We'd definitely do it again next year!

But first, we nap.

2023 On Track Christmas Party

 Mark has the smoker goin!

Ross hung the the ornaments with care!

We decked the halls!

And then we all did what we do best: eat and talk and look cute

Lauren Smith, Kristi Cowan and Lauren Terry

Dan Smith, Ross Terry and Mark

Megan, Laney and Kyle Flynn

The spread...featuring my famous apple juice and 7up concoction

Nic Conovor and the fam...love those prepared parents!

Clint and Carol Gregg, Grace Laskaras, Marlene and Mellissa Conchola, Anna Mollman(floor), Ainsley Wilber (box), Sarah Laskaras

Maddie and Kyle Gillett

Jamie Schmidt, Bridet's husband, Bridget Netherton, Maddy Schumann, Kyle Koontz

Kyle, Katie the fiance, JD Dalton, Harrison Mehlman, I don't know that guy

JD doing as he does and telling everyone to zip it and watch the video, I do believe he started his holiday speech with "When I'm talking, you're not talking!"  Always be coachin, JD.

The best 3 minute video ever shown!

And as is our long-standing tradition: the White Elephant swap! This year I was impressed with how passionately these folks fought for all the silly gifts...

And quickly becoming an On Track tradition, Alinda's ornamant earrings! This time made especially for her by Ross. 

But the very best thing to happen during the party was this phone call!!!

Maybe the best day ever!!