the adventures of chad davis...

my husband and his younger brother are pretty close.

i have known them both since i was 11 years old and they always did everything together.

now that they are both adults and have families of their own, they don't see each other as often.

last month, they both entered in a kayak race...at the last minute. 

this was his brother's idea.

chad, my husband, has only been in a kayak once before and it ended very badly for him and his cell phone. 

he happened to be in the river with his brother, patrick, who also had a similar incident with him and his phone.

i figured the race would be pretty interesting for these two.

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hearing the whole race story from my husband's perspective 

ends up sounding a lot like 'the hunger games trilogy"...

(their dad's finger is in the right corner...first time taking a photo with an iphone :)

he started out with a bad launch filling his kayak with gallons of water and being the last one to paddle off.

one team got invaded with daddy long-legs and chad witnessed them both beating the spiders in their boat violently with their paddles.

patrick watched a snake crawl on a lady's kayak and saw her cussing and swatting it with her paddle.

pat also ended up falling out of his kayak right into a dirty patch of river water. 

(chad crossing the finish line)

it was all very dramatic, to say the least :)

(cari and cami watching during the awards)

chad thought he did terrible because he never did catch up to his brother after his bad start.

he now claims he is the older and apparently slower brother :)

when they called out the winners they were both surprised to learn how great they did!

chad ended up with the 3rd place metal and pat with the 2nd.

it was fun to see them be like kids again.

proud of you chad...here is to many more adventures with your brother :)

side note: his shirt says, "what? i can't hear you over my awesomeness"

this is a shirt my mom gave him and one his girls love