Last, but not Least...

Here is the 3rd (and final) car with the graphics on!  It started out as a bare frame just to have as a spare, and he'd put it together if and when he ever needed it.  Well, someone offered him a complete roller at a steal of a deal, so he put it together with some spare parts laying around (and a few new ones).  What's he gonna do when he needs those spare parts for his primary cars? I don't know...take this one apart!

Friday we are off to the first race weekend of the season (besides Florida), Chateau Raceway in Lansing, MN...weather permitting, then to Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, MN on Saturday.  Neither of these tracks run Wissota modifieds in there program, so it will be with the Midwest mod only.  Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather lately!

Thanks to Greg George Grafix out of Princeton, MN for doing such a great job on the wraps!

Happy Birthday!!

Two years ago today I gave birth to one of my beautiful baby boys.... Brady Louis! We Love and Miss You everyday!  I know I have a cute picture of Mason holding Brady somewhere, but I can't find it in my computer right now.  And I also realized just last month that the engraving people forgot an "s" at the end of sleep.  I guess it's a reminder to everyone that nobody is perfect, except Jesus!

Work before Play

Mason chopping ice!  This was a good time occupier.

And he actually likes to vacuum (which is good, cause I could use the help)!

This was right after he crashed into me while I was riding my pedal bike.

Shane then taught him how to pull the brake.  But he took a break to say HI!

Saturday we took a day trip to the Mall of America to go to Underwater World, and rode some of the rides at the Nickelodeon Park.  It was a fun, but exhausting day!  Way too many people for me! Oh funny story about Underwater World....  Adult admission was $18.99 per person, children 3+ were $13.49, and children aged 2 and under were free.  So, in an effort to save some money we planned to say that Mason was 2.  So when we get there, the greeter lady tries to convince us to buy a family membership for $95 (for Shane, I, Mason, Neil, Kloey & Kaydence-some friends of ours) and we wouldn't have to wait in line either, but I said "No thanks that will cost more cause he's free cause he's 2".  Mason says as loud as possible...."Mom, I'm 3...Mom, I'm not 2, I'm 3!"  I whispered to him "Mason today you're 2, now be quiet!"  So, the whole time we waited in line (like 45 minutes) to purchase our tickets, we had to rehearse to Mason that he is 2.  And if he didn't cooperate we would feed him to the sharks!  So, finally he understood (in a very confused way), that today it was ok to fib.  But I didn't trust that his little mouth wouldn't blurt it out at the register, so we coaxed him into pretending he was sleeping on dad's shoulder and I would do the talking.  So, I pay for Shane and I and say that he's 2, she gives us wristbands, and says he doesn't need one unless he wants.  I said Yes he'll want one when he wakes up.  She said she needs to put it on him, so he has his eyes closed as tight as possible (to the point he's squinting, and doesn't looked relaxed one bit), and flops his arm off of dad's shoulder and over to the lady.  She had to have known he was faking, but we pulled it off and saved our $13.49.   And to be honest, it wasn't all that great.  It was good, just definitely not worth the $40 we paid, and the $50 Neil paid.  The money would've been much better spent on more rides!

 Sunday we spent the day outside.  Shane and Mason on the little 4-wheelers, and me on my pedal bike, until Mason crashed into my front wheel when he was turning around and bent my handlebars!  Needless to say, he does know how to use the brakes now! 

Say Cheese!!

Because I haven't posted in a while, and we actually haven't done anything real exciting since Florida, except play wii for hours on end, ride the vintage snowmobiles, and work on racecars.... I'll post some more pics of Mason!

And yes, most parents usually get their child's picture taken on or near their annual birthday, but I tend to procrastinate at things that involve making an appointment and paying for services... Hence, why Mason turned 3 on January 11th, and still hasn't had a 3 year check up with his doctor (which will probably just get bypassed til he's 4). 

But back to pictures...... Mason dropped my camera and broke it!  And then Shane and Neil tried to fix it, and well, broke it MORE!  And yes, I told Mason that he was buying me a new one, and he replied "I don't have any monnnnney!"  To which I told him that I would take his birthday money to pay for it (because I was so upset at him for always being so clumsy and careless).  But of course, I did not take his money, because broken things are a given when raising children!  And he's just too cute to get mad at!! 

So, we were shopping one night and were looking at new cameras, and I said that I'd go home and do some research as to which one would work best for me (and to be honest, I didn't even have enough money in my checking account to buy it that night)...  Well, Shane went and bought the one I had been looking at and gave it to me for Valentine's Day! 

So I finally did Mason's 3 year pics (with my new camera)!  And for $25, I got all the 5x7's and 8x10's needed for the family, instead of the normal $80-$100 that I used to spend!  And it's good to be able to save some money, cause in about 7 months we'll be having to buy diapers again!!!  Yes, we are having another baby!  But I promised Mason he would always be my "Best Bud", so I gotta figure out a way to explain that to the new one! :)

It was dark and I had the kitchen light on, that's why he looks like a 'red head' in this pic!