Beautiful Weekend!

The weather was finally perfect all weekend for racing!  Thursday we raced for the first time in Willmar, MN.  Shane ended up wrecking the B-mod on the first lap :(  but made up for it by winning with the A-mod!  Friday, we raced at Princeton, and finished 3rd with the A-mod, and 5th with the B-mod.  Saturday night was kid's night at Brainerd, and being that Shane won the week prior, him and Mason got to carry the American flag for the National Anthem!

Then during intermission, all the cars came out onto the track to pass out candy & pictures, and autograph flags (as well as t-shirts, hats, foreheads, cheeks, arms)...yep, people want dirt track drivers signature on their body (thankfully it wasn't any inappropriate places :) !! They sure are diehard fans! 

Even the big kids (Chris) enjoy Axel's company....

Quick story... Axel is a mascot and does NOT talk... However, Mason proceeded to yell at him that he didn't win a bike.  He was saying something like "Axel, I put my name in that bucket and I wanted that red dirtbike bike."  He repeated himself several times, because it appeared that Axel wasn't listening because he didn't respond!  Mason walked away and punched Shane's racecar door in frustration.  He won a bike last year on kids night, so he thought he would automatically be chosen!  Still on Sunday (a day later), the neighbor asked him how he was doing.  Mason said "weeelll, I didn't win a bike" (like it was the end of the world).  The kid has like 10 bikes to choose from here, so i'm sure he'll survive!!! :)

I almost forgot results after that long explanation of Brainerd's kid night.... But results were just as awesome as kid's night! Shane won both the midwest mod & modified feature! He also won both heats, making it a double clean sweep night! (FYI: clean sweep means that you won both the heat and feature for that class)

Sunday we cleaned up the yard, mowed the lawn, washed the cars, and went for a 4-wheeler ride.  No sooner than parking it in the shed, the raindrops started.  It was perfect timing, except that Mason wanted to stay outside a lil longer!

In for trouble!

Can you believe 2 posts in 1 week?!  You'd think I'd had some free time or something.... Nope, not really!  In fact, i've had tons of ambition lately, and doing some spring/summer cleaning. I've been finding new ways to get use my spendy vacuum (cleaning all the window screens, vacuuming matresses, and carpets, etc), planting flowers, mowing lawn...yada-yada...  but anyway.... Here's what Mason gets into when i'm busy.....

Of course Mason said it was an "accident"!!  Um, ok, Mason, I believe you....Just like the time your whole leg was covered in ink...It was an accident!  (A 10 minute accident?)

This child of mine spazzes out by the site of an ant (like the teenie-tiny, baby ants)..... But yet, he has no problem with whatever this is (worm, caterpillar?)

Oh, and if you think kids only learn by watching their parents....Um, neither of us smoke!!!

And did you know a stick has more uses than a toy? It can be a sword, a gun, a green/checkered flag, a cigarette, a microphone, etc..... And, yep, just like a toy, the kids will fight over sticks!!

Happy Anniversary!!

Today we have been married for 7 years!

Oh, to be that skinny again!! lol :)

I'll give a quick run-down on this past weekends' results, then me and the 10 kids are headed outside to enjoy this nice weather (and maybe i'll bribe them into helping me clean up the yard :)

Friday night was Princeton once again, and Shane won his B-mod heat, and finished 3rd in the feature! In the A-mod he finished 3rd in both the heat and the feature!

Saturday night we headed to Brainerd, and Shane won both his heats, and won the Midwest Mod feature, and finished 2nd in the A-mod feature after a fun race with Jeff Hart.  Shane never had control of the lead, but he definitely gave it his all!  Mason even found some friends to 'race' with (even if they were hotwheels)!

Mason joined right in on a game of football with the big boys...He even ran in a couple touchdowns (even if one of them was into the opponents endzone :)

Showing off his new shirt from his friend, Alesha! :)

More Cold and Rain...

This past weekend was suppose to be KRA Speedway (Willmar)'s opener, and the radar looked iffy all day, but still we decided to make the drive; only to have it cancel before we got out of the truck!  Friday was also rained out (pretty much every track in a 200 mile radius was)!

Saturday was racing in Brainerd!  There were alot of tracks in the area cancelling because of the cold, or just too wet from all the prior rain; but North Central Speedway has some diehard workers, drivers, and fans, and the attendance was well above average.  Shane won both heats, and was scheduled to start front row with both cars... Unfortunately, his luck ran out with both cars before 1 lap of the feature was completed.  The B-mod got a flat tire, and the A-mod broke a suspension compotent (slider).  On a more positive note, Tom Gill won the midwest mod feature!!!  It was pretty exciting...just ask the guy who sat next to me!

Sunday, Shane and his dad put their cars in the trailer, and headed to Bemidji.  They don't run A-mods, so the trailer had room for 1 more car, and why not split the cost of fuel, if you can?!  Tom (shane's dad) races a mod-4, and had his best ever finish (to my knowledge), winning the heat, and getting 2nd in his feature!! Shane won his heat as well, and got 3rd in his feature.  Dan Ebert won the feature, marking his first win of the season! Thanks to Christina (Dan's girlfriend), I got play-by-play results via text, as the race was going on!! I felt as if I was there, but instead spent the afternoon/evening with just Mason and I.  We napped, went out to dinner, and rented a couple movies...Pretty much relaxed all day, which is the way Mother's Day should be!!

The weather this coming weekend is 'suppose' to be beautiful, and by next Wednesday (ya, like 9 days away:) is calling for a high of 83 degrees!  I can't wait!!!

Weekend Update

This past Friday was rained out (everywhere)..... We ate supper at House of Pizza, and planned on coming home and relaxing with the Nationwide race, cheering on Steve Arpin!  Well, an hour after we sit down, there's a knock at the door....A man says "Can I have 15 minutes of your time to clean the spots on your carpet?" Me, in my mind, {My carpets are filthy and disgusting from daycare kids, so I should really let him in.... But I really don't want you in my house right now (not even for 15 minutes).} I replied with "You're sure it's FREE, and you're sure it'll only take 15 minutes?"  He answered "yep, we'll clean those spots up in no time!"

So he goes back to his van, and out comes a huge box, and some girl, and he leaves.  I'm thinking, now why are you leaving her here with no vehicle when it's only going to take 15 minutes?  Well, I'll tell you exactly why!!! Cause he was a big fat liar man saying anything just so we'd let him in!  Well, she was here until 11:20pm!!!  (Almost 3 hours!!)  She vacuumed our floor with my vacuum, then vacuumed wth her vacuum, showed us the difference and why hers works so much better, vacuumed our matress, read a book about dust mites to us, told us her vacuum would cost $2,300 (but she'd give an end of the month special for $1,800) shampooed our carpet, and finally called for someone to pick her up.  The man came in (with much more enthusiam than her...which is probably what made up my mind), and of course he gave us his lowest offer possible (ya, right!)...$1,399.  Well, after a ruined Friday night, guess who is the proud new owner of a Kirby vaccuum? Yep, this sucker!! :)  It really is a good vacuum, and it should last forever (or so they say)!  And it actually makes me want to vacuum cuz I feel it's doing such a good job...So I guess it's worth it, right?!

And, the jetboat that we were looking into buying for our Sundays off, sold anyway, so you could say that I saved myself some money, cause the vacuum was alot cheaper than a jetboat.  Oh, wait..Boats, sun, water, family VS. pushing a freakin vacuum around.... Not Cool! 

OK, enough of my whining..... Saturday we went to North Central Speedway in Brainerd for their opening night, and Shane did very well!  He took 2nd in his B-mod heat, and won the feature!  And won his A-mod heat and got 2nd in the feature!  We did have to sit through a 2 hour rain/track packing delay, so it did get to be a cold, late night.  But the track was in very good shape, and it turned out to be some great racing!!

Trying to stay warm!!

Mason lending a helping hand to the competition! :)

B-mod feature win!

The reason Mason likes going to the races so much...Axel throws candy!!

Sunday, Shane went to Kasson, MN (Dodge County Speedway) with just the B-mod, cause they don't have Wissota A-mods.  He won his heat and finished 2nd in the feature to Brandon Davis!  I didn't go with, but I heard it was a very exciting, close finish!!  Instead Mason and I cleaned all day (although after a morning of 10 kids, you can't even tell), and we went grocery shopping.  Mason thinks it's so cool that he can carry 2 cases of pop in by himself!