Dad's Race

Last weekend I had the awesome experience of going to watch my dad race. He's been doing it for a few years but race season is the same season as wedding season and after being in so many weddings and planning our own, the weekends just never seemed to fall into place. So this year I committed myself to going to see him at a local race (only 2 hours away which is nothing compared to some of the drives). While there I got to see some of my family friends that I often referred to "uncles" while growing up. It was a great little trip, see for yourself...

To get to the track you drive through some beautiful slightly hilly areas with lots of farm land, grass and trees. It's hard to not find the place beautiful. I guess that's why they call it Blackhawk Farms Raceway.

I arrived just in time to watch my dad do his final practice. Post practice my dad made his way over to the weigh machine to make sure he was at regulation. He was. It was a good practice, not a great one but a good one.

Once he got done we all took a little break for food and afterwards stopped for cake, ice cream and root beer floats. These two made themselves cake icing lipstick. Silly but fun.

After lunch all the racers work on tuning up their car for the race. It was cool to see all the guys helping each other out even though they are all competitors once they get on the track.

Once everyone was ready and it was my dad's flight time, we made our way to the track.

I learned that my babysitter was quite the pit girl! While I was there I saw her help my dad make some adjustments to his car, check his air pressure, get gas for the car and even start his car. For a 16 year old, she's pretty bad @ss.

It was hard to capture photos of my dad actually racing because well at 70+ mph....he was just to darn fast....

The best part about the race I saw? That's obvious, when he took 1st

After the race everyone goes back to their camp sites, prep for dinner, work on cars for the next day's practice and my favorite part? They all relax.

Here's just a  few other photos from race day that I really enjoyed:

Who Said Runing was Fun?

Remember when I talked about all my running ambitions here? Well it's been 3 weeks and I am struggling. I was doing awesome the first 2 weeks but then March Madness happened and a crazy work schedule which basically means - eating poorly, sleeping little, and running less. Oh and did I mention that I hate running? Combine all of the above and I am not doing so good.

However, I have paid my dues for the Cosley Run for the Animals and I am determined to make this 5K my first race ever. SO now that I have paid I need to make this thing happen.


PS I signed my little sister up to run the 5k with me and I signed the hubs up for the 10K, cheers to a better running filled week.

Happy Middle of the Week

Today couldn’t start out any better. About to hit the gym for an early morning yoga class with 2 of my favorite ladies, my mom and lil sis, photographed here:



After that, I’ll be heading to work anxiously waiting for the hubs to get home from his work trip. That is if he wants to come back to this cold snowy weather. He’s been sending me photos from his “work trip” that I talked about here.

Photo One From San Diego

Photo Two From San Diego

Photo Three From San Diego

I can't wait to go to work so that when I get home, Minne and I can spend some time with him.