Wissota National Banquet

This past weekend we were in St. Cloud MN, for the racing expo and the Wissota National Banquet, we had a blast!  We made some great memories with our wonderful friends!




2011 Racecar (Pictures courtesy of Chris Burback)



Kevin and I at the Red Carpet, Friday night





Kevin and I at the banquet



Kevin getting his Wisconsin State Champion Award, sorry for the dark pictures, I forgot to change my camera's setting!



Kevin getting his 2nd place in national points award.



Zach Manley (street stock), Matt Leer (midwest mod),  Kevin (mod) and Shane Kisling (super stock), they all are from our area and race weekly at the RL Speedway, they all are the Wisconsin State Champions and top 10 in national points.

All in all it was a nice banquet, this year the actual awards ceremony seemed to go pretty fast, which is nice, in years past its felt like we have sat there for hour after long hour! The nicest and saddest part of the banquet was about the Midwest Mod National Champ, Brandon Davis. He couldn't be there due to a family member being seriously ill, fortunately Wissota and all involved gave a very nice speech about him and what kind of person he is as well as reading his speech he had prepared. It was all very nicely done and reminded everyone that although our passion may be racing, what really matters most is family. Our thoughts and prayers that night as well as now are with Brandon and his family.

This coming weekend Blake and I will be heading north to visit my family in Duluth and go to the Christmas City of the North Parade, which is tradition for my family. I'm excited for Blake to get to see it and actually enjoy it, last year I brought him but I had him so bundled up I don't think he could move to look at what was going on! Unfortunately Kevin will be hunting, as this weekend is opening weekend, so he won't be with us.

Kevin and I recently just finalized our vacation plans, early 2011 we are bringing Blake to Disney World, for a week! Disney World is our favorite place to vacation, mostly because it has our favorite hotel, favorite restaurant and its clean! LOL Blake is starting to show interest in some Disney movies and Mickey Mouse, and now that he's understanding things more we thought it would be a good idea to getaway just the 3 of us before we have another! The only thing that worries me is flying with an almost 2 year old! Should be interesting!

I hope everyone has a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving!

Quiet Weekend...

This past weekend was pretty quiet for us, which was great! Friday night we went over to some friends of ours house, they have 2 daughters, one who is 2 that Blake has fun playing with, they get a long pretty well! There other daughter is a newborn and is a sweetie, I spent most of the night cuddling the baby! Saturday Blake and I ran some errands and spent most of the day being lazy watching Thomas and cuddling and playing with cars, while Kevin worked at the shop. Kevin's been very busy getting his car ready for the expo this coming weekend, I will post pics when its all done! Sunday was exhausting! We cleaned out both of our garages and got everything organized, its ridiculous how much junk we have collected (and now have gotten rid of)! LOL

Blake has been pretty sweet lately, he's really into giving hugs and kisses, saying "ove you" and saying please and thank you! I love the age he is at, (22 months) he has so much to say, he asks/answers questions, I love having a conversation with him! He's also been very needy of both Kevin and I, which I'm cherishing, even tho at times it can be hard when trying to make dinner or care for the daycare kids! Blake is also showing an interest in potty training, which I'm so excited about! I really would love it if he was potty trained by the time baby arrives!

No news about baby yet, obviously since its soooo early yet! I did have my lab work done today, which wasn't too bad. The only change I'm feeling or maybe I've always felt it since Blake is exhaustion! LOL There are just not enough hours in the day! I'm thankful I haven't gotten sick yet (knock on wood :) with Blake I was sick the whole first trimester, I couldn't take the the prenatals as I would get sick as soon as I would take them. So far I've been able to take the vitamins and not get sick!

This coming weekend we have the Wissota National Banquet as well as the Wissota expo in St. Cloud, Mn. Its always a good time and fun to get a chance to get dressed up!

Well thats all for now, next time I will have to post some pix! Have a great rest of the week!

Hello!

Welcome to our family blog!  I've seen a few other blogs, that I've really liked so I thought I would give it a shot!

We recently found out that we are expecting another baby! I am due July 12th, 2011. We are thrilled to be having another! Blake is even "kinda" excited, when Kevin and I told him he was going to be a big brother he said "yay''! He even points to my belly and says baby! Hopefully this is a good sign!

With racing season being over for a little over a month for us, you'd think things would have slowed down for us, but of course it hasn't! Kevin has been busy getting his old car ready to go, as we have sold it, along with a trip to Arkansas to Larry Shaw Racecars to pick up cars he will be building for himself as well as some other drivers. Blake has been very busy causing trouble! He has so much energy and is constantly busy and getting into things! Right now he is into racercars (matchbox size cars from the movie Cars), of course his daddy and grandpa racecars (Kevin made matchbox size replicas of his and my dads cars) and anything Thomas, he loves watching the Thomas movies! I have been very busy with getting things organized for winter, taking care of my horses and getting them ready for winer as well! Last month I joined a zumba class and I'm loving it! Its a blast, I've learned how uncoordinated I am and that I don't follow directions very well! LOL I'm really enjoying the time for myself, its great to get out of my house and do something fun! Working from home can be a blessing but it can also make you crazy to get out of your house!

Well thats it for now! I hope everyone has a great weekend!