Why Grandparents Go Gray

This past weekend God was certainly watching over G2.

He was at the Texas Motor Speedway dirt track racing and had a horrible wreck during his heat race. His car was destroyed.

Below is a video that has been posted on YouTube. There are actually 2 wrecks shown on the video. G2's was reportedly the worst wreck of the weekend and is the first one on the video clip. He is in the blue and orange car. The wreck is shown once as it happened and then following that it is shown again in slo-mo.

Note that he does wear a HANS device and was NOT hurt other than a few scratches.



Just as any other grandparent would be, we are very thankful he was not hurt.


PS. AD and I were not at the track. It is probably a very good thing. 

The Weekend Wasn't All Racing

One of the things I wanted to do while we were in the Dallas area was to make a trip to the American Doll Store. Last year I brought Elizabeth home with me. It was a tough decision because I was torn between Elizabeth and Kit. This year Kit came home with me.

Are there more American Girl dolls in my future? No. I'm happy now with the two I have.

On the way to the AG store I saw these window washers. I have no idea how much window washers make but whatever it is, it's not enough in my book!

This car hauler passed us before I could get a good picture of all the old cars it was carrying.

As the driver went one way, we went another. Still not a great picture (I was taking it through AD's driver's side window - a trick in itself!) but you can kind of see some of the cars.

Later AD and I went to the Twisted Root Burger Company in Roanoke for lunch. Son and I had eaten there last year and I thought AD would enjoy it.

I love these stools!

This is the burger I chose - Green Chile, Guac and Pepperjack Cheese. AD chose a buffalo burger. We shared the 'Fried Ride' - a sampler basket of their fried appetizers - Green Beans, Pickles, Onion Strings, French Fries, and Sweet Potato Fries. He had a chocolate shake and I had the Amaretto Oreo shake.

Note to self: Don't EVER eat that much again or you'll get another awful stomach ache!

On Saturday AD, G1, his girlfriend and I went to the mall in Grapevine. We got our exercise before we went to lunch.

We wanted to go back to Roanoke and eat at Babe's. G1 and his girlfriend got their famous chicken fried steak. AD and I chose the fried chicken. M (G1's girlfriend) really liked the food so I'm not sure why she's making that face.



On Sunday G1 and M were clowning around before we left. He never did get her in that trash can. She's a tiny little thing but she's pretty strong.

It was a fun weekend!

Five Favorite Photos Friday

If you've read my blog for awhile you know that our family follows NASCAR.

This weekend the races are at Texas Motor Speedway near Fort Worth. Up until last year we hadn't missed any of the races in Texas. When I got up this morning I was really kind of missing being at the track this week.

So I thought today would be a good day to pull out some of my favorite race related photos from past years.

One of our favorite drivers is Carl Edwards. In November, 2006 we were able to meet Carl at one of the area Office Depots.

He was so nice and took time with each one of the fans that were there - even a fan that's old enough to be his mom.

G1 has been a Carl Edwards fan for a long time - even before Carl made his way up into the Cup series. Needless to say, G1 was pretty excited about getting to meet the driver of the 99.

Daughter was pretty excited to meet him too. Carl signed her jacket before she realized what was happening. That jacket was retired to a display frame and she bought another one to wear.

Here's AD at Texas Motor Speedway in November, 2008. The excitement of the races never gets old.

That year Carl won the race and I managed to capture his famous back flip, albeit a little blurry. Still, it's one of my favorites.

Wishing you a weekend as exciting as a NASCAR race!