Easter 4-Wheeler Ride

I made this cute slide show of our Easter ride to Mount Trumble with flowers because it is suppose to be spring, but it was FREEZING!! I had never been out to Mt. Trumble so I was excited. We were thinking of a back up plan all week because the weather was suppose to be rainy and cold, and it was. It was raining all day, the truck broke down, it took us more than 2 hours to get there on the slick, muddy roads....oh yeah did I mention IT WAS FREEZING!! But, it was fun and we got some good pictures. If you've never been I highly recommend it. There is so much history in the school house. The mountains have so much color and it is just miles from the beautiful views of the Grand Canyon.

8 adult, 7 kids, 4 days in 1 RV......

Oh how the time flies. All year long I look forward to going to Nascar weekend in Las Vegas and every year it passes all too quickly. This year was no exception. We left Thursday, pretty close to the departure time that I had been barking in everyones ear for the last few weeks. The Sprint Cars were racing on the dirt track so I wanted to go watch if we got there soon enough, no go. So Friday, bright and early, I headed over to the track with all the nieces and nephews in tow. It was so fun to watch Paxton's reaction to all the cars during practice. We literally had the best seat in the house sitting on the wall on pit road the cars came within just a couple feet when they would go in and out of the garage. The girls on the other hand could care less. Ashley kept saying "Let's go find Dale Jr." She wanted an autograph and I tried to explain to her it is not that easy you have to be in the right place at the right time and no one knows where this place is you just have to be ready at all times. She did get a lot of other autographs but we were not so lucky this year with Jr. Friday we spent most of the day in the garage. Saturday was the Nationwide race. Brad Kesolowski wrecked early and was on pit road every 10 minutes and Jr's car was crap he was never close to contending for the win, so that was a fun day. Then Sunday the track and the garage are so packed with people I usually go over just before the race and go straight to our seats. This year was no exception, it was a full house. The race was mired in cautions all day. It was some great side by side racing, a lot of lead changes, a lot of different drivers actually had a shot to win and in the next instance they were 40th and the 40th driver was running 3rd, it was awesome. For those who have never been to a Nascar race (Emily) you have to have a track scan radio so you can listen to the drivers, the officials, or the TV broadcasters. For the most part I listened to the TV broadcast because Jr. just wasn't too talkative. Those guys are a hoot! It was so funny to listen to the on air broadcast and then when they went to commercial they would say what they were really thinking about the race and a couple of the drivers. It was very entertaining and I'm already counting down the days to next year........