Weekend Rewind

Hope you enjoyed the last couple days off.  We had an action-packed 48 hours.

Friday night, we went to my sister Holly's house to celebrate a birthday.  Our little niece, Karmie turned five.  We had a dinner-time pool party, of course filled with music and dancing.  My nieces love to dance and it is so funny to watch them.

 

Payton and one of her friends/soccer teammates stayed the night and we all rode to soccer together on Saturday for Payton's first ever tournament.  Uncle Simon is a savior when the kids come over.  He prepared breakfast for the little athletes and helped me get everything together for the day.

 

And, we're off!  We headed to the fields at 9:00 am for the first of three games, over the next 24-hours.  We listened to the girls' favorite songs all the way down to get them fired up (and help forget about jitters).  It was soooo hot.  My forehead is burned and I now have arm and ankle tan lines.  The girls did great for their first showing and by Sunday afternoon, I was exhausted.  We went through six gallons of Gatorade (plus their own waters), two bags of apples, lots of bananas, star fruit and anything else we could to keep their energy up as much as we could.

 

In between our games Saturday and Sunday, Payton and I also raced.  I don't know how she does as much as she does, she is a tough little chic.  We had a great night of racing.  Payton and I both won and my dad was second.  My twin nieces, Logan and Taylor also ran.  They are so cute to watch their tiny little bodies in those karts.  

 

I finally made it back home Sunday afternoon and we had a quiet end to the weekend.  Simon had the games on and I relaxed with the pups.  We are so far, so good with the two boys that were sick last weekend.  

Hope you have a super week.  I heard we have a cold front coming, so hopefully we get some cooler temps in the days to come.    

Weekend Rewind

Last week was a whirlwind.  Work has been busy and add my wife, auntie, daughter duties to that and the days fly by.  Friday night, Simon and I grabbed a dinner and called it a night early.  Saturday was filled with two soccer games and a night of racing.  I left at 8:00am Saturday and got home just before 10:00pm.

Three of my nieces play soccer together and they are so cute.  I didn't start playing quite as young as they did and it's amazing at the determination they have at just five years old.  It was pouring rain at the start of their game and they played like they didn't even notice.  My Dad and I took shelter in our cars and watched the first half-from the parking lot.

 The little kids' game ended and next up was my oldest niece, Payton's game at 11:30.  She is u10 competitive and I am one of her coaches.  We are in our first season of competitive and it's the first time that we are playing to win every game and they keep scores and team rankings.  We won our first game 11-2 and won last weekend's game 4-3.  It was a nail biter with the score being so close.  I was so glad my girls didn't give up and we got the game winning goal in the last quarter.  

 After two soccer games, we grabbed some lunch and headed to my Dad's house to get ready for a night of racing.  My Dad and I both race and three of my nieces do too.

 My youngest little racer, Taylor.  She has my same number.

My mini-me, Payton.  I got so sunburned from being outside all day.  She also happen to run a 5k before her game AND racing.  #supastar 

That's a wrap!  Simon and I relaxed on Sunday.  He had a couple friends over to watch the game and I had the race on.  I have another action-packed week ahead.  I am on the road a few days for work and then head to Tuscaloosa for the Florida vs Alabama game with friends.  

On the rooaaddd again! :)  Have a super week friends!

A week of love, decorating and racing

I was happy to be home this week after being out of town the last few weekends.  The temps have really dropped the last few days so we are enjoying cooler weather like the rest of the country.
Simon was out of town for Valentine's Day so I had an unconventional celebration this year.  My youngest sister Jessica was really sweet and surprised me with some flowers, candy and a card and then I spent the evening with my sister Holly, my brother-in-law Kyle and my twin nieces Logan and Taylor.  They treated me to a delicious steak dinner and showered me with kisses.

  

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were really busy at work.  We just finished a new model home and have a grand opening in just a couple days.  With a condensed schedule it means we have to hustle to get everything done.  I had four different deliveries of furniture and accessories in three days and somehow got the nearly 2,500 square foot home looking good.  I have a little more work to do tomorrow before we are officially open to the public Tuesday.

Here are a few pics I snapped as we worked to get the rooms put together.  I'll post some of the finished look once we get the final touches in place.

After a busy work-week I was in bed early and up before the sun Saturday to head to the track.  My Dad and I ran at Dirt Devils Speedway in Land O' Lakes, Florida.  Its a couple hours from where we live so we were on the road at 5:00am.  After some track prep delays due to rain earlier in the week, races finally ended at 11:30 last night and I got home about 1:30 this morning.  20 hours straight.  

We both had pretty good finishes but I am tired, bruised and sore today.  I normally go wash my kart on Sunday but I was overdue for rest.  Simon was also able to spend the afternoon home so we decided to make it an order-out night for dinner and catch up from the week.

  

I have another busy week ahead of me.  We have some events planned at work for the new model home opening and I am headed to Daytona Beach Thursday to watch the NASCAR race.  As it turns out, Danica Patrick, the only female racing was the fastest today and made history as the first female to be in the starting position for the Daytona 500.  Go Danica Go!