Nascar Experience

Nick & I were fortunate enough to get to finally go to a Nascar race. We got tickets this past weekend and went off for a great weekend with our friends Dan & Amber. The weekend was perfect. The weather was fantastic in the upper 80's and we had so much fun! We got to Kansas City on Friday nite around midnight. We were all excited we got to sleep in on Saturday morning but we were at the race track by 10:00 that morning. We spent the whole day there and left the speedway around 6:00. We then went to a dirt track race were we meet a guy who sponsered the race that nite and he took us in the pits and we meet some of those drivers and saw there rigs and what a hauler really looks like inside. We even saw Carl Edwards brother and Kenny Wallace. We left before Carl Edwards made is presence there. We left the dirt track around 9:30 and headed for supper. We made it back to the hotel around 11 and headed to bed cause we had to be up and at um early to get to the track for the big race by 8:30.

We had a lot of fun walking around by the speedway and having fun tailgating a little. We went into the speedway in time to see driver introductions and seeing the guys drive by in convertibles and actually getting to see Dale Jr. and the other guys up close!!! The race was awesome and we had tons of fun.. Watching it on t.v. and watching it live is a totally different experience. The only thing I missed about watching it on t.v. was the instant replay, other than that live is so much cooler :). We left the track around 5ish and made it to Paullina around 11 to drop off Dan & Amber and then we treked it home. Nick and I finally got home and into bed around 1:00am Monday. We had tons of fun, in fact we are already looking at going to the Las Vegas race in March to experience it all over again!



Amber and I on our way to Kansas City on Friday nite. We finally arrived at our hotel around midnight. The ride down was fun and went by really fast. Probably helped to be able to chat all the way down there with a best friend :)

This is a picture of the Nationwide cars waiting to start the race on Saturday. It was really neat to get to see how it all goes on race day!
Amber & I during the Nationwide race!!!
You guessed it... the boy in white is none other than the man, Dale Earnhardt Jr. It was so awesome to get to see him that close! Now if I would have only gotten the chance to actually meet him the weekend would have been absolutely perfect. Maybe next time :)
Here is a picture of all the cars lined up getting ready to start their engines.

Here is Dale Jr. just pulling off of pit road getting ready to start!

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity Boys Lets Go Racing!!!

Amber & I on our way home from Kansas City on Sunday. We were all exhausted but we had such a great time! We ended up arriving back to Estherville and in our beds at 1:00am Monday morning. Lets just say Monday at preschool and all day was a real struggle. But let me tell you it was completely worth it and I would do it again in a heart beat!

Eli's First Day of Preschool!!!

Well today Eli finally got to start preschool for the year. Eli's day started with an early morning at 6:00am having to get up and head to my mom's. Nick had to leave around 5:45 this morning and I wanted to be at the preschool at around 6:30 to make sure everything was all set and ready to go before the children got there at 8. So I wrapped him in a blanket and took him into my moms. He got to enjoy a bath and then breakfast with Mimi and Isaac! Mimi & Isaac actually got to bring him to school today and he seemed to like the fact that he got his picture taken with his big brother on his first day of school!!! This is Eli's second year of preschool so he knew the ropes and the preschool very well. Last year he was in a class of 7 ad this year he is in a class of 16. So needless to say he was a little shocked when he walked into the preschool and saw all the children. He had a great day and did so well despite being tired from the concert the night before! he meet a lot of knew friends and enjoyed the day. I say he has the best teacher in the world... since he has me :)!!!

Isaac & Eli's First Concert Experience!!

Well last night we decided to take the boys to a concert at the Clay County Fair. When they had announced who was going to be performing there this year and said that Jason Aldean was going to be there I knew I had to buy tickets since that is Isaac's favorite artist. So Nick, Isaac, Eli, my mom and myself all got tickets. We started off the day walking around the fair while Nick worked at the Garst booth. We finished the night off with the concert. It was so much fun and the boys absolutely loved it. We were lucky enough to see Shawn Mayer from Nashville Star and May City, IA native sing the National Anthem. Then Eric Church opened up the night. He was a very good entertainer and really go the crowd into it. Then came the big performer. Jason Aldean stepped onto the stage and the boys' faces lite up. They were really into the concert. Eli made it until about 9:30 and then decided he couldn't take it anymore and feel asleep in Nick's arms. Isaac was a trooper though. I knew it was time when I looked over at him about 10:15 and he was standing on his seat between mom and me and he was dancing and all of a sudden he closed his eyes and almost fell out of his seat! This morning we were all dragging and we still are and heading to bed very early!! In fact the boys are already sleeping while I am writing this!

Eric Church performing!

Mom & Isaac between set change!

Nick & Eli between set change..

Both pics above are of Jason Aldean!!! He was great!!!

1st Grade Can You Believe It!!!

Well today was the first day of school here in Estherville for the public schools. So Isaac started 1st grade today. It's hard to believe my guy is already in 1st grade. It makes me really sad to think that he is really getting that old. Last year for kindergarten he was very hesitant on going and he struggled for the first couple of weeks but did finally adjust very well. This year was a completely different story. He was so ready to go to school and see his friends. Yesterday we had the privilege to go meet his teacher for the first time. He was pretty excited to meet him. It is very nice he has a male teacher this year and he seems very nice.

The day started off with Isaac getting out of bed this morning all excited and ready to go. He sat down and had some breakfast with his little brother and then it was off to meet his friends at school. He was such a big guy and didn't even need mom to walk him all the way to his locker. I did walk him in a little since he is in the new addition of the elementary school and I wanted to make sure he got to the right place. He didn't need me to but "mom" needed to!

Eli was pretty sad to see his brother go since he doesn't start school until Monday the 8th. He didn't quite understand why Isaac got to go and he didn't. He got to spend the morning at his new daycare and he loved it. Luckily he gets to go to one of my best friends daycare and he knows her and enjoys it there. All day Eli was asking if it was time to pick Isaac up from school yet. As you can see he was very happy to have his brother back and ready to play with him up in there room.