A day at the track

Ben is getting ready to go on a racing trip in October so he decided to take the car out to Spokane Raceway (or whatever it's called now that it has new owners) to get some test runs in. He just put in a new transmission and got new slicks (racing tires) and was eager to try them out. I took the kids out there for a few hours and was surprised how much they enjoyed it! Audrey liked to just hang out with the car trailers and play with other kids that happened to be there that day, I couldn't get her to sit stil for a picture! Jack, on the other hand would had watched the races indefinately! Our friends the Copes met us out there and we all had fun, despite the heat and the fact the the bathrooms were out of order, man I do not like port-a-potties! Ben has definately caught the racing bug again so I'm sure we'll be back out there soon.

Annie's Birthday

My sister Amber is known to the kiddos as Annie (Audrey couldn't quite say Auntie and the name just stuck). The kids and I went to dinner at Red Lobster because Amb loves seafood. Ben couldn't go because he was teaching mens bible study that night. On the way to dinner Audrey told Jack we were going to eat at Red Lobster. Jack said "I eat tiger!" Too funny! We had a nice evening and even got to 'pet' the lobsters!

Just to make you LAUGH

I cannot look at this photo and not laugh. Just had to share it! She looks like a bull frog!

Leavenworth Recap

Ben and his siblings

Ben and I got to go to Leavenworth a few weeks ago with his parents and siblings. It was so fun! My parents kept the kidlets, which was a great treat. We didn't necessarily love Leavenworth itself but the activities surrounding it. We drove over on Friday and went wine tasting at a winery owned by Ben's uncles cousin called Icecycle Ridge ( I would recommend their wine called 3 blondes). Later that night Ben's parents took us to a nice sit down dinner before we headed in for the night. We had rented a house so we could all be together which was a really fun idea. After dinner we played spoons -where in I actually bit one of Ben's brothers, I guess I got a bit too into the game! :) It was all in good sport though and the other brother paid be back! Sat. we got up had coffee and then got ready to go white water rafting. It was really exciting and scary at times ,especially my mother in law fell out during the worst rapids of the day. I don't think she'd recommend swimming class 5 rapids. We stopped to view Deception Falls on the way back which was beautiful! After a long day we were beat and ready to relax! We picked up some pizza from a local restaurant, played more spoons and did some hottubing. Sunday I went golfing with the boys and the rest of the girls shopped around the town. I golfed terrible but did get my first par on one of the holes. After a nice lunch and a bit of shopping we headed back over the mountains. It was a busy, fun filled weekend!

1st (ok should be 2nd) day of Kindergarten!

Yesterday was supposed to be the 1st day of kindergarten but Audrey was stuck at home with bronchitis and a double ear infection- what lousy timing! She's doing much better now and was able to go to class today. She was a might nervous but as soon as she spotted a familiar face she was off like a shot and ready to go. When I picked her up later this morning she was all smiles and very excited to be a kindergartner. It so surreal my little girl is old enough to go to school all by herself, I don't even have to walk her and help her put things in her cubby (though I'd like to!) I guess the letting go is only bound to get more difficult the older she gets. Sigh...she's growing up way too fast!