Fashionista Riley

Riley has become quite a fashionista don't you think?

Meet Jimmy Johnson...

Yep this is Jimmy Johnson, not who you are thinking of?

Thursday of Brickyard 400 weekend is the JD Byrider 100 at IRP. This year instead of a hospitality tent we got the privilege of sitting in the suite :) We got to hang out with Laurie and Gregg and of course Austin Jack!! At some point in the evening Riley wanted to know which car was Jimmy Johnson, and literally threw a fit (we have a lot of those lately). Tony got tired of hearing it and told her Uncle Gregg was Jimmy Johnson and well it stuck :) He was Jimmy Johnson the rest of the weekend. I just want to say how in the world did she become a Jimmy Johnson fan!?! So disappointed in her ;)

Friday we had everyone over to our house for dinner and just hung out and watched the truck race from right down the street. Riley and Tony both LOVE their cousin AJ! It makes me sad the both of Ron's sisters live so far away and me being an old child the kids don't have any uncles, aunts, or cousins around here to play with. I guess it is a good thing they have 2 sets of Awesome grandparents!
The next day Ron and I both went to "work" I was helping out at the track with a friend cooking while Ron was doing a cookout for one of his customers. How did we both end up cooking for other people when we should of been at the track as fans??

Tony got to go to the track and watch qualifying with Papa, Grandma, Laurie, and Gregg.

Such a fun weekend! I wish we lived closer but I guess that just means we need to start planning our trip to New Jersey to visit them!

Race for Riley

Last week was the Race for Riley karting event at New Castle. Ron raced the TAG kart and Tony raced in the Junior class and both did ok. Ron hasn't run the TAG kart since the Endurance race last year so the motor was a little tired and I don't think they had the set up right, he finished 8th. Tony still trying to get into the grove of being back and finished 6th! The thing I like about the Riley race is they have a race with John Andretti. It is so fun to see the people that have never drove a kart get out there and realize just how hard it is. Ron's sister Laurie and husband Greg came down from New Jersey and got to race in an elimination race. It was so fun to watch them :)

Water Fun!

Such a show off, sorry it is not the right way, stupid computer is giving trouble.

It has been one HOT summer! We have spent lots of time playing in the water lately because it is too hot to do much of anything else. Riley LOVES to play in the water and she will do it with her bathing suit on, just underwear, or naked she is NOT shy :) Since Tony has been home we haven't made it out in the water but that might just change tomorrow! Things have finally settled down around here so I am sure there will be lots more water fun! If anyone knows where the cool air is please send it to Indiana, I am over this heat!

SKUSA Race in Quincy

The weekend after we got back from OBX we headed to Quincy, IL well we were actually in Missouri but just barely, for a SKUSA race. We headed up after work on Friday with Steve and Terri in the motor home. Let me tell you after spending FOREVER in the car the weekend before I wasn't looking to forward to the drive but traveling in a motor home is so much easier than in a car :) See this is what Riley did on the 5 hour drive there, rough huh?

Saturday was practice and qualify with the races on Sunday. It turned out pretty good because things were over early on Sunday and we were able to get home at a decent time.

Ron did pretty good, it was a rough track which beat him to a pulp but he finished 2nd! The bridge in the background goes over the Mississippi River, told you we were just barely in Missouri!

Sleeping beauty played hard on Saturday!

Riley and Daddy waiting for the awards ceremony!

I only added this picture for Riley. When Terri was going through the pictures Riley did her "fake" scream and said Monster! Look at the last kart in this picture, she LOVES this helmet and thinks it is so funny. This driver was at New Castle over the weekend and Riley saw the helmet and was so excited the Monster was there. Such a strange child with a extraordinary memory :)

Tony didn't get to join us for this trip he was in California with him Mom. Ron and I were talking on the way to Quincy and we couldn't believe that Tony had been from on coast to the other in three days and Riley had been in 9 states in just over a week. Lots of traveling and I wouldn't have it any other way!