Awana Grand Prix '09

The D-Man and I have been sanding, painting, polishing, rubbing, aligning, cambering, polishing, sanding, polishing and just hanging out together every free moment for the last week. We have been working on his Grand Prix car. This year he did it all except for the things that involve power cutting tools. I cut out the block as best I could in the shape of a '69 Vette. That's the matchbox he picked out to model the car after. He sanded, painted, polished and pretty much put this car together with his own little hands. I gave him lots of pointers. He prepared himself for the possibility of not winning this year's race. He did everything right so I knew he would be in the running. It came down to the Vette and one of the slickest cars I have ever seen. The Vette put this car in the loser's bracket in the second round. In the final the other car beat the Vette by less than an inch. This set up the winner-take-all final race for first place. The video below is of that final race.

Fishin' in the Afternoon

On Saturday we took the kids on a little trip. We hiked through the woods and across a field to a lake in our neighborhood. We all caught a fish or few. They were all mud cats and channel cats. We didn't keep any of them even though the channel cats are the preferred cat for eating around the world. The princess caught a couple of fish and this was the first one we actually got out of the water. D-Man caught a mess on his own. We had a great time. It was one of those days you never want to forget, not because of catching some fish but slowing down and being together...