We drove what to Wendover?!?!?!

(driving past the Bonneville Salt Flats)

We drove Shane's car. Out of the 4 cars we have, this is the oldest and loudest one, the only one without air conditioning and windows that don't roll all the way up.

Brooke, Korri and I riding in the back of Jessen's Nova.

Washing the Nova at the car wash, old school style.

I don't remember taking this pic.

The girls.

(Korri, Brooke, me and Monica)

The guys.

(Nick, Shane, Jessen, Jay)

Nick and Korri's truck at the Salt Flats.

Sadly, it didn't make it home on its own.

Fun trip, fun friends....money well lost.

...and that's summer!

Summer came and left before Shane could finish spelling "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Here's a recap of what we've done over the past couple of months:

We cruised around Salt Lake on July 23. The Nova, Firebird and Corvette were cheered for driving along the Days of 47 parade route.

Jessen and Shane have the same thing on their license plates. Its their "car club" name, Accelerate.

We went camping with Shane's family and invited Brooke and Jessen along. Mmm...smores!

Shane finally talked me into getting a new LED flatscreen. The picture is amazing!

Then we decided that we were in need of a new bed. (Ours was Shane's bed that he bought about 8-9 years ago.) The memory foam bed took some adjusting, but I love it now!

Deal of the season: Fossil Stella watch for $34! The band is aqua, maybe not the white or clear one I wanted, but when I saw that it was only $34 at Nordstrom Rack vs. the $85 at Fossil.

There are things I like about fall, like being able to make pumpkin choc. chip cookies all the time. Due to the pumpkin crop devastation last year, there is expected to be a pumpkin shortage this year. So I went a little overboard when I found big cans at Winco. I bought 3 cans and only enough to make one batch. Since one batch is half a big can, I froze the other half. (Pumpkin balance: 2 1/2 cans) Then I saw 3 big cans for $7. I don't think I will run out for a while, with 5 1/2 cans.

State Fair 2010: Delicious foot long corn dogs, ice cream, cotton candy and fried oreos, with a side of seals, booths, and stinky animals.

After the fair, we had to take my car to the Infiniti dealership. The water pump went out and it overheated. There aren't many miles on it, thanks for the cheap part Infiniti. Had we not trailered it there (didn't want to have to stop 15,000 times to let it cool), we wouldn't have found that I desperately needed new tires. But now we are as good as new!

Since we last spoke...

...I found some more pictures. So here they are!

Alli and I took a goofy picture over Memorial weekend.

I went snowboarding with Alli, Shane and Jessen. Right after this, I fell backwards down the mountain and hit my head REALLY hard!

Shane got his motor rebuilt TWICE and now has his car running and ready for the track.

Buddy cut his paw in our backyard and tracked blood through the house. Isn't his bandage so cute? He acts like he can't do anything with it on.

We dug out part of our lawn and made a bigger driveway. With cement, it looks quite bigger.

I gave a day to get a Disney Day. I volunteered with others from work at Red Butte Gardens.
We cleaned flower pots and transplanted flowers.

Say cheese Jessica!!!!

Life's a Beach card.

Inside says "Those who bring sunshine to the souls of others cannot keep it from themselves."

Griffin came to visit me and Shane. He's such a happy baby!

Alli made a face.

The Tote Gote Club showed up to the Thanksgiving Point Car Show.

It made me want to go to Kanarra for the tote gote.

My Poppys started blooming.

My friend Rachael had her first child, Sophia Elle.

On Shane's birthday, I spent time with my friend Megan's son Collin. His birthday is on May 22nd too! I got him a Spud Lightyear.

I tried to take a picture of myself walking down a hallway in Wendover.

Miller Motorsports Park

For Christmas Shane's parents gave us tickets to the 2009 LeMans Race on May 16th. Most of his extended family got tickets for the event on the same day. This was my first time to MMP, but Shane had been there last year. I had no idea how big the park was. It is 4 times the size of Disneyland, according to their website. I tried to get pictures of the cars as they passed on the track, but they were going so fast that it was hard to get a picture at the right moment. The day was amazing too. We were there for about 5 hours and there was just a slight breeze. Needless to say, Shane and I both got some sun. Shane got raccoon eyes from his glasses. My tan didn't start peeling until this past Wednesday. It was a good start to the summer. Except for the fact that we spent the night before at Rocky Mountain Raceway, so it ended up being a race-filled weekend. Check out the pics below.

One of the screens the have showing the race. The track is too big to see it all at once.

Actually got a picture of a car. This was a nearly 180 degree turn after the main straight-away.

Most of the day was spent watching the race at the West end of the park.

Shane watching the track. Of course, he wouldn't look at the camera.

Stunna shades.....me at Miller Motorsports Park.

You can walk through the Paddock where all of the teams are

working on their cars. One of the sponsors was Cooper Tires.

I had no interest in being in this picture. It was supposed

to just be Shane, but the girls kept talking to me until

I got in the picture. They are the Cooper Tires girls.

I still wonder how you get those jobs.

While walking through the Paddock, a rep from the VW team invited

us to have waffles and ice cream with some of the other people from

VW. I had to take a picture of the waffles.

VW was there because some of the drivers were qualifying for the Jetta TDI cup.

They were able to split the track into 2 separate courses, so there

were different qualifying races at the same time.

In the Paddock the cars drive right by you.

These cars were amazing to see close up.

Last race we watched. The drivers were all lined up in the Paddock.

Combined with the heat, the temperature of their cars and the gear they

have to wear, they can get hot quick. They all had cute little umbrellas.

Where was the tea and crumpets?

Same cars from the last picture, but now on the track. The pace car was a BMW.

There were a lot of turns on the course, but this was the longest straight shot.

Moab 2009

This was my third trip to Moab which means that Shane and I have been married for almost 3 years now. It was lots of fun, much warmer than last year and more relaxing, especially since we didn't ride the bike down. The picture above is from a drive we took along the Colorado River. We even stopped at a Bouder Garden where you could attempt to climb these big rocks that have fallen off the side of the mountains. I have to say that it is always refreshing to see red rocks and get red sand between my toes. Shane didn't enter his car in the car show. It was just there to cruise around in and enjoy since it is running nicely now. We did attend the car show Saturday morning. Sometimes it feels like you see the same old cars over and over again the more shows you go to. There were a couple that we had not seen. The one I wanted to take home Shane didn't take a picture of (and I forgot my camera), but there was a Nissan GTR there. That's the car I'll probably never get. He did however get a shot of the other one I wanted. The Bronco below was BEAUTIFUL!!! I loved the color, the look, EVERYTHING! Now if only I could talk Shane into it.......

We also went along with some of our friends who wanted to go crawl the Poison Spider trail in their Jeep Cherokees. So Shane and I jumped into Derick's new truck and followed along. Thanks to Jon's mom who happened to remember her camera and got pictures of us crawling. Not only did we go crawling in Derick's truck (scary!) but it just so happened that the three of us had our RC Crawlers there. We had a blast until big, black rain clouds started rolling towards us fast so we had to get off the side of the slick rock mountains before we got caught in a flash flood. The trip was a blast and I can't wait to go again.....when its maybe a little warmer.

Shane's crawler at Poison Spider

Trying to figure out why it wasn't working. Everyone stopped to watch us.

My crawler is the blue one. Derick is in the top left.

Me and my crawler. I couldn't tell if I was getting a tan or just dirty.

Derick crawling up the first tough patch. The person in the back seat would be me.

It kind of looks like this picure was taken above the trail, but we actually had to climb that rock wall in the truck. The other side has quite a drop.

We made it! Thanks to Shane for being the spotter.

I crawled the Poison Spider trail and Potato Salad Hill.