Race Weekend Pics

Our little race fans:

A little blurry, but Lexi and I ready for take off:

Aaron & Sherry:

Beautiful view of the bay on take off:

Gaining altitude, view of both bays:

Lake Mitchell & Lake Cadillac:

Ticking off the officials with a final photo op before the race:

Pace lap:

The crew looking very tired... maybe that is why they missed a lugnut and Martin lost 20 spots?

We had a great week and weekend with Sherry & Martin! I don't think I have one photo of their visit in the North, but I took a lot of race related photos! Our week flew by with lot's of shopping and delicious meals. Aaron and Martin had some phenominal days out fishing. On Saturday, Sherry was gracious enough to offer us a ride down to Jackson in their plane, who were we to say no? Despite being a little nervous, it was a great flight and the plane flew low enough for us to have a view the whole flight. I would say my favorite part of flying private is that your rental car greets you at the plane. No lines, no waiving of 17 different types of insurance, no searching for your car. Just a car, literally steps away, with your keys in it while someone else loads your luggage. Ok, ok, so the fact that the plane took a 4hr trip and condensed it to 30mins was pretty cool, too.

We drove Sherry to the track and had dinner with them and then headed on our way to our hotel in Lansing. The next morning we got up early and made our way to the track and did a little people watching and checked things out. We hung out on the bus a bit then made our way to the track for the National Anthem - which was crazy - we couldn't hear the music at all once the fireworks started! Then it was on to the pits for the race. This was my second Nascar race and it was crazy how much larger the pit box was than at Martinsville. Midway through the race we headed back for lunch and then caught some bad news on the tv that Martin lost a ton of spots after a lugnut was missed on his car and he had to pit again. We stayed for a few more laps and then hit the road with about 50 laps to go to avoid traffic.

We made it home to relieve some grandparents who were very eager for us to arrive and made our way home.

I have many updates to come on the rest of the family and should be able to get them posted this week since things (I hope) have finally slowed down!