Help!

I've been searching for a new comforter set for a while now and I think I've narrowed my search to three but now I'm stuck! I was hoping to get some color on the walls in our room so I was leaning towards the purple or red sets, but I really like the look of the yellow and black one. Too many choices!

Leave a comment and let me know which one you prefer and why. Also, what color would you paint the bedroom with the comforter you've chosen?

It's Not Much

I know it doesn't look like much, but to Dave and I, it's a lot! Yep, the construction of our kitchen cabinets has begun!

We were incredibly lucky in that my Dad knew of a builder in Grand Island who builds awesome custom cabinets. His prices are very reasonable (actually better than the cabinets from the lumber yard) and Dave and I jumped at the thought of custom built cabinets. Dave got a chance to see the beginnings of the cabinets this past weekend and he brought home these pictures for me (and you!).

Also, there's been some talk that the drywall may be in the process of going up. The house is certainly going to look different! No worries - I'll take plenty of photos to share.

Mike's 2nd Race

Mike's 1st Heat Race

Here's the video of Michael's 1st race.

Listen closely to the announcer. "Swapping paint in happy hornetville" is my 2nd favorite line of the race.

My favorite line is at the end - listen closely - when they announce Mike as the winner!

You Went To A Car Race!?!

In addition to the 4th of July celebration we had this past weekend, Dave and I made it back to Grand Island to catch one of my brother's races. For those of you who don't know, my brother and his friend Jessy opened their own business last year. B & B Street Motives, LLC is a auto shop in GI (if you need your car worked on take it there!). To advertise their business, my brother jumped head first into the car racing business.


Dave and I have been trying to get back ever since the season started to watch him race, but with the house and everything else we've haven't had a chance. Dave ended up getting off early on Friday and we rushed back. It was quite the evening!


It started out good - no rain, smiles on our clean faces, and lots of interesting people to watch. Bear in mind that this was my first time watching any car race - I don't even watch them on tv.


5 observations from my first car race...


1. Earplugs - an absolute necessity.



2. Dancing flags make me giggle. Yes, I now know that two dancing flags means two laps left but I know this guy practices in front of a mirror and it makes me giggle.


3. Pit crews also make me giggle. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them turn circles following the cars around the track. I just wanted to yell "Dance, Monkey, Dance!".

4. The people at car races are interesting. And that's all I will say on that point.

5. Car racing is dirty. Michael races on a dirt track and apparently, the wind was in the wrong direction. I was filthy when we left. I had a layer of grime on my clothes and on my face. I'd post the photo Dave took of me after the first few races, but it was not pretty.

Now on with the race...

Michael's firesuit (I keep calling it a jumpsuit - I was informed this was not the proper terminology) is bright orange. As in just escaped from Hall County Corrections orange.

His car is also orange with silver sides. His number is 86M. Also, the category he races in is called the Happy Hornets. I never knew there were so many things at a car race that could make me giggle.

He raced twice. The first was a heat race in which he had to place better than 4th to move on.


He got 1st! Look for a video in a second post (blogger wouldn't load more than one video in this post).

He then moved on to the feature race in which he placed 2nd! Look for another post with a video on this as well.

It was quite the evening. I can't say I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. It was too loud and dirty, but I did enjoy watching Michael (and was super excited he did so well) even though it made me terribly nervous when he rounded the corners. Will I go back? Yes, but only to watch him win again!

Check out Mid-Nebraska's website at http://www.midnebraskaspeedway.com/. They race every Saturday night and I'm sure Mike would love it if you attended!

Whew, What A Weekend

We are exhausted! We had a super busy weekend and have lots to share!

We started off the weekend with car racing (yep, it's true - look for an upcoming post on that.) We then celebrated the 4th and our niece Carley's 4th birthday with Dave's family. Then we went to my aunt and uncle's farm. Even though it was a pretty cold 4th of July we managed to have lots of fun.

There was baseball...

(I love the concentration on his face. He's going to be 85 later this year!)

We had water balloons and lots of water fights...

(I believe Dave referred to this as Emma's first swirlie.)

And we had ice cream... It was delicious!

And we ended the night with lots of fireworks and a full moon...

Whew, that's only 1 day. Two more recaps to come!

Rumor Has It

There was a rumor floating around that our siding guy was FINALLY finished.

Turns out, this is one rumor that's 99.8% correct. The Tyvek you see on the front of the house will be covered up by stone. The Tyvek you see on the back of the house is where the doggie door will go. We aren't sure why the siding guy didn't frame around the opening (you can't see the opening as it's covered by Tyvek). That's why I'm saying 99.8%. We had several problems with our siding guy so it's a huge relief to see it's mostly completed.

We were also suprised with another completed item...

INSULATION!

All of the insulation has been blown in. We're hoping they'll be able to start the drywall on Monday! Things are finally coming together!

Have a great Fourth of July!