Memorial Day - At the Races! - 5/31/10

We had a very nice Memorial Day; we enjoyed a great BBQ and then went to the Rocky Mountain Raceway to watch the races, Thank you to the Hall family we were able to attend and we had a great time!

Qivana has a car it races in the Rocky Mountain Challenge Series Late Models – it is owned by HALL Motorsports - and it is the metaboliq car for Qivana. Derek Hall is the CEO of Qivana and has had a race team for years.

Katie & Devin

Donny & Lindsay in the stands

Christi & Donny

Derek and Devin with "Rocky" the mascot

04 - Metaboliq car for Qivana -

 owed by HALL Motorsports and driven by Lynn Hardy

2010 Chevy Camaro: Official Pacecar

All the kids had a turn to ride in the pace car, starting or restarting races!!

How fun is that?

Shelby getting out after her turn

Go Sierra!

Lindsay & Katie

It's a 3/8 - Mile Asphalt Oval, 5 Degree Straightaway (800' long) 7-11 Degree Corners - it's fast and loud

Devin, Derek and Katie in the pace car

Katie got to award the trophy to the winner of the  YOUNG CHEVROLET 100 Rocky Mountain Challenge Series Late Models. The winner - 03 car- Steve Jones of Boise, Idaho

Lynn Hardy driver of the 04 car, The Metaboliq car for Qivana and HALL Motorsports

and when you know the owners and the driver you get to sit in the race car.

 (so cool!!)

What fun memories we made!!

Julie B. Beck - And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My ...

What a week!! Katie

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Wow, what a week. As it is every year at the end of the school year. Finishing up, we got it all done!! We were doing the "happy dance" last night as Katie graduated from High School; her journey has been hard, each grade a victory. Some kids go through school with no effort, some excel and some fight everyday to make it. We so proud of you Katie!!

Sassy!

Friends

So Happy!!!

Yea!! You did it!!

Christi (mom), Katie and Donny (dad) 

Some of the sisters!

Katie & Cristin all grown up

It is very traditional to wear a flower lei at graduation, here they take it even further, we have a large Polynesian influence, and with my son in law being Tongan, Tua's Aunt fashioned these amazing candy leis for Katie. They really only want the kids to wear one lei at graduation but after they showered with leis. Some are made out of money, candy and treats, some will get so many you can hardly see their face. 

Katie - Class of 2010

Memorial Day Table - StoneGable

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This is part of a blog post from StoneGable

Red, White and Blue, Patriotic True!

Memorial Day was originally called Rememberance Day.  First established to honor and remember soldier's who had lost their lives in the Civil War. Their graves were decorated with flags and flowers to remember them and their ultimate sacrifice.

Rememberance Day was later changed to Memorial Day and remains a day to honor American men and women who have given their lives so we can be a free nation!
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At StoneGable we will mark this day with a trip to a beautiful National Cemetery where my father is laid to rest and honor his memory with prayers and flowers. And then back to our home for a family barbecue to live out his legacy.

The inspiration for this table is our wonderful "Old Glory"! My heart sings when I see our flag. Being raised in a military family made me keenly grateful to be an American!

Happy Memorial Day! Remember our men and women who serve and keep us safe! God Bless America!

You have to check out this great blog!! Yvonne at StoneGable

A Thought

... And to all who suffer—to all who feel discouraged, worried, or lonely - I say with love and deep concern for you, never give in. Never surrender. Never allow despair to overcome your spirit."

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Happy Pink Saturday - Raspberries

Happy Pink Saturday!

How Sweet The Sound

As I was thinking about what to post for Pink Saturday I was thinking of some of my favorite things I thought of Raspberries.
I grew up in Clovis, California that is in the San Joaquin Valley, which grows a lot of the produce for the US. I was so spoiled to have such amazing fresh and yummy tasting fruits and veggies all the time.

We grew a huge garden for years and my grandmother had the most beautiful garden and fruit tress. I remember she would let us pick all the berries we wanted. I also remember what a pain it was, the vines so full of tiny thorns that I would get all starched up.
So much work for those tiny little gems that I loved.
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It takes work to get the food we do. I think so many of us take it for granted that when we go to the grocery store that they have anything and everything we could want. I know I did, when we moved to West Virginia and the first time I went to the store I wanted some peaches. As I held one in my hand, it looked that a little green golf ball with fuzz, and to make matters worse they were over $3.00 a pound. I stood there and cried! No I really did.

A Goal Set, a Promise Kept

The events of the world have been on my mind as of late and I have been feeling that need to get prepared. I posted on my blog a little while back about some of things I had been working on. But about two weeks ago my sister I was talking on the phone, and we both realized that we had water barrels BUT had not filled them with water yet. A lot of good they would do us with no water in them.

So right there we both set a goal together that within the next two weeks we would have them filled. (yes two weeks) So today I received an email from my sister

Just a friendly reminder about "Mission: Water Storage" .... are we at the 2 week mark yet? 
Lisa
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Thank you, yea, still haven't done it. But now I will :-)
How about you??
Christi

five down, one more container to go :)

So I did it, here is one of the barrels!!

Bubble Gum flavored cough syrup – Really?

I have a few children that have been suffering from a cold. You know the kind when your nose is runny and it is running down the back of your throat and it's killing you with a never ending cough so you feel like you going to die, kind of cold. It is awful it feel that sick.

Trying to relive their symptoms I gave them some cold medicine. It tastes like bubblegum but I found myself having to beg them to take it. With whining and fussing "I hate this kind of medicine" I told them you have NO idea how good this tastes compared to what I use to take.

Does anyone remember taking this yummy hot brown goo??

Post-It Note Tuesday #3