August Review In Pictures

AUGUST

I'm almost caught up on the Monthly Reviews here. I know, these are soooooo exciting, I bet you all sit around just waiting to read this stuff!!!! Try not to get too bored, here we go!

These guys showed up in the field out behind our house.
They were pretty skiddish, so I couldn't get real close for pics

I believe these are Great White Egret 

I have pumpkins growing!!!!!

I'm thinking they're just going to be little guys

Trip to the mall for some shopping
And I tried something new, Mediterranean Food.
I almost never try new things, and sure it came from a
fast food vendor in the mall, so it may not be authentic but
it was different from my normal and it was good.

The family made the trip to the U.P. for my father's memorial service.
First stop was his house in Kincheloe, to finish removing his belongings
and handle some paperwork type stuff,
then we were on to Fisherman's Point, for the services.

While in the U.P. we took the dogs for walks,
emptied my fathers cabin, and such.

Took a few pics of Maddy & Chris. 

It was a very warm and sunny day.
{The sun may have caused some eye squinting}

On the drive home we stopped at a beach to let the dogs have a swim
and to burn off some energy

Ali LOVES to Swim
Stella LOVES to jump, run, and play, but she does NOT want to go
out deep enough for her feet to leave the ground.

So many things to stop and sniff.

I think Ali liked that she could swim out deep and escape
from crazy Stella.

And Stella found a friend, and she looked JUST like Stella
She was quite interested in her own reflection!!!

Stop and smell the roses, or weeds, whatever!

Stella also LOVES to dig

This isn't a great pic of Ali but it's so hard to get good pics of her
cuz she's so black and NOT a fan of the camera.

Stella is NOT having the deep water!!!

Race weekend in Cadillac and it rained, a lot. Not hard rain, just non-stop rain.

Sandy mud...

A good book on a rainy day, in the camper, always
makes for good napping.

Ryan and Stella

Ryan cooking on the grill, with his lap dog.

Made a trip to JoAnn Fabrics for some canvas

Did some serious painting on the teeny, tiny, bedroom

We moved our bedroom upstairs.
I'm gonna do an entire post on both
 these bedrooms, soon.

We had a couple windows and the front door replaced

Now my biggest decision is what color to paint the doors.
I hope next summer we can replace a couple more windows and paint the house.

Stella has been obsessed with digging for ground moles.

The Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant held a big Motocross race.
That meant building an entire track in the middle of a field.
We snuck in to have a look at the track one evening.

Ryan & Chris discuss the direction & flow of the track.

The guys had band practice in our mess of a garage.
It must've been hot, cuz they had their shirts off.

A blurry picture of me at Spin class.
In August I went to 20 classes.

A 3 day weekend at the Soaring Eagle Casino race.
Friday was a practice day

Ryan

Tallon

Chris & Tallon discussing track

Chris

Ryan
Who LOVES me taking his pic, non stop.

Tallon {and a buddy} Jerry discussing the track
and tomorrows races.

Maddy & Chris

Friday night the casino was having a concert
Fall Out Boy. I'm not a huge fan of their music, but I'm always
up for a concert. We watched from the top of the hill over a short fence.
They were actually pretty good.

Maddy had a friend come with her and SHE WAS a BIG fan.
That's Mal, in the green

Chris, Maddy, Tallon, Brittany watching the band.

After the concert, we watched Jimmy Albertson test the
track, under the lights, to see how well it was gonna work
on Saturday night.

Saturdays race schedule.
This was a vet race, so all the racers were over 18yrs of age.
Ryan was race #2 {40A} and race #6 {35A}

I like this pic becuz it's Tallon & Ryan on the line, before the race.
And also becuz all the bikes are being held by the racers sons,
while the dads prep their gates.
Kind of a cool moment. 

Literally moments before Ryans practice, it poured
What is with the rain...????
If you're keeping track that's 3 races in a row. 

mud...

The Freestyle guys put on a show after all the amateur races were done.

The show was short lived cuz it down poured AGAIN!!

At this point Ryan decided he was DONE racing for the weekend.
And out came the bottle of wine.
He had planned to race the vet/pro 30+ class, but he wasn't a fan of the track
or the mud, so he decided to sit it out. After postponing the race several hours
and the crews worked like crazy on the track, it actually turned out great.
Ryan then regretted the choice & the wine. 

At home he actually uses a glass.
But he sees no point in bothering at the track!
Since his diagnoses of Gluten Intolerance, he's
developed a taste for wine.

Chris during the Pro race, under the lights

Jerry, during the Pro race, under the lights.

There was some drinking that went on, at our camp site.
Mostly by Tallon & these boys...

  Jared & Steve.
Good friends, not racers!

The girls watching the Pro racing from the Pits.

Mallory, Brittany, and Maddy
Maddy's friend Mal had never been to a race before and she really
seemed to enjoy the experience.

This couple also showed up in the field out behind our house.  14yrs we've lived here and we've never
had birds like we've had this summer.  We've had a huge amount of crows as well.

I believe these are called Sandhill Cranes. They're pretty big and loud.

Well, that's it, August. Told you it wasn't going to be very exciting!!!! But it's our life.