Boys Night at the Race Track

So what is one thing a father can't wait to do with his son......play catch, shoot hoops, go fishing, and play football??? Well if you are anything like Corbin all of these things are true expect one thing is missing...a night under the lights with a hundred thousand screaming, drunk rednecks...that's right Corbin and Dallas are huge NASCAR FANS!!! They went to their first race together at the Richmond Motor Speedway. After watching last season on T.V. and the first part of this season, they finally got to see their favorite driver, Jimmy Johnson #48. Dallas watched one race last season and Jimmy Johnson just happen to win that race, so Dallas decided that Jimmy Johnson was a winner. This spring we bought him a little Jimmy Johnson car that he played with all the time. He then began to pay more attention to all the details about Jimmy Johnson's car. If you ask him now who is the "best" race car driver he will tell you Jimmy Johnson, he drives for Lowe's, his number is #48, and he is winning the Sprint Cup Points. Before the race Corbin went and bought ear muffs to try and take the edge off the loud cars. Corbin brought the ear muffs home and told Dallas he needed to take a nap before the races. After Dallas saw the ear muffs he asked if he could wear them during his nap. We let him and when he woke-up he had sweaty ears. He hasn't asked to do that again and advices others not to sleep with ear muffs. The boys had a great time and look forward to going again.

SUMMER FUN OBX 2008

We made our annual trip to the Outerbanks of North Carolina in August. We had a blast with the family. Madie and Dallas are true beach bums. They wanted to stay out all day on the beach. Madie and Dallas even dared the ocean to try and catch some waves. One day the waves were huge and Madie and I attempted to go out and ended up getting roled a couple of times. It was bad enough to get Corbin off his feet and the lifeguard. Lucky for us Madie is amazingly strong and hung on around my neck with a tight grip. We did go back out the next day into the waves when they weren't as rough. We also did some bridge jumping in Manteo. We look forward to our next trip in 2009!!!

Madie First Day of School

Corbin and I are offically old.....we have a child who is in kindergarden. She was so excited to go....I think we were more afraid than she was. As we said goodbye and watched her walk into the school, I looked over at Corbin and we both had a tear in our eyes. I think Corbin got over it much faster than I did. I cried until she came home.