Nascar 2009

Last weekend I headed down to Phoenix to visit some friends and hit up the Nascar race. It was definitely quite the experience. We were able to go on a tour of the garages, pit row, see the drivers up close and personal (I'm all about seeing celebrities even if they are Nascar celebrities), watch the driver introductions, and see a few laps from the top of the Sprint tower. I have to say that before this I wasn't extremely interested in Nascar, but I quite like it now.

Miriam suggested that I try the AMAZING gas station located in Phoenix. We made a stop at QT on the way to the race. I totally concur with Miriam....it was AMAZING!!!

Fixing something with the tires on the UPS car. We were able to see them working on the cars and getting them up to par for the race regulations. It was pretty awesome.

When we first got our picture with this girl, Erin and I were so confused......we had no idea why we were taking a picture with her. Later we found out she was Miss Sprint Cup. Who knew they had a Miss Sprint Cup?

Inside of one of the cars.....pretty complex to me.

This is Rachel's driver....had to get a picture with his car. For those of you who don't know who number 48 is.....Jimmie Johnson.

Jeff Gordon was my driver. Here I am standing in front of his pit.

Here's Jeff Gordon at driver introductions. Unfortunately he had some misfortunes with his car and didn't win the race.

Cam, Colt, and I watching the race. And to everyone that thinks Nascar is WT....it definitely still is after seeing it in person, but it was very fun and quite enjoyable.

California 2009

This past week Kara, Cooper, Sophie, and I went to California. Thanks to Rand and Bradley we had a wonderful place to stay. The weather was beautiful and we had tons of fun. I took tons of pictures and didn't want to post them individually so I made collages to post instead. Picasa is AMAZING!!!

Hollywood Boulevard, Santa Monica Pier, Third Street Promenade, and the beach in Carlsbad were some of the places we went to. We, of course, had to make a stop at Pinkberry as well. Cooper loved taking his picture with Batman, but Sophie wouldn't even consider it. "They were all too scary!!"

We played at the beach one of the days. I spent another day at the beach while Kara and the kids went to visit her friend Angie. I love the beach!

We walked the canals in Venice which are awesome. There are so many amazing, yet expensive, houses there. Plus a few random pictures of the airplane/car.

The Butterfly Jungle at the Wild Animal Park. This was probably my favorite part. It was this big jungle like thing with butterflies everywhere. They would land on you and just hang out. One of the workers said that they are attracted to the smell of beer and we saw many people with butterflies on their lips. It was pretty awesome!!

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