Roadtrip to Dundee

This past weekend I was planning on taking a trip over to Cabelas in Dundee, MI which is about 2 hours from here. It's fun to go every once in awhile and I hadn't been there since last fall. However, we got 3 inches of rain on Friday afternoon and when I got up on Saturday it was very foggy and still raining some. I didn't want a 2 hour trip to turn into a 3 hour trip so I decided to wait and go on Monday. Plus, my buddy John wasn't able to go on Saturday but he could on Monday so it ended up working out really well.

We got to Cabelas and it was so empty. I guess I've never been there any other time but Saturdays. It was great for shopping though! They have part of the building under construction but it wasn't anything we wanted to see anyway so it was all good. We looked around for awhile and then decided to go have some lunch. We went and found a nice little pizza place that had a buffet and after eating we sat and talked for a long time before heading back to Cabelas again. We looked at some guns, bought a couple things and after a quick run through the McD's drive-thru for two cold $1 iced teas we started heading towards home.

When we go to Cabelas we go right by Michigan International Speedway. For those of you who don't know MIS is a NASCAR track. I've never been to a NASCAR race but would kind of like to go sometime. We pulled in and decided to take some pictures. We were able to walk right up to the track and take pictures. I'm not sure if we were supposed to but no one stopped us! It is so big! The pictures don't do it justice because there is no way to get a wide enough angle to show the whole thing. The picture of John against the fence only shows a little portion of the track.

It was kind of hard taking pictures through the fence too but I did the best I could. Because we were able to walk right up to the track we were able to see everything really well and it is unbelieveable how banked the it is! It's very steep and it's crazy to think that they're going around the track at such high speeds.

After leaving MIS we stopped for ice cream and then went to 3 more gun shops before finally heading home. It was a great day and we had lots of fun. Until the next time....


Rhiannon

Dad saved the day

I have been trying to decided what I should post next. I didn't really have anything other than this picture of Emma and I that I took today while she was supposed to be falling asleep!

I was sick this weeked so my activities consisted of pretty much nothing but sleep. Having done nothing but sleep, I had nothing of particular interest to blog about. That is until this evening!

Dad went Turkey hunting with a friend from church and they had much success! Dad shot a Tom with a 10" beard. He said he was approximately 35-40 yards away. Dad shot him with his 12 guage. Although he has turkey hunted quiet a bit this was the first time he's killed one.

Emma was excited when she was told Papa was coming with a turkey but I think she was a bit disappointed when it arrived here dead! She thought it was sleeping but that didn't stop her from getting her picture taken with it.

I was planning on blogging about Mom and I creating more garden stones but since I was sick I didn't do any of that. Dad saved the day with something interesting to post about until I can find a new topic!

This week Mom and I attempted a project. It kind of worked! A couple of years ago Mom made some garden stones at our local library so we decided that we would give it a try.



We have lots of broken dishes and miscellaneous pieces of things that are just lying around waiting to be thrown away. We used cement for our stones. Some of them worked well but the cement was too wet for others and they broke when we took them out of the molds.


You spray the pan with cooking spray and then glue the different pieces of dishes or whatever you choose to use face down. You then sprinkle some sand around the pieces, pour the cement in and let it dry. The stones should come out easily when the cement has completely dried.



We used cake pans in different shapes for the molds. The first one I made was a smiley face using marbles for the eyes, nose and mouth. It didn't look right at first but after the sand was brushed off of it it was better.