Interesting weekend

So we had a pretty good weekend, even with the rain and stormy weather. Nick was able to race on Friday which was a beautiful day I might add. Nick ended up with a second place which was so cool. He won the first round with an amazing pass that brought him from 3rd to 1st on the second to last corner. It was great! He has been racing the same 2 people for 2 weeks now and has gotten 3rd every time. This time the other guy, Issac pushed Taylor high into the corner and Nick was able to slide by them on the inside and take over the lead. That put him into position to win 2nd overall. They were all tied going into the main and he was able to beat Issac for the 2nd place spot. It was great!

Gabi didn't end up racing because she got an injury earlier in the day from the trainer we had picked up the night before. (It looks like the one pictured, only Gold.) Bryan found one of these on craigslist so we got it for their training purposes. It forces them to pedal hard and build up those leg muscles. But what Gabi found out is you can't stop pedaling or the pedals come back to bite you. She ended up with a huge nasty bruise on the back of her leg and was limping around the house for a couple of days. She's better now, but couldn't race on Friday night.

So we had really stormy weather pass through on Saturday with big gusty winds and tons of rain. It was a really cool storm that lasted about 15 minutes I think. Then it was all pretty and sunny after that. But it was drizzling most of the day too so the racing was cancelled that day. We were thinking of going to Salem for racing but it didn't happen. Laundry and cleaning happened instead. 

Sunday the weather held all day, but they still cancelled racing. I'm assuming the track was just too wet from the rain the day before, and the threat of rain all day, but who knows. In some ways it was nice to have a free Sunday Bryan and I ended up going to the Mexican flea market in Gresham. He had wanted to show it to me for a long time saying it was just like Mexico. Well, he was sort of right. The booths were not filled with Mexican trinkets though, just lots of cowboy boots, little girl prom dresses, CDs (all in spanish of course) and clothes and random crap. The food looked good though, but we felt completely out of place. It was a whole different world, and interesting to say the least.

Then last night I went to make dinner. The first ribs of the season for us. The menu: BBQ ribs, Corn, Salad, Mac & Cheese. Yum Yum Yum! So I seasoned the ribs perfectly, put them on the grill and sat down to watch some Hannah Montana. When I went out to turn them I opened the lid and this is what I saw:

For the 1st time in 16 years I burned dinner beyond recognition. They were just little bits of charcoal. That's all. It was hilarious! Bryan made me take a picture of it for posterity I guess. So needless to say we did not have BBQ ribs at home last night. We were forced to go to Busters BBQ and had ribs there instead. Mine would have been better, but well not that time. I'll try again later. And maybe a little less distractions that time. I'm sure my family won't let me live it down for a while but that's OK. It's not like I burn dinner very often at all. LOL