Weekend Update

It's been a very busy few days, at last I have a little time to update you on Scott's racing. As you can see by the pictures he looks great in his new kart, he had an exhausting time but also learnt a lot (he came 4th out of 4 juniors). Because of the high temps. the number of participants was low so the race management decided to combine the junior and senior classes. This in itself was rather nerve wracking (for me!!!), those seniors are really fast!
Scott was at the back of the grid for all his races, on the first race he got off to a ripping start but at the first corner some contact occurred and as a result Scott spun out - not the start he was hoping for :( Well, my heart was pounding, to his credit he got sorted out and finished the race.The next 3 races were much the same, he had some good moments but also spun out a few times. After each race Grant was busy making adjustments to the kart to give it more grip and better handling.
At the end of the day on the final 25 lap race Scott was much more consistent and the kart was going well. No more spin outs and Scott did much better!
On the positive side Grant and Scott learned so much, they were pleased that the kart was performing well and now they have made the first step onto that learning curve.
On the negative side - it was just to flipping hot!!! It was 40C in the shade, just crazy. It really was a test of endurance and not at all pleasant. All the competitors deserve medals for making it through the day. The next race is on the 30th of June and it will be even hotter then.

Other news - Jake is feeling much better, the medicine seemed to help and the original shingles patch did not get any bigger and is now quite well healed up. He is happy with his exams so far, I hope the rest are ok for him too.

I have included a couple of scrapbook pages, not everything in this house revolves around karts! I will try to post these quite often. I like to check out other bloggs with scrapbook stuff and will add some of my favorite links soon (got to figure that one out as well) Hope you like these, I love the pink rose that I photographed in mums garden last Christmas time. I probably should be including credits for the elements used in these pages. I'm not that organised and didn't note down where all the lovely items came from. I will work on that, for now it will have to be ok that I acknowledge that only the photographs are my own and all the other stuff is designed by other very talented people.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments, I wish I could make you a cuppa while you were here!
See Ya....