That's Racing!

I'm a bit late with this - too much other stuff going on!
Anyway, Scott's last weekend racing ended up on a rather miserable note.
After a day of great racing on his part, he gets to the final. He is in third place and has second in his sights when the kart ceases. He was so very disappointed, as usual the amount of work and preparation was huge. Grant is never satisfied and is always making sure everything is fine. This was their first meeting with the new kart. What a bummer!
Now a few days have passed and the engine has been inspected at the workshop. It seems that it wasn't actually a cease but the con rod snapped, resulting in a written off bottom end. Now the engine will be sent back to Austria for further inspection and hopefully a "no charge" repair as it seems to be a manufacturing problem. Luckily Grant's got a spare engine (you can see why I have no PERGOLA!!). Scott is bouncing back from his utter frustration and Grant is already planning the next meeting! Like they say "that's racing"!

It's Scott's birthday tomorrow - it's going to be very quiet for him unfortunately.

We've all decided no parties this year (even Grant's 50th). Scott's main birthday present is driving lessons in a manual car, he is hanging out for proper race car training but needs to be able to handle the gears first. Jake has an early evening rugby tournament in Abu Dhabi tomorrow so we will be picking up a DVD and something yummy for dinner on the way home and having a night in.

The following day (Saturday) Jake is off on his school camp, he is really looking forward to it. It's only a short camp and he will be back on the 1st then on the 4th he is off to Bahrain for another rugby tournament. That will be the last for the year as it's starting to get very hot (high 30's).

The rugby club are chartering a plane, I think it's only about an hours flight. This will be Jake's first trip to another country without us so I do hope there are no hiccups.

I have been busy but have to keep a secret a bit longer! Wait till next week....

OK I'm going to finish sorting out stuff for Jake's camping bag and by then dinner should be ready, NZ lamb flavoured with rosemary picked out of my very own garden!

Scott is making himself a special desert "Crumble Pie" he loves it!

Here is the recipe if you are desperate enough to try a real teenage boy type dessert;

Drain 1 big tin of fruit (Scott likes fruit salad) and put it into an ovenproof bowl.

In a separate bowl empty 1 packet of cake mix (Scott likes vanilla) and combine it with about 1/2 cup of melted butter.

Mix these till it's all crumbly then sprinkle it over the fruit.

Bake it in a medium oven till it looks ready.

Serve with ice cream and cream.

I don't like it but the boys do - Scott says it's great cold the next day too!