Our Week Off

We took this past week off from racing. Hunter did such a great job in preparing for his first race and did awesome there and since we had three weeks between races this time, Scott opted for a week of rest. Good call.

When we started talking about this back in January/February, it was the cost of it that really deterred us from making a snap decision. But after watching a race and asking tons of questions, we wanted to try one out. We did try a kart out and still wasn't sure if this was for our family. Hunter was never giving us a real clear signal on if this was something he really wanted to do or if was just something to pass time. For us, this was too expensive just to pass time away.

I prayed and prayed for an answer on what to do, but God just wasn't handing an answer over to me. Scott would ask me my opinion and I just waffled. I didn't know what to do.

So, one Wednesday morning the kids and I were heading out to my bible study class. I had told Scott that we really needed to let the dad with the kart we tried out know if we were taking it or not. One of Scott's concerns was where we were going to keep a kart - we have a two car garage, and we want both cars IN the garage. On our way back from study, I told Hunter that if he really, really wanted to race, he needed to let his daddy know that and he and I discussed how to rearrange the garage so we could put a kart in it.

We got home and Hunter went to talk to Scott. He told Scott that he really wanted to race and told him our thoughts for the garage. Scott just sighed, looked at me then back at Hunter and said, "well, you and Mom better get out to the garage and start cleaning it out, because we are going to get your kart at 4pm today." I was shocked and so was Hunter. Then we saw how excited Hunter truly was about this. He started crying and hugging us. I think he was afraid to get too excited before.

Anyway, that's how it started and I'm so glad you are with us on this ride. We are having a blast and we welcome you to come watch a race! The schedule and map are posted on the right.