Indy 500

It was hard to believe it is that time of year- man how time fly's. The Indy 500 is one of our 'Railing' family traditions that I hope to carry on for a long time to come. We are not huge 'racing' fans however, this is one race  that we LOVE and really look forward to each year. This year was full of wonderful memories for the 'Indy 500 record books'. We invited our good friends Mike and Bridgette to join in on the fun too!
   Things were a little different this year because we were able to spend the night in Indy with mom which meant no 5:00 am wake-up call(big smiles). But everything else was normal as usual: Mom was up early chomping at the bit to get going, our coolers were overflowing with the traditional fried chicken, turkey sandwiches, chips, cookies, veggies and beer- lots of beer, Gavin and his buddy Jay were giving us plenty of morning entertainment, Nathan and Mike were running out to get the ice and newspaper, Bridgette and I were looking for the tickets that mom 'lost' :) all while thinking that we were crazy! After we found the tickets we loaded up and headed for the track.
 We parked at the same house as mom and dad had for 25 years, loaded the boys up with the coolers, then made the walk to to track. Always fun to see all of the 500 crazies out there!
 Once we got to the track it was time to relax and take it all in. It is always fun taking friends that have never been, I love seeing them take it all in and the look on their faces when things get started. Here are a few pictures from the fun day.

the winner and his crew celebrating!!

Although the day is wonderful, it is definitely missing my dad. He was a HUGE fan and we missed him so. I looked up during the race and saw this beautiful sky and knew that he was enjoying it with us.

All in all, it was a great day full of fun and lots of memories...until next year- God Speed!