BBQ, Babies and the Speedway

What else could you want for a great Saturday in the summer??

Our friend John (whom we went down south with) had a birthday BBQ lunch on sat and yet again the good old Island Bay butcher was visited. John and Kirsten are amazing cooks and this was no exception we dined on a multitude of international style sausages, wallaby (similar to a kangaroo) burgers and the most divine salads you could imagine and more variety of breads than a bakery, all I can say is if you get an invite to their place you should cancel your own wedding to make it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Later on that afternoon we popped over to see Jade, Liane and Alan’s baby girl, you will have seen a photo of her in an earlier blog. She is now three weeks old but 3 millions times cuter and if she keep getting cuter at this rate she will be as beautiful as me !!!! he he he She is such a content little girl however I did get nervous holding her, I know she is not made of paper but she is not made of cast iron either and when I passed her over to Al I was sweating buckets afraid id do something wrong, it really has been ages since I held a baby. Liane is doing great she is such a cool Mum, very laid back and totally great with her, I have said it before and I will say it again Jade is very lucky.

Before we got to clucky and kidnapped Jade we left to go to the Speedway or stockcar racing as it is also known.

Scott the wonderful hubby of one of my friends here in work invited us promising it was a night not to be missed and it will be packed full of fun and drama and as usual he didn’t let us down. There was 18 races and then a demolition derby, the races themselves had a mixture of some awesome races to some ok I can talk to you know cause the race isn’t holding my attention races but that was generally the smaller mini-stocks. I love the super saloons they are mental and the cars are up on two wheels etc it was very cool to watch. The best part I think was the demo derby (although some lady driver got hurt in an accident) but the way these people trash there cars and ram each other etc is just crazy and they had a ramp for them to go over which was right in front of us and the force some of them land with would give you whiplash from just watching!! I cant wait for the next one, although it is a pity you cant have a drink while you are there, my first Saturday in months without a drink !!!!