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i am sorry for the mass number of post that i put up today i think this is my th post. i have gotten a little behind on certain post and now i am all caught up.
i am trying to post something everyday and today i won't bore you with any more post other than the ones i had to get caught up on.
i am trying to get all i can done before tomorrow cause my friend lisa who i have not seen in almost 5 years will be here tomorrow around non and i am so happy to get to spend some time with her.

Heartbeat of the Ozark Car Show

may 16th, 2009 we attended the heartbeat of the ozark car show in downtown rogers. they are a local car club in the area to benefit juvenile diabetes. the weather was again rainy and chilly so when we got there bob was already there with camp crass up and ready. we saved a spot for gary cause he likes to sleep in and we like to get there early for a good spot. they were giving out trophy to top 40 trophies for older model cars and top 10 for newer models, and many specialty awards. the trophies were big i must say i have not seen nicer trophies yet this year.
i entered my 1950 chevy truck (the peppermint express)Gary entered his 1967 ford mustang (but didn't have it judged)bob entered his 2007 ford mustang (misty) and ray shopped at the silent auction and the vendor booths since he sold his 1932 plymouth sedan (the general) and is building a 1967 chevy camaro rs ss (hopefully to be finished by next car show season)

we won many door prizes.

and the wipe out board well it was exciting i must say.

let me explain how if works for those of you that do not know. there is a board with numbers on it and you buy number and then as the numbers get drawn you lose if your number is call. when it gets to the last 2 numbers they ask the two contestants to either split the pot or go for it. and whose ever number is the last number on the board wins the pot.

so this year i picked 5 and 50, ray and cody picked a bunch(to many to remember), bob also bought some as well. as the day goes on they draw numbers and people continue to lose but not us 4. when they get to the last 5 numbers on the board we all 4 and another guy was still in the running. so drew again and called bobs number, so that left me, cody, ray, and one other guy still in. they called the 4th number and it was ray. so it was me, cody and the other guy. i asked cody if it came down between me and him did he want to split the money or go for it and may the best son or mom win and he said go for it. the third to the last number was called it and was cody's so out he was. me and the other guy walked up there and they ask us do you want to split it and i told the guy it did not matter to me (some is better than none any day). so we split and won $50.00 each.

after that bit of excitement they started handing out trophies and we all did well. gary won a specialty award (would have won another had he been judged)

bob won a specialty award and top 10 newer cars

i won police chiefs choice, specialty award for from C&S Customs for chrome, and top 40 older model cars. i was in the top 14 of the 40 which place i'm not sure but mine was called right before they called best of show. which was won by a camaro pictured below.

MAGIC DRAGON STREET MEET NATIONALS 2009

we traveled to lake ozark, missouri april 30th and stayed until may 3rd. this is our best car show each year so far. last year there were 720 entries in the car and my 1950 chevy truck did not place however ray took his 32 plymouth sedan and it took 1st in the all year model sedans.

ray and i along with the hagars, and the crass's had a wonderful time. also ashley, cody, cory marcy and ethan (not pictured) were also there for the weekend.

i entered my 1950 chevy truck (the peppermint express) in the modified trucks 1900-1964cody entered his escalade golf cart in the special interest class.gary entered his 1967 mustang in the street machine class 1970-1990ashley entered my california roadster golf cart also in the special interest class. bob entered his 2007 ford mustang (misty) in the street machines 1990-present

the weather that weekend was much to be desired. the forecast showed rain all weekend and that it did except for saturday which in all reality was the main day for the show. it was judgement day if you will. the rain stayed gone until the show was over but we didn't get to cruise that night cause it looked very rainy. we did how ever do the friday night cruise which we had never done before and we will probably not do again. once was enough for that cause it wasn't what all we thought it would be. however we can now say that we cruised the bagnell dam. we decided for the last night there to just set up a little camp outside the hotel and order pizza and have our own little car show and believe it or not there were alot of people with the same idea. we enjoyed the night laughing and talking with friends.
sunday was the award ceremony and yes it was raining off and on but we set up camp crass (a blue tent) and before long headed down to the stage to get a good seat. the out come was good. they gave out awards for top 2 in each class.

bob won 1st in his class 1990-present street machines

ashley won runner up in the special interest class (which cody claimed the award cause she didn't want to walk up there are get it plus he did all the cleaning on it cause she isn't good at that cleaning stuff)

i tied for 1st place (which is good with me since lat year i didn't place at all) with the ford f-100 pictured below.

gary did not place this year but they still had a wonderful time. here we are proud of the awards we received and we also found out there were 854 entries this year that attended not including the entries that didn't show up due to the weather. this was a record year for the magic dragon street meet nationals in lake ozark, missouri. i am so glad we attended despite the weather and hopefully they will break another record next year.

she made the team

she made the golf team. never played a game of golf ever except the occasional round of putt putt.

she went and bought her own clubs (or golf sticks as she calls them) and of course just like me they had to be pink.

i am very proud of her to do something that she has never done before and she my not be the most experienced lady golfer or even have a coach at this point but i do think that she will be the best dressed golfer out there on the green.

REACH PROJECT

cody and ray made this years reach (gifted & talented) project the best of the 5th grade class. the theme this year was structures and cody wanted to build the phoenix Arizona cardinals stadium, and that they did.

it took them all of this year to complete it. his teacher was amazed at the detail and time that cody took to do it. now granted it took 3 people to carry it and a rocket scientist to work it but cody and ray knew how and that's all that matters.

the field even rolled out like the real field to get sun light.
this will be a project to remember for a lifetime.

MEMORIAL DAY PROJECT WITH FRIENDS

WE HAD A GREAT DAY TODAY DOING A SUMMER PROJECT FOR OUR POOL AREA. RAY AND I ALONG WITH BOB AND WANDA PAINTED THESE ADIRONDACK CHAIRS AND OTTMANS.
RAY AND I SAW THESE WHEN WE WERE AT LAKE OZARK MISSOURI AND THEY WERE PRICED AT 350.00 SO WE FOUND THE CHAIRS AT SAMS FOR 69.00 ALREADY PAINTED SOLD COLORS AND WE BOUGHT 2 BLUE AND 2 GREEN AND THEN WE ADDED THE OTHER COLORS AND DESIGNS. TRUE THE TIME IT TOOK TO PAINT THE PICTURES ON THE CHAIRS YES WAS WORTH THE 350.00 PRICE TAG BUT THE FUN TIME WE HAD WITH OUR FRIENDS AND THE MEMORIES WE MADE ARE PRICELESS.

A little fender bender
Yesterday on the why to her job ash was rear ended the damage is hardly visible but the metal under the bumper is pushed up. The lady the rear ended Ash told her not to call police cause she knew she would get a ticket and the thing about is that she was a insurance agent herself. Seriously!
I called today and got the claim number and such.
I didn't go to the scene because I knew that she would need to know what to do in the future but also I didn't figure the police officer would appreciate me there panicked. She handled the situation perfectly.
This is memorial weekend and for the first time in years we have no plans at all. We have some friends coming over Sunday to paint some chairs I bought for the pool area. I will post pictures next week.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy memorial day. Spend time with the family and the friends you have and make memories to remember