Joinin' a Bunch of Country Folk

Tonight we decided to join our friends the Wray's and the Davis' at Buckeye's Demolition Derby. It was totally last minute and we didn't know quite what to expect, but it ended up being super fun and the kids loved it.  We just wished the smashing of cars lasted even longer!  Besides wrecking already super destroyed cars, they had heats of lawn mower races, which were actually pretty entertaining as well.  Who knew that lawn mowers could be so fast!  One guy even clipped the corner and biffed it, sending his mower on top of him and out of commission. 

Hone W., Jackson and Major D.

This poor car got pushed up on the barrier within the first few minutes.  Poor guy never even really got a chance to smash the other cars.

After the race, the car that looked like it was made out of tin foil still managed to drive out of the arena.

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

Last weekend my brother was here visiting from Utah.  My mom thought it would be fun to check out the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale.  We didn't know much about it, but basically it was just a glorified children's park that had a couple little train museums, a train ride, and a large miniature train exhibit.  Nothing super exciting, unless you love the history of trains.

The kids wanted to ride in the little cargo car on the train.  They literally locked the door on the outside so the kids couldn't jump out during the 5 minute ride.

What it would have looked like at a rail yard.

Alora mimicking the mannequin.



Little did you know that you could eat and use the facilities at the same time on a train.