{"id":45,"date":"2008-11-07T14:28:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2008-11-07T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T02:47:50","slug":"go-speed-racer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/go-speed-racer\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Speed Racer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over Columbus Day weekend Steven, Stacy, Amanda, and Rob came down to hang out with us in Williamsburg.\u00a0 We had an awesome time!!\u00a0 Stacy and I were able to celebrate our birthday together (a little early, but we&#8217;re not complaining).<\/p>\n<p>Saturday we went to a Go Kart place.\u00a0 I was the official photographer for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Rob in the Home Depot car, ready to roll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rob\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3247\/3007538885_e3f5787790.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dave was sponsored by Goodwrench.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Dave\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3053\/3008379184_2d9c180112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Amanda took the Alltel car.\u00a0 She looks nervous, doesn&#8217;t she? Maybe someone has seen &#8220;Days of Thunder&#8221; one too many times. Maybe I just make stuff up so I can read myself type.\u00a0 That doesn&#8217;t sound as good as &#8220;hear myself speak&#8221; does it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Amanda\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3206\/3007539637_4d338cebc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And here are Steven, Stacy, and Rob coming around turn three.\u00a0 It might not have been turn three.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know, I didn&#8217;t count them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Vroom!\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3245\/3007539971_6a69c6559f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The word in the pits was that the race was a little slow.\u00a0 The drivers blamed it on their cars &#8211; I&#8217;m not buying it.<\/p>\n<p>The bumper cars were the next event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3008\/3008380502_6aa2f8ae34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Baby Buggy Bumpers\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3008\/3008380502_6aa2f8ae34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here it looks like Steven and Stacy are ganging up on poor Amanda.\u00a0 Now, that&#8217;s just not nice<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3136\/3010108733_b6a6b5ec6b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Poor Amanda\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3136\/3010108733_b6a6b5ec6b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Um, excuse me, Stacy? See the camera? That means I&#8217;m the photographer, please just turn your little car around and go find someone else to hit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3204\/3008380874_1129e0e533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Scary Stacy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3204\/3008380874_1129e0e533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thank you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3018\/3008382070_23d34f4cf4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Bump\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3018\/3008382070_23d34f4cf4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And this was when the Bumper Car Guy decided that the kids had enough fun and turned off the cars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3015\/3007541765_72bde42df9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Sad Steven\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3015\/3007541765_72bde42df9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They went to a different race track next.\u00a0 Dave was determined to win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look at the concentration on his face.\u00a0 He&#8217;d spent years training for this moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3291\/3010107901_4abee09972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Determined Dave\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3291\/3010107901_4abee09972.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He had some stiff competition though.\u00a0 Stacy wasn&#8217;t about to hand over her title without a fight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3291\/3007543071_32927769be.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Amused Amanda &amp; Serious Stacy \" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3291\/3007543071_32927769be.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then the boys started to race dirty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Oh wait, what&#8217;s that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Apparently Steven hitting Stacy on the turn (a direct violation of the posted rules) is really just rubbin&#8217;, and rubbin&#8217; is racin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3034\/3008382548_6cd7cc82f0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rubbins Racin\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3034\/3008382548_6cd7cc82f0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Amanda stepped in to help block the boys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That&#8217;s right Amanda, keep them back, and while we&#8217;re at it, maybe we can try and keep our eyes on the road too &#8211; we don&#8217;t want a wreck here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3052\/3010108929_ed201f0331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Awesome Amanda\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3052\/3010108929_ed201f0331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The girls&#8217; plan worked! They&#8217;re cool like that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s my girl coming down Victory Lane.\u00a0 I think they are going to make a movie about her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3153\/3008383362_b7390f2c64.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Victory!\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3153\/3008383362_b7390f2c64.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And here&#8217;s the rest of the racers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3224\/3010107061_199a16a178.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Woo Hoo\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3224\/3010107061_199a16a178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We had just enough tickets left for one last go at the bumper cars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dave takes his bumper cars very seriously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3053\/3010108307_725ca404f3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Daredevil Dave\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3053\/3010108307_725ca404f3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Okay, maybe not <em>that<\/em> seriously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3285\/3010945620_db504c94cd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Lovely Lady Bumped\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3285\/3010945620_db504c94cd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After the tickets were gone, we spent some time in the arcade.\u00a0 Steven showed off what he learned in his Hunter&#8217;s Safety Course and his mad bike skillz (oh yeah, with a &#8220;z&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3218\/3008383736_e0c604d464.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Safety First\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3218\/3008383736_e0c604d464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3018\/3008384588_80b9e8bb01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Im running out of fun comments\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3018\/3008384588_80b9e8bb01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over Columbus Day weekend Steven, Stacy, Amanda, and Rob came down to hang out with us in Williamsburg.\u00a0 We had an awesome time!!\u00a0 Stacy and I were able to celebrate our birthday together (a little early, but we&#8217;re not complaining). &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/go-speed-racer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}