open minded always wins out! (or at least sometimes does:))

So I have never been a fan of racing.  I don’t understand the the idea of watching cars circle around a track for hours.  HOWEVER at work we were given free suite tickets for bump day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway…not one to pass up a new opportunity (and that Trent wanted to go) we jumped at the chance. 

Aren't the new shades lovely?  $9.99 and you could have a pair just like them:)

We started the day with a lovely breakfast for Erik’s birthday (Happy Birthday, BIL).  I really just love my family in law.  They are funny funny people  I had a lovely breakfast of breakfast potatoes ANDDDDDD hash browns.  Yes, I was completely made fun of, but goodness were they good.  Anyways, it was a lovely start to the day and off to the track we went…after we stopped at walgreens for sunglasses (I forgot mine, OOPS!) 

We easily got to the track, got a GREAT parking spot (thank you, free parking pass!!)  We wandered around looking at all of the booths and such before heading up to the suite.  The suite was amazing!  We were high enough to see all of the happenings and we were right up from the pits.  We sat up in the stands drinking our free water (we were in a suite so there was plenty of other things to drink, but it was like 1000 degrees so we went the smart route and choose water, aren't you proud mom?), people watching and watching cars qualify for the Indy 500.  My boss said we had passes to go down the the pits and into the garages for the cars, WOAH.  It was awesome to see behind the scenes and be that close to the cars flying by.  It was very impressive.  We also were VERY close to some of the drivers…although I don’t know any of them. Don't worry I made sure to take pictures of each one, just in case one wins the race...I did pick out my favorite driver....Simona de Silvestro.  For one she has an awesome accent, she drives for an eco-friendly company and her last name is very similar to my maiden name.  For those very important reasons, I think she is an obvious contender to win the race.  You are going to be so impressed if she does win won't you?!

Happy guy:)

It was a fun day all around.  We had perfect weather, great company, good (free) food, and excellent seats.  I am not about to go out and buy an Indy 500 t-shirt or anything, but I am a tad more interested than I was last week:)  Maybe next year we will go to the actual race, who knows!

Hope you had a lovely weekend as well!  Here's to another great week:)

xoxo