We spent this past weekend at a SCCA double nationals race held at the Phoenix International Raceway. The weather was sunny and warm, okay, hot. Fortunately my aunt and uncle (who live only 45 minutes away) were able to meet us for dinner. And they brought two guests -- my grandma and grandpa who were out visiting them. Yay! We haven't seen them since last year so it was a real treat to visit with them. They even had time to come out to the track and watch Steve race on Sunday.
Here's my grandma Panetta. Can you believe that she's going to be 80 in a few weeks? It's amazing to me since she is such a young-at-heart person. I truly hope that I'll be blessed with that when I'm her age.
And here's my grandpa Panetta. He'll be 85 in a few weeks as well. They still drive around the country in their motorhome year-round. Occasionally they'll stay with various family. This past year they stayed "parked" for a large portion of the year due to the cost of gas. I was soooooo excited to have seen them.
Steve was thrilled to race at a Nascar track ... but they didn't do the oval. They created a road course instead.
In addition to assisting Steve with the race car I began a new portable craft project: a knitted hat! This will be the second item that I've knit so I can't wait to see how it turns out.
Here's the pattern that I'm knitting, but I'm not using Noro yarn. I wanted something much softer. After it's done I may try it again in the Noro Kureyon. So far I can say that I have developed a comfortable rhythm for knitting but not so much when purling. I guess that it'll just take more practice.
