Fernandez Family of Five: Happy 38th Birthday, Tony!!!

On September 1st, Tony turned 38 years old. Since the girls were going horseback riding on the morning of his birthday, he did some of his own riding that morning, but not on a horse. Tony has taken to road biking and is doing quite well. I jokingly told him he should go 40 miles on his birthday. Well, he liked that idea and of course had to top it and went 45 miles instead. He is really enjoying this new hobby. After his ride, he came home and enjoyed an afternoon on the sofa watching football while Reece napped on top of him. This brought back memories for him of watching football while his baby girl slept on him. Well, his baby girl is now almost 50 lbs. so although he liked the cuddling he did not like how he felt when he got up. The girls and I made Tony a red velvet cake for his birthday, took him out to dinner and then we went to a local racetrack to watch some racing with Joe and Abby. His present from me was a "groupon" voucher for a 60 minute introductory flight lesson. Tony is very excited and I finally surprised him with a gift he had NO clue about.

It takes several to blow out candles when you are OLD! :)

A beautiful night for racing...

Before the race there was a "Meet and Greet" the drivers. The girls got to check out the cars, get autographs, and pose with drivers for photos.

This driver, JP Morgan, had no clue my daughter would later change up the race he was in and cause him to make it to victory lane!

The girls got to sign the back of this race car.

Daddy's racing buddies...

Reece and Lizzie enjoyed being together, as always!

On the way to the race track I joked with Tony that I should have gotten him a big button to wear that says, "It is my Birthday!" and maybe he would get into the race free or get to do something special. Tony said, "I would never wear that and besides we have 3 cute girls maybe if they act real

cute they will get us something special." Well, Riley must have been sitting there cute because she was selected to come down and draw an envelope halfway during the race to determine if the line up would change or not. She ended up choosing the envelope that inverted the entire field of drivers. #23, JP Morgan, had been in the back of the race most of the night but because of Riley's inversion he ended up in front and won the race!

JP Morgan doing a burnout after his win.

JP Morgan in "Victory Lane." We got a good chuckle out of the small track version of victory lane.

Racing?? What Racing?? The kids were entertained by snacks, each other and of course Daddy's phone. They behaved well but I am not sure they even knew a race was going on.