Here's to the happy couple! The traditional gift for the tenth wedding anniversary is aluminum or tin. This left me (as usual) scratching my head for ideas, but I decided we could go rent an aluminum boat at Lake Benson in Garner. You just can't go wrong with all the nature you would possibly want for $3.00 an hour. We saw a mother goose sitting on her giant nest, a big pile of beaver-chewed sticks, and some turtles. But the real reason we were out there was so I could snap a photo of us on our tenth anniversary to go in the aluminum frame I was lucky enough to find at Target.
Here's a few photos of Awanas Grand Prix cars from today and yesteryear. Maybe you've seen these things before. As a kid, I had them for RA's in the Baptist church, as well as Cub Scouts. Since Samuel has been in Awanas Sparks, we've had one each year. The first year, we (okay, I generally do all the work, but don't tell anyone!) did a general race car body shape, but painted it with a special chalkboard paint and stuck two pieces of chalk in two drilled holes in the tail for exhaust pipes. Called it the "Chalky Racer" (say it out loud, you'll get it) and got first place for design. It was pretty fast too getting second place overall for speed.
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