Expy needed a little work this time. New ABS Speed Sensor Install.

Im guessing I could have wrapped this project up in about 20-25 minutes total. But what fun is that?

None at all.

So, with the help of my Little Monster Bennet and a cameo from Chloe, off to work we go.

I actually started to film this (all filmed with my phone by the way) to submit to OTC Tools for a Facebook video contest they are running. I was gonna film me using some of their tools I have while fixing the truck quick, and that would be that.

On that topic, hit this link and vote for the video on the OTC Tools Facebook page please: http://bit.ly/11HqeXi

Well, nothing is every THAT simple when you have a 5 yr old son and twin 3 yr old daughters.

I got started, Bennet soon found me, Chloe found him, Bennet helped me a bit. They both thought it would be WAY better to have a garage jam session sometime in the middle. I later got Bennet to help me finish.

In the end, the truck is fixed and we all had fun.

Enjoy...

Bennet's Mustang Themed 5th Birthday Party

Better late than never. Yeah yeah, its been quite a while, but I've had many an iron in the fire.

All that aside, heres the party breakdown.

Bennet decided he wanted his 5th Birthday Party to be a Mustang Party! Dads first reaction...SWEET! Then it started to sink in. We are going to have to get creative for this one and literally make everything for this party. So thats just what we did. It was quite a bit of work, but I think my Little Monster loved it and it all came together very well.

Can't get into a race part without a ticket. And a VIP pass is always great too!

Bennets Stang is in the front yard to welcome the guests

Race Track table all setup and ready to Super Snacks

Bennet's name race flags. I made each one, laminated it, cut it and strung em up.

Nana and Bennet's sister just couldn't wait

We had some tasty Shelby SuperSnake Sandwiches. Hard to tell in the picture, but we did a checkered pattern with white and wheat bread sandwiches.

Gotta have Race Fuel to keep the kiddos goin! For the race fuel I dumped a bit of the water out of the water bottles and added strawberry lemonade mix. Then replaced the bottle label with the label I made

Some Mustang Nuts & Bolts to munch on. Nuts and bolts were cheddar chex mix.

Dipsticks. Pretzels sticks and a cheeseball.

Mustang Race Cake. Just had HyVee make a basic version of one of the designs from their book and then added our own Shebly Cobra and Mustang.

Mustang Cupcakes. Each kid got a mustang cupcake and then got to race their own mustang after they were done with the cupcake!

Some of the action from the 6-lane Mustang Race Track!

Meanwhile, in the basement...the kids were painting and decorating their own pull-back racecars. In the last picture you can see Reed with his Mother Dawn working on their car. This ended up being Reeds last party and last day in this life to get to play with his great friend Bennet. Reed passed away not even a week later from an extreme case of Encephalitis. We miss him everyday and know hes looking down upon us! I hope you had a great day with us Reed! Love you little buddy!

Picture time with the whole Race Team. Reed thought it'd be best if he just stayed on the horse.

The unveiling of Bennet's Ford Mustang Boss 302 Fathead on his wall.

7' long Boss 302 found its new home on Bennets wall.

So thats that. That is how you throw down a bad ass Mustang Party for you 5 year old. We all had a blast!

Ford...Period.

I really do feel bad for you poor fools that just dont understand. Its probably not you, but the way you were raised, or something like that. For whatever reason it is that your thought process is all wrong, its time to wake up. Ford is the real deal. No fucking bailout bullshit and plain nasty, violent power. Yeah yeah, you'll probably come up with some response. But thats all it will be. A response. A response to something that someone or, in this instance some company, already did. So your comments will be ignored...Enjoy.

Bennets Mustang Themed 5th Birthday Preview

Well, my Little Monster chose the Ford Mustang as the theme for his 5th birthday, and NO, I did not suggest or push him to in any way to choose that. It was a pretty proud papa moment for me tho.

That being said and all kool and what not. There is no Mustang section by the Spiderman stuff and Toy Story what nots at the ol party store.

So....wife and I are having to make everything. Fun and not fun. Either way, the party is the 16th of Feb. And its gonna be RAD!

I'll share all then pics from all the things we made to Mustangify this party. For now, I'll keep designing, printing, cutting and taping to get ready

The Stang is ALIVE!

Its up and running. After the car instantly dying while driving a couple months ago, its up and running. The car seemed to have to spark at all. Would turn over just fine but wouldn't fire at all. Put 3 generations of Kruse's on the job and it turned out to be the alternator. Put in a new one and we're off and running.

Bennet thought we should check the ignition module first

Got that bolt out so we can move on...

Time to pull the distributor and see if that does the trick

Chloe is here to help!

Pops is breakin it down for me. Explaining how the distributor gear sits in the engine.

So, I went to the neighbors house to borrow and timing light. Dad thought this would be a good time to take a pull of the jar of moonshine. Fuckin love that guy!

Done deal. Up and running. My lip wig and i are signing off.

Super Saucer Spin Sledding is GO

Bennet is officially addicted to sledding. It started slow, like most new things, but quickly progressed into me pushing him down the hill as hard as possible.

Then that turned into not only pushing him as hard as I could, but now spinning him as fast as possible.

The video...

Bennet Sledding from John Bombo on Vimeo.

SuperBuddy Snow Day

The progress on the Mustang is on hold for the winter but that doesn't mean that there isn't some fun goin down.

So, away from the Mustang and bring on the GoPro and the winter fun.

First on the agenda is a little winter fun I like to call SuperBuddy Snow Day. My good friend Ernie (my super buddy) and I both had the day off and wanted to hang out. With about 12" of snow on the ground, we decided to hit the woods on the quads and start a HUGE ASS fire.

ENJOY

SuperBuddy Snow Day from John Bombo on Vimeo.