Every year for the past few years, we go to the annual Adoption Assistance picnic. They are the agency that helped us with both adoptions, and we love to go there and talk to the friends we have made at the agency and among the adoptive families. Julie and her staff are more like family at this point.
The children had great fun as usual, riding the ponies, bouncing in the inflatable and getting their faces painted. Can’t wait till next year!
The boys are playing baseball this year – the first time for both of them. Joshua is more naturally athletic and is hitting everything in machine pitch. Jordan is learning about the goofy pitching in the first year of kids pitching and is getting on base one way or the other every game. Daddy’s learning about sunburn during the day games and bug bites in the evenings.
The boys went out to the local BMX track today. They were a little upset at first because there was an actual race there, but after a while, they enjoyed watching the “pros” take the jumps and do tricks. Once the race was over, the boys got to ride the track on their own – but didn’t jump quite as high as the older guys had done. Lots of fun!
“Thunder” is one of the biggest fireworks displays in the country and kicks off the Kentucky Derby Festival – two weeks of charity events, parties and other goings on leading up to the first Saturday in May. We sat close enough that the concussions shook our clothes. The kids had a great time, even though we had to walk 45 minutes to get there.
Kentucky is pretty much the horse capitol of the planet, and lots of things have grown up around the Kentucky Derby and horse racing in general. One of those things is Gallopalooza which is an ongoing event where artists paint (and otherwise adorn) statues of horses all around town. For 2009, they are adding 132 more statues to the program and they will be displayed all around town. The kids had fun getting their faces painted and doing the horse scavenger hunt, while Mommy and Daddy loved looking at all of the different artwork on display.
For more, you can check out the Gallopalooza Flikr site.
