Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Today we
drove 165 miles to the Mills family’s house in
Frankfort, KY. We took our time in the
morning as it wasn’t far to their house and they had morning activities until
12:30pm. We would have gotten there by
1pm according to the GPS. Unfortunately,
we had a meltdown, pit stop shopping fiasco, and traffic parked on the
interstate for 20min. We arrived around 2:30pm for a LATE lunch. The boys took right to playing and almost
didn’t even care about having lunch!!
After lunch
they went back to playing toy guns and war while Deanna and I got caught up
with each other. Steve grilled burgers,
hot dogs, and brats for dinner. Then we
took a tour of the garden out back and Daniel built a camp fire to toast
marshmellows. There were TONS of
fireflies for the boys to chase in the yard as well!!
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Today we
caught up on some very needed sleep!! I
got up around 9:30am and Deanna had banana cake and chocolate donuts out on the
table waiting for us J
We just
relaxed and played until it was time to pick Michael up from Aerospace Camp at
noon. After we picked Michael up we took
the short tour of downtown. We got to
see the old capitol building as well as the newer capitol building.
Daniel asked
to go to Tai Smile for lunch. The boys
explored Tai food. Alan was happy when I
told him he could get plain chicken and rice.
Eddie, on the other hand, was very upset and difficult about
ordering. He simply did NOT want to
share food. I told him we were going to
order 2 different things and share with Eddie, Joey, and Mommy. Deanna didn’t skip a beat as she stood up and
took Eddie by the hand to have a talk outside while the rest of us finished
ordering. We had Cashew Chicken and Egg
Noodle Bowl. It was YUMMY!! The best thing about Tai Smile is you choose
the level of spiciness with the number of stars you want so we could just get 1
star and still feel our tongues J
After lunch
we took the tour of Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory.
This is were Bourbon Balls were invented by Ruth Hanly Booe
(1891-1973). Her story is amazing as she
was widowed at a very young age with a very young son named John. She raised him herself and managed to own her
own business in a time that was unheard of.
They opened the factory in 1919 a year BEFORE women could vote!! The factory burned down and she was unable
to borrow the $50 she needed to rebuild and replace equipment from the
bank. She got the money from the maid at
the local hotel and paid her back in 2 months with interest!! Not only was she a successful business woman,
but a successful single mom. John even
made Eagle Scout!! We got some yummy
treats to enjoy on the rest of our trip J
After the
tour we headed back to the house to relax and play some more. Deanna made Chicken Parmesan for dinner and
Daniel taught me how to play chess as part of his chess merit badge for Boy
Scouts.
After dinner
Deanna called a family friend and took us to see some real winning race
horses!! First we saw the mama horses
and the 3 week old colts. Then Miss Kim
and her crew pulled up to introduce us to Brass Hat winner of several state
races over 2 million dollars. He
currently holds one of the track records at the Churchill Downs race track and
LOVES to eat peppermints!! Miss Kim let
the boys feed him quite a few mints J
Then she took
us to meet their FFA pig. The boys were
more excited to jump in the hay with her daughter and friend. When we got back the boys went through the
shower quick and played. Steve gave me
some more pointers on chess and we played a game before it was time for
bed. The boys were begging to stay
longer J
Pictures are here.
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