4th of July with the Hollands

We were lucky to have Eric, Melissa, Buddy, and Savannah Holland visit us for the 4th of July Weekend. We went to Churchill Downs and saw some races, we spent a day in Nashville, TN, and toured downtown Louisville. In Nashville, we visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Opry Land, and the Gibson Guitar Experience. We had a lot of fun with our niece - she is getting so big. Murphy and Oakley enjoyed the time with their cousin Buddy.

Best in Class

Ms. Oakley graduated from Obedience Class.


She was the Top Student in the Class (nevermind she was the only student)!

Mexico

Hola! We spent a week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the Barnes-Loranger Wedding. We had a great time. We went deep sea fishing and saw a lot of dolphins, turtles, and manta rays. We each caught 30-40 lbs Yellowfin Tunas. We sailed a catamaran in the ocean with Captain Dan and First Mate Miaken. We enjoyed trips to town - Puerto Vallarta and Bucerias. We also took time to relax on the beach and by the pool. We may have tried a few adult beverages on our trip too. But what happens in Mexico - stays in Mexico. Megan and John had a beautiful wedding on the beach and we had a lot of fun catching up with old friends and making new ones during the week.

May Daze

It is so hard to believe it is already Memorial Day Weekend. May has gone sooo fast! We started out the month with some visitors for the Derby. The Derby Roster included: Micah Peters, Tate Johnson, Shelby Knutson, Bob Hodgson, Melanie Andersen, and Louisvillians Joe & Melinda Price. We enjoyed the Derby Festivities from the infield of Churchill Downs. The "Booze Belts" once again worked to get the goods past the Security Guards. We didn't see a lot of the horses in the races (it is so packed in the infield, you can only see the races on the huge jumbo TV's around the track) but we did see a lot of crazies in the infield.


I am sorry to say that no one won big off their bets - so everyone had to go back home and back to work/school the Monday after. We were sad to see everyone go, but there is next year: DERBY 135. So start making plans to attend!

We also were visited by Cori's sister Cara and her boyfriend Matt. They had just finished up their Freshman Year of college and needed a break before going home to Rapid City, SD. We had a great time with them. We went to the Louisville Zoo, hiking in the Jefferson Memorial Forest and Cori and Cara got tattoos from a guy named Psycho. We had a great time!

Kentucky Derby 2008

134th Run for the Roses

BIG BROWN WINS!

photos from the Courier-Journal

Mini Marathon

On April 26th, we both finished the Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon (13.1 miles) in a little over 2 hours. There were about 12,000 runners that participated in the Mini Marathon and Marathon. The course wrapped its way around the city of Louisville: through some of the parks, a trip around the infield of Churchill Downs, and finished downtown.

Thunder Over Louisville

Sorry Everyone about not updating this lately - our computer is on the fritz!

We are counting down the days to Derby....but we wanted to catch everyone up on what is going on.

The Kick-Off to the Kentucky Derby Festival is Thunder Over Louisville - one of the biggest firework displays in the US. It usually draws 500,000-750,00 people along the Ohio River and the fireworks are shot from barges in the river and the bridges.