Lake Lure...

Lake Lure, NC May 2007

On Thursday we left for our weekend in North Carolina. We went to a small resort town just outside of Ashville, NC. It was a resort community on Lake Lure. We had a great time, but I wish that we had seen the sun a little bit more. It started raining on Thursday and we did not see the sun until Sunday afternoon when we checked out.

We stayed in a cute 2 bedroom condo with the Fowler Family. It was right on the golf course, and not too far away from the swimming pool. While we were there, we met up with some other families from Louisville. We played games and ate meals with the Combs, the Taylors, the Fairbanks, and the Stohls.

The Folwer babes had fun throwing rocks and sand back into the lake and Cohen had fun watching them. We all had a good time and are happy that we could squeeze in this last memory with the Fowlers.

Talk "Derby" to me...

This year, Marshall and I were invited by our fabulous neighbors to attend Churchill Downs on the Wednesday before Derby. We left Cohen with a baby-sitter and had a GREAT time at the horse races. The best part of the day was checking out every body's derby HATS! The boys felt a little left out, so both Marshall and Don tried on Paula's feather hat. Don't they look pretty?

We sat and ate a delicious lunch and learned about how to bet on the races. We learned what a tri-fecta, an exacta, a place and a show are. As they sounded the trumpets we were all so excited. The first race began and the horses ran hard and fast. Marshall had beginners luck and won on his first bet. The second race, I joined in and bet a tri-fecta for 2,7,1--and won!! However, that was the end of our winning streak. We lost on almost every other race we bet. It was still such a blast. What a fun time to be in Kentucky.