Oaks and Derby Festival

The weather in Louisville has been crazy for the past few weeks. It has been unseasonably cold and we have had lots of rain and flooding. This means that we were unable to attend some of the Derby Festival events, such as Doggie Day at Fest-a-ville and The Great Steamboat Race. We did get to go to some events though and we had a lot of fun!

The first event that we got to go to was The Balloon Glow. We had so much fun seeing all of the cool balloons. The new location provided a GREAT view of all of the balloons! (The new location also provided a headache when trying to leave. The traffic was TERRIBLE!)








Carl and I went to Opening Night at Churchill Downs on Friday night. This was a new event and we had a great time. While we were there, we met up with our friends Maurio and Toya. After the races, we we all went to dinner.






We took Evan to Fest-a-ville for dinner and some fun. Evan enjoyed dancing to the music and riding some kiddie rides. The BEST part though was that Evan and Daddy took a ride in a REAL helicopter! Evan was thrilled! (Daddy was not a fan of the helicopter, but he said it was fun to get to ride with Evan.)

Evan and Daddy got a great view of the city! (I had fun taking pictures of the helicopter when I could see it.)



Evan had fun looking out the window. He kept saying, "Look at that!"



When the helicopter landed, Evan wanted to go again!



The next event that we got to attend was Oaks Day. This was really fun for us because I got to walk in the Breast Cancer Survivors' Parade. We had fun watching the horses raceand Carl even won a race or two. The best part of the day was getting to walk in the parade.










On Derby Day, Carl attended the Derby with John. Terri and I took the boys to the zoo, which was really fun. We got to see the new bear exhibit, which is super nice. We also had dinner with the boys that evening and let the boys play together.

We saw a blimp when we got to the zoo. Evan really liked the blimp and wanted me to take a picture of it!



Our polar bear has returned! She loves her new home! We had fun watching her play. (The brown bears were fun to watch too!)



Evan LOVES this turtle at the zoo. I think the turtle likes Evan too, because it always swims over to see him when we visit.



Evan had fun petting the bearded dragon.