After an early farewell to Nashville and Laura, I began my
trek to an unexplored state: Kentucky.
For the last several months all I have heard is how wonderful Kentucky
is from my manager, so with high hopes I began the short trek north. First impression? Kentucky has the nicest rest stops of any
state I have visited though they are missing a state plaque. The buildings themselves are very colonial
and well kept. The next thing I noticed
would be the grass. It’s green. Really?
I am continuing my quest, but I have yet to find any blue grass. I know the grass isn’t like Florida blue, but
it’s called blue grass for some reason right?
When found I will promptly photograph it to document it for you.
I finally arrived in Louisville after convincing myself I
did not need to stop in Elizabethtown.
Orlando Bloom wouldn’t be there (great movie btw, you should see it if
over 13). I met up with Melissa and her
family! I haven’t seen her in forever
and it was nice to see her and her husband, Will again. I was also able to meet her two kiddos,
Kristen (7) and Sam (4mos). For Kristen,
she can mostly remember my name, but if she gets stuck I become Mommy’s
bridesmaid. Sorry Mom, looks like I am
always going to be remembered as the bridesmaid not the bride! After leaving Sam with Daddy for boy bonding,
the girls went off to the Louisville Slugger museum!
The museum is pretty awesome. There is a monster slugger that is 3 or 4
stories tall outside the doorway with their trademark brand. Inside we were dazzled by a Lego exhibit
recreating famous parks out of Legos.
Pretty cool if I do say so. They
even had Legos for you to build your own masterpiece. I failed, but Kristen built a pool. We got to walk through the only working
factory that produces the Louisville Sluggers.
Our tour guide had way too much fun, but the tour was pretty cool. They showed you the original form of carving
the bats (which took about 30 minutes apiece) to the updated route (which takes
about 30 seconds). We got to watch as
they programed the machine to carve a Reds players order. Next time I watch the Reds I’m gonna be able
to say I watched his bat get made! I
even learned a few tricks to sound really smart while watching a game with my
sportholic friends. At the conclusion of
the tour we each received a mini bat! Now I can duel Chuck and threaten our
staff J.
Afterwards Melissa made an amazing dinner and it was time to
get the kiddos in bed. I was even asked
to read the bedtime story! Of course
what could I say! Hint: I’d love too! We
read Danny and the Dinosaur! I was pretty stoked the book was still around; it
was one I had as a kid. Then Melissa,
Will and I visited to end my first night in Kentucky!
Day 2 in Kentucky brought another realization. It’s COLD! I felt like I was back in
Colorado. It is windy and super frigid.
They were calling for snow, but I never saw any. Needless to say I did not pack properly for
it! However, despite the weather the
Thomas clan and I battled the great outdoors in the quest of the perfect Easter
dress and suit for the kiddos. Kristen
found a pretty cute dress, but poor Sam’s mission was a failure L. Who knew finding kids clothes would be so
hard? My vote is still on the bow
tie! We had a Red Robin Lunch and roamed
another Massive mall. Then back home for
dinner and getting ready for church!
Night 2 brought another story. This time Amelia Bedlia! What? Oh yes, Melissa keeps this child stocked with
the good books. Oh the antics of Amelia!
Such fond memories! Love those books.
Then Melissa and I ran off to Target and stayed out til 10! We are
getting crazy in here! It was fun to
just roam the store. I may have bought
The Hobbit. I’m on an adventure, Martin
was on the cover, he’s on an adventure, Sherlock started filming this week….okay,
no maybe, I bought it! We bought candy
and soda pop and had a really great time of fellowship and shopping! I mean what more is there!
Perhaps the saddest part of the day was the realization I
left my brush in Nashville! This may
seem petty to you, but that brush has been through everything with me and it
made me quite sad to go buy a new one.
We’ll see if I like it. I’m gonna
have to pick it up on my way home, sorry Mom it isn’t officially gone yet!
I’m loving Kentucky so far (except for the cold), better be
careful Melissa, you may not be able to get rid of me now!
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