Derby Fever

We get it every year....Derby Fever! It's just so much fun to live here in the spring!

Just a few Highlights from our week....

SK wore her fascinator to school!

 Lila won her Derby race at preschool and made her own Derby hat!

 The kids were excited to take Oaks treats to their teachers....

 and I took Lila to watch the KinderDerby parade at Goshen to get her excited for next year!

Next Up........OAKS!!!!!

Game Day!!!

It's Game Day! We had a little play date...that is another blog post...and all my Kentucky girls and their littles were of course decked out in Kentucly Gear! We are all so excited!

 The littles headed off to school in their UK blue....so excited and so proud!

 Tatoos and all!

What a fun day! I hope my littles get to see history in the making tonight...I wish it with all my heart!

Go Cats! 2011

New Years Eve has become a bigger deal since they started playing the UK UL game ...I mean truth be told this event needs it's own day all together! It was just us and Bumpa and Grandpa but it felt like a party for sure..... we were all so excited! Sure I love the Cats...and to watch the game...but here is the deal...all of Riggs' friends are Cards fans...and it really means a lot for him to have this game as a W in his books...it's just better that way for him. Funny how everything.....I mean everything .....changes when you have kids! 

We dressed in our Cats gear and the girls helped Bumpa and me prepare a great game day feast...hot wings, queso...nachos...chips...all the great things you need for a big game! 

 

 It wasn't fancy but we loved it! Would you like some ketchup with your cheese puffs?!

 Sarah Kate was more into serving the food than watching the game....but we sure enjoyed her waitressing skills today...no one had to get up for anything!

 The game...as the boys say...was BEAST! The cats won this year and all is right with the world!

 What a fun bonus to our New Years Eve celebration! Go Cats!

we all agree on the cats

We are 6 people in one family..all going in different directions...but we all love The Cats! We watch the games together and cheer on Kentucky no matter what sport they are playing! Riggs even has a University of Kentucky Cross Country shirt. It's fun to have something we do together as a family...and a reason to stop and sit on the couch together...and just be..... Be in the moment of the game...be together all in our Kentucky blue....eating our traditional game queso and nachos...cheering on the blue! Go Cats!

New Years Eve Day Basketball

It was a day of basketball for us this New Years Eve and what fun we had in Indianapolis! Take this first picture in...really look at the cute little boys and how excited they are because after this one I took everything in color...it was not a black and white kind of day....it was a Kentucky blue day all the way!!! ooooohhhhh C-A-T-S Cats....Cats...Cats!!!!

 Everything was red and blue as it was the annual Kentucky vs. Louisville game!

Even my nachos were red and blue!

 We traveled to Indy to watch this game as we had tickets to see the Wizards play that afternoon. So we did what any devoted fan would do...we did everything in our power to see the game...and it worked out beautifully! Chris, Susan and Ben had tickets too so they watched the game with us...and my brother was going with us so he, Tonya and Syd joined us as well! Jillian's was rockin in Kentucky blue and it was so fun to watch the game with people we love and people who love Kentucky..that is always a bonus!

 Sydney came down to my end of the table with her new DS. Susan asked how old she was and I was able to tell her..how old she is today and when she will be 6...and as silly as that sounds, that felt really good...I know her birthday...it rolled off my tongue with ease. Last year was the first birthday that we had really celebrated with her...but even then I think I would have had to consult my birthday book for the exact date. She has only been in my life such a short time...it's so sad and yet so happy that I have her now.  So sitting in Jillian's with the Kentucky cheers all around us...we played with her new hot pink DS. The game faded around me and it was just Sydney and me...trying to build a roller coaster on her Phineas and Ferb game. And we did it...we built the coaster...we did it together.

 The game Basketball game was amazing as Kentucky pulled out a victory over the Cards....which means so much...it just does. We changed the boys into the Wizards wear and headed to the arena for some NBA action!

 The boys were so excited to see John Wall play....after Wildcat Camp with him this summer...he is like a living God to them...and it is like sugary sweetness to give your kids that kind of experience...one that makes them jittery with excitement!

 They wore their new John Wall basketball shoes that Santa had brought...........

 They wore their new Wall Jerseys that the Timmerings had given them...........

 And they cheered their hearts out when he came on the floor! The Wizards lost to the Pacers but Wall had an amazing game and was the leading scorer!

 To top it all off I got to share Donatos pizza...an absolute favorite of mine....with the boys for the first time! Oh it was a fun New Years Day for sure!

A first for Ryan....

We love the Cats...can't help it....being on campus and going to college at the University of Kentucky it sort of creeps into you and before you know it you truly do bleed blue! We have had season football tickets for years and love going to the games...it is fun..and routine for us to head up there on late Saturday afternoons for a game. Tonight Ryan went with us and for him it was a first...his first big football game...and it was so neat to see it all again for the first time through his eyes!  He asked question after question about the stadium and tailgating as we walked to meet up with our tailgate buddies...he was excited to be there! Today we were even able to see Rob and Abby...it had been way to long! We so enjoyed eating and hanging out with them and that crew before we went into the stadium.

The game started out with a bang! In the first series we scored and the boys were so excited as the crowed cheered...the band played and fireworks went off!

Colin is such a good buddy! He loves the Cards but was true blue tonight!

The game was a good one...and as the Cats held their own and hung in with 8th ranked Auburn...I saw Ryan and Colin get drawn into the excitement of the game...they chanted "Go Big Blue"....Ryan cheered with delight with every first down and Colin even prayed a few times!

 We had a ball!!!! It was a great game but ended in tough loss for the Cats...as Auburn kicked a last minute field goal to win the game....so as the cheerleaders swayed on the field to My Old Kentucky Home as the game ended....tears dripped down Ryan's chin....he was so sad the Cats lost...the most sad of all of us.

 And as we walked out of the stadium Ryan said..."that was so fun....can I come again sometime?"  Of course you can Ry-Ry! It was so fun to share that with him....I saw the big blue creeping into him...Go Cats!!!!

Touchdown Kentucky!

After a full day of soccer we headed to Lexvegas for some Football in the Bluegrass! Bumpa and Grandpa went with us and that was a fun addition to the night!


Sometimes at the end of a long day of running from one sport to another the last thing I want to do is drive all the way to Lexington for a football game...but once you get there...and the game begins...it is always so fun!
We had a ball doing the wave .......


......and loved hearing and that's another firstdown Kentucky....and hearing the fireworks when we made a touchdown!


We had a fun time...laughed a bunch with each other...and a little at Grandpa who let us know he is "58 years old and as quick as a dead cat!"...the things he comes up with! The game ended with a victory for the Cats over Akron....47 to 7!