19 Years

Holy cow - when did we get this old???

19 years ago, I called in work to let them know my car wouldn't start and I was waiting for AAA. My car was fine but this lunch was kind of important to me. I went to lunch at Subway with Chris and he bought! He had on RayBans and that pretty much did it for me! LOL We had just completed our freshman year at Bellarmine University.

I think we just get better with time.

Flash Back -

KY Derby, well, Oaks Really

The first Saturday in May is the KY Derby - uh, that's the most famous horse race in the world for all yee non-horse racing people and it's pretty much the only thing KY is known for (KFC is the only other thing). It is marked by tons of parties, big hats and better than your Easter best duds - oh yeah - the best 3 year old thoroughbreds are there too.

But for me - it's all about the Day Before the First Saturday in May or OAKS DAY!!!! It is my Favorite Day of the Year - ok well, maybe besides Christmas/Easter.

I think I've been to Oaks for 13 years straight. I've had box tickets & dressed up, but the infield is where I return year after year. I've brought my lawn chair and smuggled in frozen margaritas dressed as a pregnant woman, I've sold my lawn chair for $50, I've carried booze in in my shorts, I've walked right in with it wrapped in a tarp... Every year it's a game to see if I can get away with it. Everybody tries it. Every year we have a boat load of fun with a bunch of friends, family and 100,000 total strangers. Sometimes it's sunny and sometimes it's rainy but it really doesn't matter - it's all about acting like you know how to bet, eating Oreos that have sat out all day in the sun and buying the pretzel that you know is going to taste like cardboard because it does every year, drinking whatever you smuggled in & chilling with your friends & fam all day while being SO thankful you didn't bring your children and laughing all day at the crazy sites around us!!!

So here are a couple pictures -

Marc - he's one of my favorite people - my DD
C, me, Susan and Marc - been through it all with these friends and love 'em to pieces even if they cheer for WVU...
My favorite Uncle Steve from Cali - he's a ton of fun, comes almost every year, brings a couple new friends (no friend ever repeats the trip LOL) and well, loses all his moo-latte.
My partner in crime with a California friend - I think I love C most on this day because he's not stressing about work, he's just having fun and you might not even realize he's a banker (even if he brought his blackberry.)

4 Month Update and More

A little catch-all blog for late April!

My nephew Zachary made his First Communion in late April. I've actually never seen him more excited and proud of anything in his life than receiving the body and blood of Jesus Christ - pretty cool! Chris and I were so excited and proud of him. He looked especially dashing in his tuxedo and little brother Jackson was pretty darn handsome as well! I love them both so much!

We've been home 4 months now - cannot believe it - the 4 month home visit with our social worker went great. We have one more at 6 months and then some paperwork in the U.S. We might be the luckiest people in the world to adopt a child SO easy going. No More Bottle! She loves SHOES and CLOTHES!!! Oh dear... When she gets a new pair, she stomps around in them saying, "Shoes, Shoes, Shoes!" and laughing. She has done wonderful at all the ballgames and believe me, there are a bunch of them!!! She also beat boxes which we all think is hilarious - that's what a couple of tween brothers will do to a princess!