Now I know as much as anyone that Derby is REALLY about the two weeks of fun before the big race, and I made the best of it as usual. Thursday night was the Pegasus Parade, which my friend Amy and I have seen every year for the past 5-6 years. It threatened to rain all day, but we were not detoured. We went with a positive attitude, ponchos and umbrellas, and a ban on using the 'R' word. It didn't rain until the end, but boy was it windy! The spectators on the other side of hte street definitely got a close up eyeful of a few of the balloons! Take a look of my view from the safer side....
Friday night I hopped a rental car to see my peeps in Springfield. Suzie Green was making her first communion, and sh did a WONDERFUL job! I was so teary eyed watching her stand on the altar and look so grown up and she took part in a ritual that her mother, my mother, and I all did at her age. She is growing up so fast. After church we hung out at Karen's house for drinks and a delicious buffet! I was able to sneak a little Derby fun in thanks to some very strong Mint Julep mix and the big race on a big screen. My dad, my sister's sister in law's boyfriend Jeff and I spent a good hour on the couch talking horses and Derby. So fun! Later that night we lit a fire int he fire pit and I got to chat with a bunch of their Springfield friends.
Such a great weekend, every time I go there I wish we lived closer so we could have more weekends hanging out like this:
Well, back to work. I have lots of fun from the past two weeks to clean up and put away!
Happy Monday!
