Sweet 16

There is this show on MTV called my super sweet 16. I can not beleive that parents let their kids have parties like this for their 16th birthday. Some of these parties are more fancy than my wedding. I would hate to see what their weddings will be like. They should call this show "Bridezilla's in the Making". I didn't even know it was possible to have a birthday party like this at any point in your life. Craziness I tell you, Craziness.

Canada Day:)

I made a cake for Canada Day and I'm quite proud of it. I've never been successful in decorating a cake before:) Anyway, I hope everyone had a wonderful Canada Day:) Oh and for those Americans that visit this site, I hope you had a happy 4th of July.

Churchill Downs

We've been to Churchill Downs a couple of times in the past few months. It's always fun to go there. They have a nice museum where you can learn all about Derby winners. That's a picture of me and my brother by the 2006 Derby winner Barbaro. Of course I know that is a plastic horse, but the silks of the horse on on it, and the rose thingy in the case is the one they gave him on Derby day.
The last few times we went we took a backside track tour that was nice. You can watch one of the races from the back, and you get a nice view of the twin spires that makes Churchill downs famous.

On the backside track you also get to see the stables, and they always point out the barn where Secretariat was kept. Apparently everyone wants to have this barn on Derby Day. Although I do enjoy a good trip to Churchill Downs, I still like Keeneland more. Keeneland is here in Lexington, but they have a shorter racing season. They open again in October, so if anyone would like to go to the races with us, that's a good time to come visit.

Camping with the dog

I already blogged about camping with my mom, but here are some pictures, Bailey had lots of fun on this trip:)

San Francisco

Jeff and I very much enjoyed our trip to San Francisco. We used Jeff's Hilton points and were able to stay at the Hilton at Fishermans Warf, so we were right down by the ocean and all the fun touristy stuff. We walked a lot, and those hills kill your poor little legs. We only got to see Alcatrez from a distance, apparently you need to book weeks in advance to go out on the boat.




We rented a car one day and drove accross the Bay Bridge, and then we went to the Sonoma Vally and did some wine tasting. We also took turns driving down Lombard Street, the most crooked street in the world.






We are already talking about going back again so we can spend 3 days in Sonoma and Napa, and go to Alcatrez and drive down the number 1 highway to see the mountains. I'll let Jeff blog about the ROBOGAMES, which was the real reason we went:)