Glow

Last night we decided to take advantage of a beautiful night and head out to the Balloon Glow, this is a part of the Ky. Derby Festival and I've wanted to go every year and we never have. So this year I decided was the year to go! It was great fun, according to the papers about 60,000 people were there. The winds were pretty strong so the fun didn't last very long, but we got a good 30 minutes of seeing the Hot Air Balloons glowing ;)..We also got to see the UofL balloon get loose and float into the night sky..that was pretty scary, since the UPS planes were taking off so close to the Glow..Luckily the 2 people in the balloon were safe and landed in a field. So, after that incident most of the balloons deflated and ended the party. We ended up staying for a while after the balloons deflated and just talked. It was alot of fun! Poor Jack fought and fought not to go to sleep, he did NOT want to miss anything. The Glow didn't start until 9pm, so a little past his bed time. He was amazed by everything going on, they had strobe lights going in the sky plus the balloons..plus the people..he finally konked out while Michael was holding him! Eli was a trooper though, he stayed up the whole time! Hopefully next year the winds won't be as strong so we can enjoy it more! It was a fun family outing, Thom's parents and brother went with us as well. Today we are heading to Lexington to go watch UK do their spring practice game! It will be so fun, since it's beautiful weather today. Rachel & Jeremy Thomas are going with us, so we can't wait to have fun with them! Also, when I worked at the bank every year we would sell Derby pins, my friend Susan and I always hoped to get a gold one becuase you got to enter in the grand prize drawing. And when I bought our pins this year for the Derby events, luck would have it and I got a Gold one! I kinda felt like Charlie after he found his golden ticket haha..So, I'm entered in the Grand Prize drawing, the 2nd week of May they will be drawing twice a day for different prizes..I've never won anything like that so it would be cool if I did! It doesn't take a whole lot to excite me! Here is a few pictures I got off the news website of the Glow..

I'm really starting to get mad about my camera situation..Jack is probably glad that I don't have one! Hopefully in the next couple weeks I can buy a battery ;) Enjoy ;)