My Derby Weekend

What a fun weekend! Alan and I babysat for our friends' baby girl on Friday-- she was in such a good mood and didn't fuss once. Then Saturday was the big day here in Kentucky, the best few minutes in the sports year.

Yes, the Kentucky Derby. Krista and Alex, Derby veterans, threw a party for the occasion. Each guest chose a horse to root for-- with the racing form posted and all the horses on cute little cards with their jockey's name this was a lot of fun. We munched on pasta salad and sipped mint tea (rather than Mint Juleps, a Kentucky tradition-- we're at a Methodist school people!).

We all watched the reporters at the track make fools of the drunken General Admission people, heard all about the Queen's visit to the race and to her horse farm just up the road from where we live. Then it was race time! We gathered around, cheered, wished we'd placed bets. It was all very exciting and a great time with friends.