Goin' to Kentucky....

Kay and I in Ashland. We stopped at our old house, same shingles even! We went around to the back yard and found the spot where the Beatles Fan Club met. LOL!!!

So glad we were able to make this trip. There is really no other place like Kentucky. We loved every minute. 
Beautiful weather, scenery, and people!

Boone and my Dad up on the hill where the amphitheater is.

Lunch with some mighty fine ladies! L-R Jerry, Mom, Kay, Me, and cousin Kathy. Good times!

Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Amphitheater in Jenkins. LOVED the play. Mountain history!

Dad, Mom, and Kay.

The locals did a terrific job on the play!

Me, Dad, Kay the next day at the Civil War re-enactment.

Number 2  Bottom, Burdine, KY. First house is ours, Dad was born in it. Spent my first few years there.

True story.

Burdine Freewill Baptist Church. Loved to hear the church bells ringing!

Me and Kay down at the creek.

Boone under the trestle. They actually drive under there on the way to church!

Civil War Re-enactment - Jenkins, KY, modeled after an actual local battle.

Guess which side won the battle.

Marsha and Boone at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Boone and I at Mom and Dad's house. Think chocolate pie, chicken and dumplings and shucky beans.
Thanks Mom and Dad!

Cincinnati August 2012

Boone, Kay, and I took a trip to Kentucky in August. First stop - Peg and Dan's house! We had a great time staying with them in Ft. Wright, KY. Right across the river from Cincinnati. Kay and I loved to stay with them when we were little, and we still do! We got to see our cousins Danny and Jeff and the rest of the family too. Dan made sure we got to eat at LaRosa's and Frisch's! We went downtown like we used to back in the day too. Boone's highlight (besides seeing the family) was going to a Reds game with seats right behind home plate! Thanks to Danny! We loved our time there - it went by so fast!

Peg and Dan were such fun hosts!

Boone and Dan - Cincinnati loves pigs!

Marsha, Peg, Kay, and Dad. We enjoyed our River Walk.

Boone got to see a Reds game!

Kay, Dan, and Boone at at the Great American Ball Park

Baseball Pig

Marsha, Peg, Kay, and pigs

Downtown Cincy!

Rookwood!

Boone and the Big Boy

Brunch with Uncle Ray at Frisch's

Stephanie's 18th Birthday!

Uncle Ray and Aunt Peg

Great to be 8! Kaylee's birthday - August 2012

Kaylee and her cool peace sign cake her mom made for her 8th birthday!

Kaylee and her new bike!

Kolby, Kolten, Natalee, Kaylee, and Jaydee in their tie dye shirts they made at the birthday party.

Dressed in white!

Sitting in the Indian paintbrush on the ranch.

Baptism day!

Beautiful Fall Day!

Oliver loved climbing my fence today!

Flaming Gorge 2012

We love to go camping and boating at Flaming Gorge every summer. It is so great to be able to get away to such a beautiful place so close to home! The grandkids were all very excited to get on the boat and go tubing, and they had a lot of fun on shore making sand castles, going for walks, playing "corn hole", hanging out with their friends and cousins, and hunting for crawdads with their flashlights in the lake at night.  The adults did their fair share of wake boarding, cliff jumping, and relaxing. The weather was a little iffy sometimes, but nobody really noticed or cared. Fun, fun, weekend!

Oliver loved camping!

Kolby - age 4

Kolten - age 9

Karter found his Daddy's shoes

Gracie playing corn hole!

Kaylee - age 7, with her friends JayDee and Madison

Lots of things to do!

Shane and Beth chillaxin'

Britt and Grace...with Boone on the side

Kolby - looking for treasure

Karter is most always a messy boy!

Oliver, Josey, and Karter on the beach

Kaylee was very busy making things in the sand

For some reason, the boat puts the babies right to sleep.
Britt and Gracie

Shane and Karter

Captain Marvo taking a break, and taking in the scenery

Osprey nest complete with osprey

We boated all the way down to the dam from State Line Cove, and had a picnic. Marvin
says it's at least 20 miles by water.

Karter's picnic is on his face.

Kolten and Kaylee at the dam. They looked for wildlife there and found a chipmunk, marmot, and a bunch of lizards. They were hoping for something a little bigger I think. LOL

3 amigos having a ball!