A Tale of Two Weekends

Hello all,
This weekend the Coleman family split up to allow Chris some much needed time away from the stresses of work (and family, yes, I admit I stress him out at times. What can I say, I am a type A personality...) A coworker invited him on a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to Notre Dame and watch a football game. He left on Friday night and Sarah and I decided to have a girls night out at our favorite restaurant in Midway. We invited my friend Mollie and Sarah's aunt Amy to join us.

When we arrived, we found a sand sculpture that had a fall scene which Sarah found very cool.

I know this photo is blurry, but Sarah was very proud of her Halloween outfit, so I thought I would share it with you all. The bear she is carrying was made last weekend by Sarah, aunt Amy and Mamaw Coleman at the Build a Bear Factory. She named it "Porkey" (don't ask) and he is wearing boxer shorts and black and orange bows in his hair. Sarah is nothing if not creative:>)

After dinner we drove to the Scott County Park. There we found a dreaded hot air balloon! They were selling short rides up and down. Needless to say, we did not ride on this night. Sarah is not a fan at all (we found this out last April at UK's Alumni weekend).

Here she is crawled up in aunt Amy's arms looking at a "baby balloon" Check out the body language (not happy).

Her luck changed on Saturday afternoon when Amy and I took Sarah to the Horse Festival in downtown Georgetown. She found yet another bouncy castle (she is hooked as you can see).

Sarah also had her very first Blow Pop experience at the Festival. I am sure it won't be her last!

The Horse Parade showcases many different kinds of horses (all I know is color and size, so I was not enthralled). But as you can see below, Sarah had a good time.

Here is the obligatory shoulder shot!

Horses Galore!

Sarah was intrigued by the horse and buggies more than anything.

All in all we had a nice "girls only" weekend.

Take two

These are some of the cool photos Chris brought home from Notre Dame. Here is the famous touchdown Jesus.

Here are the many Heisman Trophies awarded to Notre Dame players.

More campus photos

This is truly a beautiful campus. (UK just doesn't compare)

Here is something I always longed for at UK, a lake to sit beside and read or relax.

Chris said Notre Dame has a great tradition of the band playing pregame concerts followed by the trumpets calling the players to the stadium. Here they are playing the fight song. Later, all the band regroups and marches to the stadium followed by all of the fans.

Here is a photo of the cathedral on campus

Here is a photo of the band performing a pre-game concert before leading the crowd to the stadium.

Here is the famous touchdown Jesus as seen from inside the stadium

Chris had a fantastic time this weekend and I must say, so did we! The next post will be our long weekend part 3 (Chris is taking Monday off to spend some time with us on my day off).

Catch ya later!