Kentucky Horse Park

Labor Day weekend, we made a very last minute decision to head to the Kentucky Horse Park. I had recently heard about it from and friend, and I cannot believe we have lived this close for 2 1/2 years and never been there. Saturday night, around 10:30 pm, I began looking up some information about it. Sunday morning, we needed to be out the door to teach Sunday School at church by 8:15am. I told Tommy an hour before we left, let's pack bags and go from church.

It is about a 2 hour drive and there was a Marriott resort nearby. We didn't tell the girls what we were up too, but after hearing me on the phone making reservations and putting together a few clues, they had it figured out pretty quickly.

We had THE BEST two days. It was a perfect quick get-away to relax after the first 2 weeks of back-to-school craziness. There are horses everywhere. You can walk up to any pasture or stall and pet and visit with all the horses you would like. There were several shows, a horse-drawn trolley tour and trail rides.

This adorable picture, with everyone's big smiles is courtesy of the horse behind them. He was passing some serious gas. They thought it was hilarious!

We stayed until they closed on Sunday then went back to the hotel to swim and eat dinner. We were back bright and early Monday morning and stayed most of the day.

I love those times away, with no chores or responsibilities, just fun time with our family.

We will be heading back here, for sure.