Kentucky Horse Park

Kentucky Horse Park

4.7.17

🐎 Girl Trip! 🐎

The girls spent a lovely day hanging out with horses at Kentucky Horse Park.

We got to meet some of the Champions who have retired there at KHP,

including Thoroughbreds Da Hoss and Go for Gin (in the photo below...pretty sure) 😉

and Standardbred Pacers Won the West and Western Dreamer.

It was a pretty day, but COLD!!!  We cuddled in the stands & tried to keep warm...

The Parade of Breeds Show was the highlight for all of us.

...and the highlight of the show for us was this horse, Mermaid (pictured below),

who is an unknown breed and had recently been rescued from a slaughterhouse.

Her owner did a beautiful ground routine with her accompanied by the song,

"All of Me"
Their "dance" was dedicated to "all those who didn't make it out."

What would I do without your smart mouth?

Drawing me in, and you kicking me out

You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down

What's going on in that beautiful mind

I'm on your magical mystery ride

And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright

My head's under water

But I'm breathing fine

You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

'Cause all of me

Loves all of you

Love your curves and all your edges

All your perfect imperfections

Give your all to me

I'll give my all to you

You're my end and my beginning

Even when I lose I'm winning

'Cause I give you all of me

And you give me all of you

It was beautiful watching the two of them together.

We had a tour of the Park on this horse-drawn carriage.

And we found some fun leftovers from former steeplechases.... 😊

 We had a little time to check out the International Museum of the Horse...

Did you know that jockeys wear several pair of goggles & just take them off as they get muddy?

...and that Arabian horses are this highly esteemed?

There are statues all over the park of famous race horses,

including Secretariat...

 ...and the biggest stud of them all, Man of War. 😉

A fun time was had by all!

Even the boys discovered cool things nearby...

...and we all enjoyed watching this amazing moving statue...

What a beautiful horse filled day!  -Brie 💕🐴

The Ark Encounter

The Ark Encounter

4.5.17

"Think Bigger"

A trip to the Ark Encounter will indeed make you think bigger.

Their website says that these exhibits will

 "inspire you to think differently about the Biblical account of Noah's Ark."

For real.  They will!

How could they have (insert question here)....???  

Here, you'll see a few possibilities of just how they might have,

and you'll see plenty of scientific evidence that the Bible has indeed told us the Truth.

The structure is mind-boggling...the largest timber frame structure in the world!

Here is Ellie giving us an idea of just how big it is...

We loved meeting the animals inside...

 

...and outside...

I'm being attacked!  😉

The girls rode a camel!!!  

His name is Alfie.

And Jadan panned for fossils...

We saw some ideas of what life on the Ark may have been like for Noah and his family....

after the animals were all taken care of, that is.

(Something none of us had ever really thought about before...)

We were most certainly inspired to think differently.

And as we were leaving at the end of the day....

there was a huge thunderstorm!!

It seemed like we should be staying on the Ark, not leaving it!!

The rain pummeled down, the lightning flashed...

and we were thankful for the reminder of the One who is our Salvation from the storm.