Lexington Labor Day adventures in review.

I look forward to the small break provided by Labor Day every year, for many reasons.  First, it's my mom's birthday :).  The three day weekend is a small refresher after the hectic summer.  We spent this labor day is Lexington where were attended the fest-of-ales, rested by the pool, had our ever important fantasy football draft (Yes, I drafted Drew Brees in the first round...like every year!), and enjoyed some down time.

The boys are prepared with the Fest-of-Ales Tickets.  We're prepared for 20 fine brew samples.  

A HOT evening with awesome friends.  

Fantasy football draft....it's a very serious event. 

Pool time.

Pool time with my fave floppy hat to protect myself from a the sun.  

First bag of autumn mix of the fall!  Delish! I look forward to this every year. 

This year's autumn mix was tested by Philip, he enjoyed it. 

Whether it's the rainy, grey weather or the yearning for another day of relaxation, I'm experiencing some lack of motivation this week.  Don't get me wrong, I'm still getting stuff done but it's like pulling teeth.  I need to find that motivation before the weekend when we head to Paoli Peaks, IN for the rugged maniac race (3.1 miles with 14 obstacles and a fire jump).

Kentucky wine...

Our holiday weekend was filled with.....

catching up with friends both old and new...

doing a little leisurely shopping...

finally watching inception...

and

wine tasting! 

Kentucky is famous for bourbon, but have you had Kentucky wine?  Jonah and I found a small vineyard and winery just outside of lexington...Talon winery.  We explored the vineyard and processing areas before settling in for a few tastings. It was delish.

Hope you all were able to enjoy your holiday weekend with the ones you love.  

Another Lexington adventure weekend...

This weekend Jonah and I spent the weekend in Lexington to attend a friend's wedding.  The wedding was beautiful and I had a lot of fun meeting all the people in Lexington that Jonah works with.  We ventured out to take in some of the attractions while in Lexington.  The weekend was sunny and warm so we took little phil-dog to the giant dog park.  He ran around full speed for about 20 minutes, made a few friends, then just sat in the grass.  (Top photo: Phil running around being his happy go-lucky self bottom photo: Phil making a friend.

 

We have a love for hamburgers!  Lexington has a Hugh Jass Burgers restaurant with huge burgers (hence the name.)  Not only was the burger delish but they also have sweet potato fries with marshmallow sauce.....you read that correctly...marshmallow sauce (heaven!).  They also have an eating contest.....burger with 5 patties and 5 orders of fries in 25 minutes.  One of the groom's Aussie friends took it on.....he got relatively close, but no cigar.  It did feel like we were watching man vs. food since there were so many of us there cheering him on.

There are a plethora of self-serve frozen yogurt places in lexington and this time we tried orange leaf.....and of course it was amazing!  I got banana and pineapple fro yo with mango, pineapple, mochi, and these little bubble filled things.  To add to the experience, the spoons were shaped like little tiny shovels.  (We used fro yo as our post workout treat!)