Fun Day

A few weeks ago I got up and just decided that I wanted to go exploring some new things with the kids and Jennifer. Our journey began in Winchester where we got donuts at a place that was highly recommended by some friends, Franks Donuts. 

Landon and Brinley both choose sprinkle donuts and Jennifer went for the chocolate dipped. I tried the cream filled and apple fritter. I thought they were all good, but I am not sure I will be driving 15 miles very often to pick any up when their are much closer options to us.

The most famous thing to come out of Winchester is Ale8One and it is the only pop that I drink and that is only on occasion. We signed up for a free tour of the plant to see just how every thing is actually produced.

Landon got a birds eye tour up on my shoulders because for some reason he didn't want to walk around in the factory.

Labels upon labels for bottles of Ale8. This brought back a memory from my sophomore year of college when my roommate drank this all the time and then pulled the labels off and hung them on the wall. By the end of the year he had quite the collection.

Checking out the production line. I was really surprised at how many bottles they actually produce a day at this small plant. I am actually glad to see they are doing so well and that they recently signed a deal with Cracker Barrel and now can be bought all over the US.

Our favorite part of the tour was the free cold Ale8 that they gave us after the tour was over. The kids really enjoyed getting their own bottle.

Family picture with our Ale8Ones.

We also made a quick stop by the park in Winchester to run off a little energy before heading out to our next adventure. 

Next we headed back to Lexington for a class that I signed the kids up for at the public library. It was called Little Leonardos and it was an art class for preschool aged kids. The program started off with a little lesson about the artist Vincent Van Gogh. He painted many pictures of sunflowers as well as self-portraits. Those are what we were going to do during the craft time.

The kids here are painting some coffee filters for their sunflowers.

Landon focused on his painting.

Working on their self portraits. They gave the kids mirrors to look at themselves so they could draw themselves.

The kids with their sunflowers.

Their self portraits. Brinley even drew a little picture of her brother too!

We grabbed a bite to eat and then I decided that I wanted to go for a little hike. We didn't have much time before the park closed, but we headed out to Raven Run for a little outdoor adventure. We had about an hour and half before the park was to close and I called to see how long of a hike it was to get down to the overlook. I was told it was just over a mile hike so we decided to give it a go.

 Jennifer didn't really want to go on the hike so I told her that I would wear the ergo and carry both kids for the journey. I am a man of my word, so this is how our journey began.

Passing over a little wooden bridge on the way down to the overlook.

View from the overlook.

Sitting on the edge of the cliff with my favorite people in this world. There was a rock ledge that was right below us in case you are worried about our safety. Jennifer was paranoid the whole time that one of the kids were going to fall.

I still can't believe some times how lucky I am that this beautiful lady is my wife. She makes me so happy!

I even asked the kids to take a quick picture of Jennifer and myself. If I do say so myself I think the kids are pretty good photographers.

On the walk back to the car Landon decided to take a nap in the ergo baby carrier, so Brinley got to take a few pictures with just Jennifer and I.

Brinley really wanted to take a picture with this rock wall. I really do have two beautiful ladies.

My girls on the hike back up. Brinley decided to be a big girl and walk for a little bit on the way back.

Somebody was really tired on the hike back. 

It was a jam packed day for all of us, but we also got to experience a lot of fun things. I love being able to get out and do all kinds of new and fun things with the kids. I can't wait to see what other things we get to experience together. Thanks for reading and God bless!