grandpa turned 90.

went to kentucky last weekend for a wonderful weekend with the family. grandpa turned 90 and trudy and phil were nice enough to host all the family at forest retreat for the weekend.



i was horrible and didn't take many pictures with my camera, however i have poached a lot from jimmy and tommy.

the weekend started with a trip to keeneland, always a wonderful place to go. we placed bets, but to my knowledge no one won anything.

walking around the show area.

coming around the last corner. 

after the races we headed out to the farm. that friday night we had a family dinner, then on saturday trudy hosted a large bbq for family/friends. lots of eating and socializing. jennifer even saddled up the horses so we could go for a ride! i went through and picked out some random pictures to post.

drove out in the porsche. 






















we started the day with some horse riding. helen and doc.















jimmy, doc, maria g



















daddio just watched.















even james got on a horse!















petting dijon.















hanging with baby james.















chuckles, daddio, ro, mom, me, helen

mah bro and sis.

marge and the birthday boy.

all the family. 

when trudy asked grandpa what he wanted for his birthday his response was 'fireworks'. 

grandpa gets what grandpa wants.

maria g and me. 

maria w and baby james. 

after fireworks helen and jimmy decided to carve pumpkins. helen made a cat.

helen, jimmy, pumpkins. 















finished products.















me and my maria. 

fantastic mr and mrs fox

that sunday was halloween, jimmy took pictures (i didn't...) so i will have to filch those sooner or later and post a few on here.

thanks so much to trudy and phil for hosting such a wonderful weekend. also thanks to everyone who came to the bbq. grandpa had a wonderful time, i don't think i have ever seen him smile so much. time to start planning the big 1-0-0...