Hats and Horse Races

Drove down to DC to go to a horse race with Cindy, Frank, Maddie, Evan and Francis.

so excited to be wearing hats!  Made the day much more comfortable!  I'm considering doing this more often! 

trying to find our tent

lovely couple Francis and Evan

kilts!

random group of people with (real) stuffed animals on their cars

at our tent

all the girls!

 

proud of my name!!!

lovely girls (frank said my dressed looked nice against the grass!  haha)

other side of the table 

lots and lots of people were there!

near the winners circle

self portraits

steeple races

hats hats and more hats!

winner circle

this little girl won the first race!  she is only 13!!!

 during the races everyone came from the tents to watch!

 here they come!

over the jump and water feature!

This is where the other tent was we went to... notice the trash bags in the background.

Maddie with a bunch of her work friends!

Showing her battle wounds while taking GA on a walk earlier in the day...  I guess GA wanted to take a big stick home with her and it attacked Maddie

having a ball!

Maddie!

the view from the other tent!

a bunch of the horses lost their riders and i guess they just wanted to continue the race!

i love this picture!

betting stats book 

our souvenir! a blanket that folds up!  

perfect to keep in the car

It was a great first time to the horse races!  I had a great time hanging out with the extended family!!!

 Thanks to Frank and Cindy for being my surrogate parents!  Love them!