Louisville!!!

A few weeks ago Michael asked me if I wanted to go to up to Louisville, KY for a day. His really good friend lives there and since it's only a couple hours away he wanted to go visit the city and catch up with his friend. I had never heard a thing about Louisville so I was in no rush to go, but then Michael told me that his friend had extra tickets to the So You Think You Can Dance show and had invited us to come along! I absolutely love So You Think You Can Dance, so I was beyond excited and couldn't get to Louisville fast enough!

Michael's friend, Ryan, and his girlfriend, Chasity, had a wedding to go to for most of the day before the show but me and Michael still decided to get up early on Saturday and spend the whole day there. Michael wanted to visit the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and I had done a little research on the 'tourist-y' things to do there so we had a full day planned.

The drive there seemed really quick and the scenery was beautiful!! These pictures don't even do it justice.



As soon as we got there we headed to Thomas Edison's house. We learned a lot there and had fun hearing about all of his inventions.

Michael trying to send me a message in Morse code on the telegraph in Thomas Edison's house.

After this we headed into downtown, found somewhere to park, and went to the Muhammad Ali museum. The museum is huge!! It's also really interactive and fun. I think my favorite part was the boxing ring. :-)

Michael had fun with the punching bag.

So did I! :-)

After exploring downtown a little more, we walked over to the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. The only thing I really knew about Louisville Sluggers was what Carrie Underwood had told me, ("I took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights.....") so I learned a lot at this museum too. I figured that when they told us we would learn how the bats are made, they would let us look into the factory through a glass window. Instead, they took us right into the factory and walked us all over the place. We saw all kinds of cool stuff, including the machine they use to make the perfect bat for each MLB player who wants it. They wouldn't let us take pictures inside the factory because they were worried about undercover spies, but we still got plenty inside the museum!

Babe Ruth's bat!

Me and Babe Ruth

Michael holding Mickey Mantle's bat. I have no idea who that is but Michael thought it was pretty cool!

Outside of the museum

We still had another hour to kill before we met Ryan and Chasity, so we took our time exploring downtown.

We were wondering what was up with all of the horses everywhere and then realized- duh!- the Kentucky Derby!

Then it was finally time for So You Think You Can Dance!!! I was so excited that I could barely sit still! I ended up loving it even more than I thought I would. The dances are even better live than they are on TV. Even the boys enjoyed themselves. :-)

After the show we talked with Ryan and Chasity a little longer and then got in the car and headed back. We were exhausted by the time we got home. We had such a fun trip and hope to be able to go back to Louisville soon!