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The 10 Best Indoor Things to Do in Louisville with Kids

October 10, 2014 Uncategorized

Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky so it packs a big punch when it comes to entertainment. With so many options, you need to know what is the BEST fun for your family! Here’s our list of the our picks for indoor places to visit in Louisville. 1. Louisville Mega Cavern – Mega Quest. This ropes course in underground and climate controlled so there is never a bad time to go. It is awesome for kids 6 and up because they can manage the course best. Parents will like it too! 2. Kentucky Science Center. It’s the go-to for

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The Festival of Riverboats

October 8, 2014 Uncategorized

Here in the Louisville area we are very lucky to have the Belle of Louisville on display for everyone to see day in and day out. This year the Belle is celebrating it’s 100 year anniversary, and there is a huge celebration planned! Riverboats from around the country will be on display during the event. The event takes place from Tuesday October 14th – Sunday October 19th, each day there is live music, a free bicycle valet service (how awesome is that?!), a calliope contest, riverboat races and a food and beverage showcase. Every day there is a special event

10 Local Pizza Places in Kentucky that you have to try!

October 6, 2014 Uncategorized

I don’t know about your piece of Kentucky, but in the Louisville Area pizza places are taking over! We have every style of pizza known to man, I decided to go on a quest, for the best local pizza places in Kentucky. Without further ado, I present to you Kentucky Family Fun’s Top 10 Local Pizza Places in Kentucky! 1. Miguel’s – There is something about hiking at the Red River Gorge all day and coming up upon Miguel’s that makes that pizza taste so awesome! 2. Smashing Tomato Pizza– They cook their pizza’s in a wood burning oven that is

Top 10 Halloween Celebrations in Kentucky.

October 3, 2014 Uncategorized

Top 10 Halloween Festivities in Kentucky Activities are rated on a “ghost scale” 1 ghost = Not Scary, 2 ghost = mildly scary, 3 ghosts = moderately scary, 4 ghosts = Very Scary 1. Halloween Train at the Kentucky Railway Museum. Trick or Treat on the train with various characters, costumes for your kiddos are encouraged! 2. Halloween Family Weekends at General Butler State Park. You can enjoy glow in the dark

Railroad & Bluegrass Festival in LaGrange, Kentucky

October 1, 2014 Uncategorized

Head to the Railroad and Bluegrass Festival All Aboard! LaGrange is the place to travel to October 10th and 11th! On Friday October 10th the festivities start at 6pm with a Garden and Bluegrass Jam Session. The next day, Saturday the bulk of the festivities take place kicking off at 10am. The cardboard train parade gets things started, your kids can participate and prizes are given for various categories. They include: Best Walking Full Train ( must have at least 3 cars and a locomotive), Best Individual Locomotive, Best Railroad Car, Best Caboose, Best Pulled Wagon Railroad Car or Locomotive.

Light the Night Corn Maze at Mulberry Orchard

September 29, 2014 Uncategorized

We all think fall and corn mazes…..pumpkins…..roasting marshmallows over fires! What if that all took place in the dark – with flashlights?!?! That’s Light the Night at Mulberry Orchard in Shelbyville, Kentucky. You can find event details here on their website: http://mulberryorchardky.com/news-and-events/ It’s $5 per person and children 5 & under are free. I think this would be totally fun for families with tweens/teens. See their website for some rules about supervision. You must bring a flashlight and you work your way through the corn maze at night. At the end, you enjoy the fire, some cider and s’mores. Sounds

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The Kentucky Doughnut Trail

September 24, 2014 Uncategorized

I am sitting down to write this blog post, still in my workout clothes, there has to be some sacrilege to working out for an hour and then writing about this topic. Everyone knows that Kentucky has the Bourbon Trail, some may know about the Urban Bourbon Trail. I am betting that you haven’t heard of the Kentucky Doughnut Trail, you heard me right, the doughnut trail. Here I have only been to one of the shops on the list, so I have some work to do! I don’t believe that you get any sort of recognition for completing this

Review: Newport Aquarium and the Penguin Encounter

September 22, 2014 Uncategorized

Review of The Newport Aquarium and the Penguin Encounter. I was granted free admission for the purpose of this review. Over the last few years my family and I have visited the Newport Aquarium in Newport, KY several times and we love it every time! This time was a bit different than the usual aquarium experience for my kiddos. They didn’t know it upon arrival, but we had the opportunity to be involved with the penguin encounter! If you haven’t been to the Newport Aquarium, I highly recommend it. At 10:15 in the lobby of the aquarium there is a

Black Gold Festival – Hazard KY

September 19, 2014 Uncategorized

In Hazard, coal has been a huge part of life for the people of Hazard and they created a festival to celebrate it! According to the Kentucky Tourism website it is one of the largest festivals in Kentucky. September 18th-20th, Hazard puts on the Black Gold Festival. Friday and Saturday of the festival the General Lee car from the Dukes of Hazard will be there for photo opportunities. On Saturday the 20th at 11am there is a parade. Fun land is popular with the little ones in your family with attractions like: inflatables, an obstacle course, mega slide , rock

Lake Shelby- Shelbyville KY

September 17, 2014 Uncategorized

We are nearing the end of water activities in our great state but, as we all know the weather is so unpredictable that you and your crew might just be able to squeeze one more trip in. The other night a reader told us about Lake Shelby in Shelbyville, KY and we knew we had to check it out! Here are the details: You can rent a canoe for $10 for 4 hours! That is amazing compared to some of the other prices nearby. The rental is per canoe, not per person. If you are feeling extra adventurous you can

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