Five Fantastic Festivals for Families in September

  Can you say “Five Fantastic Festivals for Families” five times, fast?  I can’t.  But, I can tell you about it.  We LOVE festivals in Kentucky and it seems just about every town waits until the lovely fall weather rolls in and BAM – it’s festival time.  Here are five amazing options! Balloons, Tunes & BBQ in Bowling Green:  September 10-13th.  Kids area, live entertainment, amazing food.  Best news:  Admission is free for kids 10 and under! Kentucky State BBQ Festival in Danville:  September 11 -13th.  Eat your heart out!  Best news: it’s totally FREE. Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown: 

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Dog Shows at The Kentucky Horse Park

Photo Courtesy Bluegrass Classic Dog Show If a visit to The Kentucky Horse Park has been on your list, why not plan it for this week/weekend? Why? I am glad that you asked! Starting on Wednesday August 26th – 30th the Bluegrass Classic Dog Show takes place. If you children are huge animal lovers like mine are then dogs and horses are totally the best of both worlds. Who am I kidding? That combo is my happy place too! A trip to the Horse Park and the dog show will set you back a total of $10. The admission to the

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Date Night Idea: Paint with the Penguins

I have an obsession with penguins, I absolutely love them. In fact I got to do the penguin encounter at the Newport Aquarium. You can see that post here. Well, the Newport Aquarium is having another event featuring their penguins. It happens Thursday August 26th, from 7pm -10pm. Think you could find a baby sitter and make a date night of it?  The cost of the ticket, which is a little expensive at $49.95 includes everything that you will need. Paint and paint supplies. Also, included in the price of the ticket are hors d’oeuvres and two drink tickets.  The

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Weekend Fun around Kentucky!

  With school being back in session and the homework already flowing, I think we could all use a little family fun this weekend! Here are some things for you and your family to get into this weekend no matter where you are in Kentucky! Head to the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill and spend the day on Saturday. There is a lot of different things going on this weekend like a half marathon, kids fun run, hay rides and you can end the evening with happy hour on the lawn. Take your kids to see the production of Cinderella.

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Family Fun & Discounts for the Kentucky State Fair

    So the Kentucky State Fair starts this week ya’ll. I am sure that it was on your radar screen somewhere but now that school is back in swing the weeks run into each other. The fair runs from August 20th and ends August 30th, 2015. The fair is pretty awesome, I mean anywhere that you can get fried food on a stick pretty much jumps to the front of the awesome line for me. I thought that I would break the fair into some easy to navigate categories for you and your family should you decide that you

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Mayberry Festival in Lebanon

This weekend marks the annual Mayberry Pie Festival in Lebanon, Kentucky. The festival started on August 13 and runs through August 16. If you think that you have what it takes as a fisherman Andy’s Fishing Tournament starts at 6am and lasts until Noon on Saturday. Students can enter the Opie’s Fishing tournament lasting from 12:30 – 2:30. For both of the fishing tournaments there are prizes awarded. Enter the pie eating contest at 2pm, for a $7 entry fee you could take home the blue ribbon and a $50 grand prize. Assuming that you have what it takes to

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End Summer with Natural Bridge State Park

Can ya’ll even believe that school starts for some districts this week?! My kiddos start on Wednesday and I am not ready for all the homework I they will have to do! Someone asked me recently how I would spend the last few days of summer vacation, you know if I didn’t have to go to my day job.  Here is what I would do: I would head to Natural Bridge State Park. With the many miles of trails to hike, and amazing scenery along the way, it is the perfect way to stretch your legs before the reality of

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