Kisses and Cuddles

Kentucky

I wish I had to the time to just walk all over Brandenburg, Kentucky, and take pictures. Someday I will take the time to do that. It is such an adorable little town. Call me crazy, but I grew up in Austin and then Dallas, Texas, so I think little towns are full of charm and are awesome!!

I did manage to take a few pictures from the car as we drove around. This one was the sunset from my window as we drove into Nashville, Tennessee.

The Nashville skyline....it was a cold and cloudy day. These pictures were actually snapped as we were driving home.
Now to the gorgeous state of Kentucky...these next couple of pictures were taken as we drove to Nana's and Papa's house. I believe they are actually on the same road as their house.


Here is the high school that Eric attended and where he played soccer! We got to stop by and visit his high school soccer coach while we were there and it was so fun. I have heard sooooooo many Coach Dailey stories since I met Eric and I'm glad that we got to see him. He is now the assistant principal at the high school.
This is my favorite church in town, the United Methodist Church. I love the stained glass windows and told Eric if we ever renew our wedding vows, we have to do it there. It is adorable!

This was a favorite view of mine. We were in Indiana in this picture and somewhere in the middle of the bridge, we crossed into Kentucky. We stayed in a hotel in Indiana, since it is only 20 minutes from the Parr's home.

Now in Civil War times, Kentucky was a neutral state. Since the town that is now Brandenburg, sits on the Ohio River, as I said before, Indiana is on the other side of the river. There are several gorgeous large homes that sit on the banks of the Ohio, on the Kentucky side. I took a picture and then zoomed in to show you all this cool house with the even better history.

This house was in a swap several times between the northern and southern territories

when it was controlled by the northern army, that was where one of Abraham Lincoln's top war advisors lived. When it was controlled by the south, a southern army general lived there.

Apparently when the general lived there, he used to have cannons on the large front porch to harass enemy vessels that traveled down the river. I am not a huge history buff, but what a cool story, huh? This was the best shot I could get of the house. It is now a privately owned home.

Here is another picture looking across the river as we entered Kentucky. The house is one of the ones that you see...

Mike and Betty live in the country, so look what we caught a glimpse of running through their yard while we were there. We saw them run across the highway that they live off of, and I bolted to get my camera. I made it to the kitchen window just in time to get this snapshot.

And I couldn't resist posting a few pictures of my girls in their overalls. Who doesn't love a little kid in overalls?!!