Frankfort or Bust!

Well, I am a little late on posting this, but better late than never.

A few weekends ago we went with the Kinkades to visit the KY capital...Frankfort. (We figured if we were going to be Kentuckians, we should at least check out our state's history). Anyway, we had a lot of fun and discovered that Frankfort is a very neat city. It's a busy, capital city with a small town feel. Here are some pics from the trip.

We started our trip with a visit to the capital building. This is a gorgeous building!

Now, the outside is gorgeous, but the inside architecture is truly breath-taking. You walk in and simply feel the need to just be quiet. The inside is filled with white marble floors, columns an archways. This picture is taken from one end of the building to the other:


There were also several random statues in the middle of the building. You can kind of see Abraham Lincoln's head sticking up in the picture above. So, we got a closer look. Here are Jared and Daniel with Jefferson Davis...
and Emily and me with Abraham Lincoln.

After our tour of the Capital building, we went and had lunch at a place called Gibby's in downtown Frankfort. It was some good ole greasy food. Me and Emily had the frito chili pie...highly recommended! Then we browsed through some book stores and coffee shops as we attempted to work off some of the thousands of calories we consumed for lunch.After our tour of downtown, we headed over to a candy shop called Rebecca Ruth. Rebecca Ruth was established in 1919 (I think!) and was the originator of the Bourbon Ball. We were still pretty stuffed from lunch, which was probably a good thing because all we had room for in our tummies was 1 bourbon ball a piece (which was delicious, I might add). Normally you can get a tour of Rebecca Ruth, but they don't give them on Saturdays, so we were out of luck.



So, there were only two weird things about the day. One...inside the capital there are several cases full of dolls. These dolls are replicas of all the first ladies in Kentucky. If you ask me...kind of creepy!!!
The second weird thing...well, I think this picture speaks for itself!
Overall, it was a really fun day. We had a lot of fun just hanging out and doing random things. We absolutely love having Daniel and Emily in Kentucky with us. They have made this transition to Kentucky a THOUSAND times easier than it could have been. The Lord truly does work things out and He provides all things that you need as soon as you truly need them...even when the thing you need is simply friends!