the bluegrass state

so a few weeks ago nick and i got back from our vacation to kentucky. it was so much fun, and well needed.

we went back to visit my family, and so nick could meet the rest of my relatives! we've been married for 3 years so i figured it was about time i got him back to kentucky and meet everyone. and to also show him our redneck ways.

we took a red eye flight... i don't think i want to ever fly all through the night again. i was exhausted. luckily we had a layover in detroit. 
once we finally landed in cincinnati, we got our rental car situated and made our way towards mt. sterling kentucky. but first we had to hit up our favorite place to get breakfast, bob evans. while we were eating there my uncle dwayne texted us and told us to meet him at long john silvers for dinner at 5:30. it finally hit me that we really were in KENTUCKY!! i was so excited. 
 before we got all settled we went to  visit my granny. my granny has alzheimer's and is in a rest home. it was so great to see her. even though she doesn't know who we are, it was nice to see her looking so good, alert, and chatting with us a bit. nick and i hadn't seen her since our wedding so it was so great to see her, even if she doesn't remember. she's my granny. :)
   we finally met everyone at long john silvers for dinner. nothing is better than long johns, having ale-8 out of the fountain and enjoying being with my family. after dinner we got ready to go frog gigging. yup, you read that right. frog gigging.

this was nicks first time frog gigging. i was excited to go with him. frog gigging is serious business for the goldy clan. and it's actually pretty fun. so we waited for the sun to go down and to get to business. 

we didn't have a super successful night... we only got about 10 frogs. but hey, nick got to go frog gigging.
the next few days we had to just hang out with family. it was so nice to see all my family and just relax. on saturday we had a big fish fry with all of the goldy clan. and the fish fry included frog legs. mmmmm mmmmm!
it was so nice to see my cousins, aunts and uncles that i feel like i haven't seen in forever!

yummy frog legs 

hush puppies, so yummy 

later that night we all got together at the hotel my 2 aunts were staying at and ordered pizza and just hung out. i also cut some hair while i was there.

did i mention while we were there is rained basically the WHOLE time??

i love the rain. especially back east, cause when it rains, it really rains!!
but sunday we actually got some sun. so nick was able to mow grandaddy's lawn and i cut my aunt mary's hair on the back porch. 

the next few days we spent doing the "touristy" things. we went hiking in the gorge with my dad's friend tom. my mom, nick and i went to the kentucky horse park. and our last night there nick got to go frog gigging one last time while i went to the movies with my mom and aunt dee.

so the last 2 days we spent in ohio. early wednesday morning we got up early and headed to ohio to stay with my aunt and uncle. and nick and i were able to go to kings island. an awesome theme park! it was great and fun... til we got rained out.

so we left the theme park a little early so we could go to family bbq at my cousin tom and molly's house. i pretty much wish i could just pick up my things and move into a house just like theirs. in kentucky or ohio. i loved it!

and we ended our last night with watching a little bit of duck dynasty with the fam.
we had so much fun in kentucky, 8 days there was not long enough at all. i'm so glad i got to see all my family, stay at my aunt minnie's, relax, drive around and see the country (and the GREEN grass!) go frog gigging, eat long john silvers a few times, drink over a dozen ale-8's, and just be in kentucky. 
thank to my family for the great time, we miss and love y'all so much!