OFF TO THE RACES....

My sister Malia and her husband Brad came down this year for Christmas. Brad's G-ma & G-pa raise horses and race them at the track in Phoenix. They invited us to come watch a couple of races that his Grandparents horses were going to be in. We packed the kids up and were off to the races. It was a lot of fun !! We did a couple $2 bets on G-pa's horses of course. They never won but came pretty darn close to. It was a lot of fun !! Kalei and Talan had a blast being so close to the horses when they ran the track. After watching the horses race they took us over to the stables where we were able to feed them carrots and peppermint candy!! All the walking up and down the stairs must of helped start the labor process (which wasn't much..lol) because I started having random contractions that night. Here are some pictures from the races....


FYI- To be a jockey I believe they said that the weight limit is 126 pounds. The smaller the better. You can't really tell but in the 2nd picture down you can see the jockey in the yellow jersey standing by the horse. He only weighed 110 lbs and wasn't super short either!!! That's crazy to me....

Talan, Justin & Kalei enjoying ice cream

Gpa, Kalei, Justin & Brad down in the circle where the horses are walked in order by # for everyone to see just before heading to the track. The horse in the back #1 is Gpa's horse. Kalei was excited that security let her through as long as daddy was holding her. The horses tend to get a little antsy to race and anything can happen.

This horse was 2nd to finish. This just shows how close we really were to the track.

Brad, Kalei, Justin & Talan at the horse stables

Justin, Talan, Malia, Kalei & Brad feeding the horses