Talk Derby to us!

 I'll have another!

Another Derby Party that is! We have officially survived our 1st Annual Derby Party and we had a blast! By inspiration of my brother and sister-in-law we decided to use the Kentucky Derby as a fun way to invite the neighbors over. How could they say no to two minutes? It's not like we were asking them to come to the Superbowl....it was just 2 minutes. Of course they were able to come early and stay late and most did. With the hubs spending a chunk of his life in Kentucky we had true ties to the traditions and I even had been gifted a Kentucky Derby cookbook when we married. I used it for most of last week and we really had a Kentucky inspired week. Here's some pictures from our Texas style Kentucky Derby! Oh...and Congrats to the winning horse: I'll have another.

The invites hand delivered by our little Derby princesses:

 

The entry way:

 

The table: lots of Kentucky fare

 Infield popcorn! A fun idea...that I won't do again! Popcorn is literally all over my house. Oopps!

 A little centerpiece! If only the Twin Spires were in the backdrop!

 Cupcake LOVED watching all the hats on TV and of course wanted to wear her own.

 We had a mini-derby of our own outside after the race. J-man was the youngest jockey but still made it all the way around the course!

 The hubs looks so handsome in his hat! I think next year I'm going for the fascinator.

 Serious cute! They were soooo happy in their big hats! Hopefully they will wear them this summer when the sun is burning.