Chukkers

In late June, several of our friends loaded up a few cars and headed to Franklin, TN, to attend the Chukkers for Charity Polo game. Barry's Aunt T works for an organization called Saddle Up! that uses horses to provide recreational therapy to children with physical and mental disabilities. (Go to http://www.saddleupnashville.org/ to read more about this awesome organization). Saddle Up! co-sponsors Chukkers for Charity, a charity polo match that benefits Saddle Up! and Rochelle Center. T told us about the event several years ago, and we finally made it this summer!

Canon spent his first night away from us. He stayed with Nonna & Poppa at Barry's grandparents house. We were sad to leave him but excited to have a carefree day and night with our friends. We spent most of that Saturday morning roaming around Franklin buying food and drinks for the day. We finally made it to the game about 2:00 where we set up our spread under the cabanas and waited for the match to begin. In attendance were Grant and Leslie, Lydia, Houston, Kyle and Mandy, Ed and Leslie, Sam and Alicia, and David and T.

To say it was hot is an understatement. I won't go into too much detail, but I will say that the napkins we brought for the food served double duty as sweat mops! It was all worth it for the fun and fellowship we had that afternoon. To be quite honest, I didn't watch too much of the game. Instead, I ate, drank and was merry! We participated in the traditional stomping of the divets during half-time. Kyle and Mandy fought over the one divet we found before the kids . We stayed long after the match was over and continued to enjoy each other's company. Sam challenged the boys to a footrace from one goal post to the other. Ironically, he quit half-way down the field and claimed himself the winner!!

After packing up, we pretended to have enough energy to eat out at the Red Pony in downtown Franklin. We decided to call it a night when we watched the chef microwave Ed's Bananas Foster. I don't think we realized how truly old we have gotten. We were back at the hotel and in bed by 11:00. Despite this senior moment, we had an amazing weekend and hope to make this an annual event.