Thanksgiving- UK - Trample


Thanksgiving break has been eventful for the Gillispie family this year! Barb made a fabulous dinner, Steve showed us his carving skills, and Janus made some homemade pies that were delicious! We are very thankful to have such good cooks in the family!
On Saturday, we went to Commonwealth Stadium to hear Jenny play in the Little Blue Band that travels around playing for tailgaters. We are so proud of our little WMB trumpet! *and she looks good in blue.
Finally- we were about to head over to the "Rally in the Alley" (where the band plays a few pep songs, the cheerleaders cheer and the crowd gets rowdy for gametime ) when a very unfortunate event took place. A couple of police horses (HUGE) were startled from the drumline and began trotting and stomping backward into a crowd!! One man, trapped between the horses, was knocked down and stepped on before he could escape. Luckily he seemed to have gotten away with minor damage and no one else was injured. Unbelievable.
We were too close for comfort.. We feel it is safe to assume that these horses will not be in the upcoming Equestrian games dressage events.

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