Hillbilly Days

A couple of weekends ago was Hillbilly Days. It is an annual event that raises money for the Shriner's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Since 1977 Pikeville has been celebrating Hillbilly Days. Over 100,000 people invade Pikeville (which has a population of just over 7,000). It sure gets crazy here for those few days with lots of food, carnival rides, and vendors selling all kinds of stuff. We live right downtown, so we are able to be right in the middle of it all.
We did take Maddie out a few times in her stroller. She loved it at night because of all the lights everywhere. She seemed to enjoy her first and last Hillbilly Days and so did we! Here are a few pictures of the weekend and of the parade (some are from last years event...it looked all the same this year, but last year I was closer and got better pictures!)