They finally came.....

Ivy painting Sharon and Ruth's birthday presents.

Hayley calls Ruth "Ru Ru"

Aunt Sharon and Aunt Ruth came to visit us. Ivy prepared for several days for their arrival. She decided on presents (she made them), she decided on decorations, the menu and how we would celebrate. It was so nice when they finally arrive. We are so grateful that they came to see us.

Ivy setting the table for Sharon and Ruth's party!

Ivy put every sprinkle on....one, by one, by one, by one.......

Hayley was VERY sick while they were here but it didn't stop Sharon and Ruth from loving on her!

For our birthday entertainment, Ivy read a chapter book out loud.

We all went to watch Ivy in her PE class at the seminary.

So thankful Ivy gets to do PE! She loves it!

Looking forward to Sharon and Ruth!!!

We are anticipating Aunt Sharon and Aunt Ruth coming to see us. We are SO excited! Aunt Sharon and Aunt Ruth have birthday's in February. Ivy has been planning their "party" for a long time. (Ivy really is a party planner like her aunt Alicia!) Anyway, Ivy wanted to "design" the table cloth for their party. Hayley wanted to help.  Hayley can be very dangerous with a pen or crayon. She has already colored on the floors, tables, and walls. She says "write" and "paper." She also says, "AB" when she wants to write her "ABC's."

"Cheese"  (Can you see my hair growing in the back?)

CC Week 16--4 types of Volcanoes

We made a model of the four different types of volcanoes. They are active, intermittent, dormant and extinct.  In my mind, I had an idea of how we would design each volcano. Ivy had other plans and ideas. Her plans worked great! She loved this activity. She wanted the lava to be orange and I am so glad she did! She is good for me:)

CC week 15

In CC, we have been studying the tallest mountains in the world. We memorized the names of each continent's tallest mountain. They include, Everest in Asia, Aconcagua in South America, McKinley in North America, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Elbrus in Europe, Kosciuszko in Australia and Vinson Massif in Antarctica. We made a model of the mountains.

This week we have also been talking about the great artist Angelico.  He was an Italian monk who was one of the greatest painters of the early Renaissance. We pretended to be Angelico and made our own masterpiece out of tin foil and paint!

Random pictures

That's daddy's library in the background...

"Ready to read"

Aunt Sharon got Ivy a new purple comforter.

Papaw and Memaw came to Kentucky!

"Oh that's my papaw!!!"

Memaw and Papaw stayed for 3 nights. Hayley loved on Papaw the whole time. She especially loved on him in the mornings.

Hayley wanted to "read" to Papaw. One of her favorites is the book, "Amazing Grace."

Ivy and memaw made breakfast!

New Things!

Ivy and Hayley have been spending more and more time together since we got to KY. It is so sweet to see them playing. Ivy is a GREAT big sister. Ivy is a GREAT help to me. Hayley adores her Idy!

The Seminary Rec center has lots of activities for families. We get to go swimming, use the weight room, take as many fitness classes as we want too or can. They also offer child care.

What a lunch!!!!!  Pasta and black eyed peas! YUMMY!

We went to the library today. There are two libraries within 10 minutes of us. We went to the library close to the seminary called Crescent Hill. Ivy picked it.  She remembered us driving past it when came to visit. It is so pretty.  The kids section is in a big "castle." I will take my camera next time. We have to go back soon and get a library card. We couldn't check out books today because I didn't have proper identification.:)

Another praise!

I don't want to forget....God answered another prayer.....


When we got to Louisville, the power was turned off at our house. The person who lived here before us couldn't pay the bill so the electric company turned it off. Brent left the girls and I at the house and drove to get the power turned on. I was so ready to unpack that I got busy opening boxes.  The girls were exploring. For an hour and a half, I worked and they played. I was so busy that I didn't realize it was FREEZING until Ivy came up to me shivering and said, "mom, can you help me find a box with my clothes? I need a coat. I am cold." I felt terrible. The girls were so cold. I loaded them up and went to Target.(It's only 1/2 a mile from our house..)

In the meantime, Brent had to drive his pick up truck down to the "BIG" city. Did I tell you that Brent has a hard time in cities? He is a true COUNTRY boy! If you want a laugh, call us and he can tell you all about his time downtown. He had on his camaflodge jacket trying to find the social secutiry office. We had to have our social secutiry card to get the power turned on in our name. Neither of us had one. When Brent found the SS office, he found that it had closed at lunch that day. He went on to the power company. I know that our family and friends were praying for us! The power company lady was so nice. She did us a HUGE favor. She turned it on without having a SS card and also turned it on that night. She told us it usually takes three days to get it turned on. Father, Thank you for turning on our power! Thank you for helping daddy not get lost and for getting him back home!

Thankful!

God, I thank you for Matt and Alicia. I thank you for the way you have loved us through them. Lord, praise you for the sweet, amazing time you gave us when they visited us! Lord, thank you for their prayers, encouragement, physical help packing us up, and unpacking us! Thank you for the way you have given them a heart to serve you. Thank you that they are my family!