Bowling Green Visit/Snow Day

Last weekend, we headed down to Bowling Green for a visit. We made our first stop at the Snyder's house. We were able to have some of Jill's YUMMO speghatti and hang out. It was most definitely a great time and they suprised us with having Ann Marie over to visit also. We made home base at Andrew's parents house and they woke us both mornings with a delicious breakfast. Saturday morning we made our way to Emma G's ball game and to hang out with the Gilliam Family. Emma and I played the face game while Megan was horseback riding and Andrew was talking.
Then, we headed to a WKU game with Lindsay and Andrew Bragg and Andrew's parents. WKU did not impress us, but it was a great time non the less. Later in the evening, we met up with our friends Katie and Alex for some dinner. After some Wii with the 'rents, we went to bed to get up early for church. We got to see a lot of friends at church before we headed home. When we go to Bowling Green, it's always SUPER busy trying to see everyone. We miss everyone there and only have so much time to visit. God has truly blessed us with such great friends and family. FAST FORWARD............................................

This weekend, we hung out with friends from our small group Friday night and drove home in a winter wonderland. We thought we were getting 1-2 inches of snow and woke up to 7!!! YAY!! We took the dogs for a walk and played with the neighbors outside. Then, Chris and Mindy made us dinner! We have awesome friends remember. Below is our house in the snow.

I am looking forward to a great week. I got some new books delivered Friday from Barnes and Noble, so I have some reading to do! YAY!

weekend painting project

Yes, we painted our bathroom. Since our house is new, we have very little color...so, I decided to start with the bathroom. I have been looking for a shower curtain for quite some time now. As soon as I found one, I was going to paint and decorated around that. I usually don't frequent Wal-Mart, but last week, I ventured in and found THE ONE! Later that night, I went to Kohl's and spend an hour looking at towels to match. I had $40 in gift cards, so I didn't have to "pay" for the towels. Then, I ran over to Home Depot and spend LOTS of time trying to find just the right color. The poor man working didn't know what he was going to encounter when I came in that night. So, about an hour later and other gift card purchase (the gift card here was a VERY late wedding gift, always a nice surprise).

When we got home from Atlanta at 8 pm on Friday night, I was SOOOO excited and wanted to paint right away. Andrew had different ideas...."game time" was on the top of his list. But, being the amazing husband that he is, we painted coat #1. Saturday night, we ran by Kirklands to look for something to put on the wall. I left Andrew in the car (for a good reason) I was like a kid in a candy store. I found SO much stuff, I finally deicded and spend less than $30 on all of the decor in here!! Then, we went to mom's to play some games. We stayed until 10pm and guess what we did when we got home...Coat #2. Then, Sunday, all we had to do was a little touching up next to the ceiling and putting up the curtain, pictures, etc. and TAA DAA...it's done.

more Christmas Celebrations

Here are some picture to capture the rest of our Christmas celebrations...

family getting presents, Zachary hamming it up for the camera, grandma's cooking!!

dirty Santa, lots of people, good times hanging out, new puppies (not for us), family love,

matching presents, lots of presents, giving and receiving, loving and sharing, rock band playing,

more matching presents, WKU attire, more giving and loving, fun times all around!

O yeah! I learned how to shoot a gun, rifle and shot gun mind you, AND I learned a clay pigeon is not at all a pigeon.

Christmas Fun

As I am sure everyone else has the same story, we have been VERY busy the last few days. It has been great to be home today and able to relax and clean up the train wreck that came through our house (I can't imagine what it is like if you have kids). I'm going to try to capture it all in a couple blog posts. I would do it all at once, but I am terrible at uploading pictures onto this thing!



We started off having my dad's side of the family over to our house for the Jochim Family Christmas. We, of course, ate too much food, but enjoyed the company. The next day, Andrew's family came up from Bowling Green and down from Indy to have the Cohron Christmas. We once again hosted, and ate warm chili. After watching the Titans pull out a win, we ate, opened presents and played The Office trivia. It was so great to have a home and to have family over!

Andrew's mom and grandmom.

please pray for this sweet boy

This is a story that was on the news about a kiddo at one of my schools. The young man and his family need your prayers! He is the sweetest little boy!

http://tristatehomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=117072

Most parents have high hopes for their children.They want to see them succeed in life and be as happy as possible.But for one local family, that dream became a nightmare when their son was diagnosed with a rare and deadly disease.In this weeks Family First we meet nine year old Alex HuckHe was good at sports and did well in school, but all of that changed last school year, when Alex started acting out in class.At first school officials and family members attributed it to ADHD, but as the symptoms got worse, so did the fears there was something seriously wrong with Alex.After a visit to Riley's Children's Hospital last fall, Alex was diagnosed with Adreno leukodystrophy, a deadly disease affecting boys between the ages of four and ten.Alex's little brother has a fifty-fifty chance of getting the disease as well.He's getting tested later this week.A fund for Alex has been set up at Integra Bank to help family members cope with the mounting medical bills.The PTA will be holding fundraisers for Alex in the coming months.

Halloween Weekend

We stayed pretty busy this weekend, but had TONS of fun at the same time!

-Friday Night- Autumn Fest at CFC. Putt-Putt volunteers. busy. lots of candy. lots of kids dressed up. Andrew and Chris bull riding. interesting. missed it though. late night. house guests.

-Saturday-Family pictures. crazy dogs. Family reunion. family. food. friends. fun. FINALLY...IT'S A GIRL!! Bella. March 24. WOO HOO. Trick or Treat. Costumes. more fun. more food. house guest.

-Sunday- MS walk. church. 4/5 Sunday School. hacienda. Mud Slide. Baby Registry. Target. evening at home.

His Love

This morning at church, pastor David spoke about love. He spoke of God's unending love for us. It was a very emotional service and one that touched me in a way I wasn't expecting when I went to church this morning.

Click the following link to see the music video we watched.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUiW-zC8qNo

WOW! I hope it was able to touch you the way it touched me. There are so many children that I work with on a daily basis that don't come from the warmest and loving home life that I did. I hope they realize that in the darkest of times that they have someone that loves them.

I am so very thankful for the people that love me. Andrew, my parents, my brothers, sister-in-law, all of my in-laws, my grandparents, all of my family, my friends, but most of all my Godly Father loves me more than I could ever fathom. All that I do and have was given to me by god because he loves me.

I will update more about what we have been up to soon. *which is not much might I add* just the same - o, same - o.