Our Hero

This was the front page if the Metro section of the Courier Journal this morning. Notice the hotty in the center of the pic :)

Sweet Prayers for Daddy

Every night before our kids go to bed, we read them a story from one of our Bible story books, sing a hymn, and pray. We often ask them what or who they would like to pray for and then give them a chance to pray. Most of the time their prayers go something like this, "Father, thank you for _______. Amen." The nights that Mike is working we always pray for him. Tonight, Madeline said that she wanted to pray for Daddy, and I was expecting her usual prayer. Instead this is what she prayed,

"Thank you for my Father. Help him to grow. Be with him at work. Please can he not go to work because I love him so much? Amen."

Well, I was in tears by the end of it! We so miss Mike when he has to be away from us, and as you can tell, he is such awesome daddy that our kids want him to always be with us. I pray they will continue to go to God and trust him in all of their needs and concerns.

5 months Old!

Last week Baby Girl turned 5 months old. This week she has officially gone mobile by rolling over. As soon as you place her on her back she'll flip to her stomach and scoot around. This sweet girl's smile is contagious and she remains such a content baby. If you can't tell, we all just adore her!

Doxology

We have been singing the Doxology most nights before dinner for about a week or so now. Madeline especially likes this prayer and often breaks out at other times during dinner to sing it.

Here's a little peek :)

Fun Fall!

I am so glad Fall is here. So far we have had a fun and busy fall. I love Louisville in the Fall. The leaves are beautiful turning colors, the weather is getting cooler, and there is lots of fun things to do in or around the city! Last weekend we went to the "World's Largest Halloween Party" at the zoo. They decorate the entire zoo with different movie themes and have Live characters out and about. The kids had a lot of fun, and so did we.

Mawmaw and Rivers starting the trick or treating

This pic is kind of blurry, but it is one of my favorite from the night. My niece was trying to get Rivers to smile for a picture and this is what he did... I love my sweet Little Man!

Madeline loved seeing all the princesses there.

Cute little Lion

The 3 munchkins ready to get some candy

Two weeks ago we went on our annual pumpkin picking trip to Huber's Farm with a few families from our church. It was a blast. Some friends also took some family picture of us that I hope to post soon (especially since we have none of all 5 of us). Here are some pics I got before my camera died.

This is my favorite one from the day.

Daddy and Rivers pickin apples

Not great... but the best shot I got of the 3 kids together

We are so blessed to have such great friends!

Disney on Ice

Last Wednesday my mother in law took Madeline and I (Gloria tagged along too) along with my sister in law, Michele, and her three youngest kids to Disney on Ice. To say that Madeline had fun is an understatement. She was absolutely thrilled to be there, even picked out a dress so she could look like a princess, and when it was over she almost cried because she didn't want to leave. I have to admit, that I really enjoyed it too. I thought it might be amateur or cheesy, but it really was an amazing show. They had great effects and the ice skating was very good, at least I thought, and I was really entertained!

Not sure if a 4 month old can actually enjoy the show but even Gloria seemed to really like it.

Peter Pan flying off to Neverland with the Wendy, John, and Michael

Michele and Gloria

All the kids glued to the action

Our favorite was The Little Mermaid's "Under the Sea." Bubbles fell from the ceiling and giant jelly fish were floating around

Thanks Mamaw for a fun night to remember!

Narnia

I'm going to be posting lots of pictures from some fun things we've been able to do the past month.... it's been a long time coming so bear with me :)

A few weeks ago we went to SBTS's family fall festival. The theme was Narnia which we were excited about because it is one of our favorite movies... yes, especially Madeline's. They left no detail unattended to, and we had such a fun night with the kids. Here are some of my favorites from the night...

About to enter through the Wardrobe. It was complete with fur coats and everything.

Before you entered through the wardrobe they had the hallways set up like a train station with noises all around and conductors walking up and down. Here are the kids with one of them.

Meeting Susan and Lucy once we walked through the wardrobe.

Enjoying some of the yummy treats! We even got to try turkish delight.

Our princess showing off the crown she made.

Petting the pretty horses that were part of the real live jousting event later on that night.

Little miss enjoying the jousting

Lots of fun in the inflatables

They stood like this without moving for a good 45 minutes watching the "knights" joust, just mesmerized!