Happy Father's Day

I wanted to wish all the Father's a very happy Father's Day - especially my father, husband and father-in-law. We have had a wonderful and very full weekend!

The weekend started with a visit from my parents since we weren't able to make it to Cincinnati for Father's Day. We didn't do much as far as touring Louisville, but it was so nice to visit with them and take it easy. And of course Maddie loved her new dresses that MamaMia brought.

Saturday was Asa's first baseball game. He played well although he's going to need some batting practice. Also very exciting was this being Logan's first time coaching baseball. He's doing a great job with the kids and having a good time, too.

Coach, Asa, and Caroline

Running for Home!

Saturday night was Asa's good friend Brandon's birthday party. He had fun playing with boys his age, and he especially liked watching the (old) Transformers movie. I don't see the appeal myself, but to each his own!! We got home really late that night, but we had had a great day.

Sunday was, of course, Father's Day, and we had a quiet and relaxing day. I finished a book I'd been working on, everyone played in the pool, and we had a good dinner. Logan got a theology book he's been wanting, so he was very happy!
Sunday was also the day of my most stupid moment! Logan was singing the song "Old Man River" from a movie called Show Boat. Anyway, in a moment of arrogance, I said "Asa, I will buy you any Playmobil you want if you can tell me what river they are singing about in this song." Of course, I wouldn't have said that if I thought he had any idea what river it was. He knows nothing about geography at this point. So he says, "HMMM, I think it's the Mississippi River!!" AAAAAHHHH. . . . . Logan looks at me like "Way to go, slick" and I stared at Asa in utter confusion and amazement! Where did he learn about the Mississippi River?? Whoever taught him that owes me $30. Anyway, we went out this morning and he is thrilled with his new Playmobil knight set. Anyway, the postcard project is trucking along. We've gotten a lot more. Thanks especially to Heather for getting so many of her friends to send them (because it's all about you!) and to Michele for the great pictures of Montana! We are loving seeing them all.

Here are some random pictures:





These above are all pictures from April. Some good friends came into town so our husbands could go to a big conference. We all had fun "playing" with old friends!

Postcards

Not much is happening here. We just got back from the pool where I'm gradually getting the kids used to being in the sun again. I know I look like a reject out there with my timer, but I don't want them burning. We went up to 40 minutes today. We'll see how they do. Logan is teaching the youth tonight, so that's fun.

Okay - It's true! I'm having more fun with the postcards than Asa. But, it's very exciting to get mail from all over the country - even if it's not for me!! The last few days we've gotten MD, VA, LA, NV, and TN. Check out the list to the right of all the missing states!

Postcards

We are well on our way...well, almost. We now have 3 postcards with lots of promises of more to come. We have Georgia, Oregon and Washington State. It's fun for Asa to get these because he hasn't heard of many of the states yet. He likes to look at the map and see where these far off places are. I hope we're able to collect them all.

I wanted to share a funny thing that Asa said. Caroline has started biting people when she's frustrated with them, which is such a charming, lady-like thing for her to do. Anyway, Maddie was also a biter, and we were all discussing this in the car the other day. Asa says, "Well, back here (meaning in the back seat) there is one faithful and two biters." I said "What?" and he explained that since he is a believer in Christ that he is faithful and his sisters are biters! Apparently you can't be both!!

Update

We are still alive.

Just wanted to update everyone on the latest! We are not going to Boone, NC, so now we would covet everyone's prayers concerning where to go from here. We have said often that Louisville is a great place to settle down and raise a family, so maybe we'll just try that!

Also, Asa is doing a project for school and is collecting postcards from the 50 states. If you know anyone that lives anywhere, have them send him a postcard. We're getting off to a slow start, but it should be picking up soon! Thanks!

I'm feeling pretty blah right now, so I'll write more later!