Mike and I went to Frankfurt (the state capital) on Saturday for Pumpkin Fest. We thought we were going to get into a museum for free but it turned out to just be an old house that was open for kids to do old timey activities. Mike and I still enjoyed seeing the houses and the kids dressed up, but we decided to walk down town and see what else was going on. We walked into several of the stores and alot of the vendors were out on the streets doing things or giving away stuff. It was funny that the state capital was so such a small town, but it was fun to be in. It was really neat because alot of the houses and buildings were from the 1800s and had stories behind them about past American fathers who loved or did things in the buildings. We also found this really cool table at an antique store that was going out of business. I was very excited about it and I am hoping to paint it black and put it on a porch one day with some really cute chairs.

This past Friday night RUF had a dinner party at one of our students parents house. It was a beautiful historic house that evidently Mary Todd Lincoln used to come and spend her summers at, and is also the home to the oldest toilet in Kentucky (Southern Living did an article on it). We had chili and cornbread and played some games. We had planned to do alot outside but because of the rain we had to keep everything inside but it ended up being a lot of fun and the house was huge so we had plenty of space.
It was a really neat house to see because all of the furniture was antiques in really good condition and the house and beautiful woodworking details

Mike and I went to Nashville this past weekend to babysit and visit my cousins. We had such a fun visit and enjoyed playing hide and go seek, running around the neighborhood, or going to the park. I felt like a kid again in some ways. Fortunately, the trip was not near as exhausting as everyone said it would be. The kids are old enough now where they basically take care of themselves and the oldest is very good with the younger siblings. We also got to go to Bills soccer game which I was glad we got to see him play, he may be a future soccer star like Robert.
About 6 weeks ago they had gone on vacation only to come back and see a pipe had burst in their kitchen and it had basically been like that for 5 days while they were gone, so the damage was pretty extensive. The picture with no one in it is the kitchen they are using (it is just in the play room) Everything else in their kitchen had to be packed away so they have to eat out alot which gets old even from us just being there a weekend.
The other good news from the weekend was I got to go shopping and found an outfit for my brothers rehearsal dinnerso that was exciting

St. Louis


Mike and I went to St Louis this past weekend with Brad and Rachel for a conference about eating disorders at Covenant Seminary. We drove up on thursday night so that we could actually get to see some of the city on friday before we had our friday night meeting. Mike and I stayed with some friends from CLemson that are at Covenant right now. Covenant was pretty but much smaller than I had thought it to be because of the huge reputation it has in PCA circles, I guess that is what makes the community so great at it.
We got in late on thursday night so Mike and I both slept in on friday. Later Brad showed us around and we got to see some extremely beautiful neighborhoods and all of the fun free activities you can do there. (Rachel was hanging out with one of her good girlfriends and Addie spent the first full weekend with her grandparents) We went to the zoo and of course we went to the Arch. There is a park in downtown St Louis that is bigger than the Central Park and has million things to do for free and this was where the zoo was. Unfortunaly we didnt get to go to the Science, Art, or history museum which would have been interesting I think. There is also a huge amphitheatre that has plays every weekend in the summer with some of the best broadway shows. The trip seemed really quick as we left Saturday afternoon after the conference, but it is nice to have Sunday to recoperate before this next week gets started.