We had ourend of the year Bible study and RUF party on thursday and friday nights. I made Mac and Cheese, green beans, rolls, and fried chicken for our Bible study. They really enjoyed having some homemade food and I like being able to cook things that I do not make a bunch. Our Bible study has really grown alot closer since we started in January. My girls are so comfortable around each other and enjoy doing things together. They are even making a point of all the freshman girls riding together (in multiple cars) to Summer Conference which is great because all of my girls are dating people and I am glad to see they are not haivng to ride with their boyfriend. It has been neat for Mike and I to see their relationships develop.

RUF end of the year party was alot of fun also and we had a good turnout despite it being 50 degrees and rainy. We cooked out and played cornhole (a norther game which is actually pretty fun and requires no talent whatsoever). I think everyone had a good time but it was sad telling some of the students goodbye knowing that I wont see them for a while if they arent going to summer conference.

Saturday morning Mike and I went garage saleing (sp?). We picked up a few odds and ends for cheap and had a good time hanging out together. I got this lamp which I thought was really pretty and the cat picture to go over my bakers rake. For a while I had been looking for something to go over it and I thought this fit perfectly.

Pictures from the past week... Last Sunday we had Easter lunch with Blake and Mary Ann, couple from Alabama that were involved with RUF there and new my bro and sis-in-law. Blake has been pursuing a masters degree in Greek here at UK and will graduate in May. We have really enjoyed getting to know them over the past year and we are sad they are moving back to Alabama in May but excited they will be back near their family and friends.

These other pictures are from our couples Bible study that meets on weds nights. We had a cookout this week just to take a break and have a hang out night. I did not get everybody in the pictures but tried to. We have really enjoyed our Bible study and it has helped us to feel like we know some people in our own stage of life, not in college.

Friday RUF took a trip to Keeneland (the big horse racing place in KY). It is a non profit place so it only cost 3 dollars to get into the field section. It was really fun and I enjoyed being able to get dressed up. The races were really exciting and Mike and I went in with some of the students and placed 2 dollar bets. We didnt win anything but we figured we had to try it at least once. It was a really interesting people watching place as it was everything from the millionaires to the poorest of the poor. I would like to go back again when it gets warm

Easter Egg dyeing. On weds some of the girls came over to Rachels house and we dyed (sp?) Easter eggs. It was very interesting to me because many of the girls had never done it before. Rachel and I were shocked that people could grow up in America and never have dyed Easter eggs. They all seemed to really enjoy it so I think we are going to do it again next year, but we are going to plan it more in advance because many of the girls could not come because of previous plans or work schedules. I enjoyed it because usually my mom and I dye Easter eggs together but this year we are too far apart =o(. I did not want to dye Easter eggs by myself and I did not think I was going to get Mike to into it so it was nice to have group to do it with.

There is also a picture of the snow we had yesterday (friday). You can imagine just how excited I was about that. So we are going to be all bundled up for Easter Sunday which I am not to thrilled about to say the least.

We hope you all have a great Easter and wish we could be there to celebrate it with yall =o)

The new desk. Well we bought it on Saturday at a consignment furniture store on a big sale. Evidently it is an old type writer desk but I think it works just wonderfully for a laptop. The bottom right corner is one large drawer so we can file things which is very nice instead of all those little file folders we were using. It is so nice to just be able to close it, have more desk space and hide clutter quickly if we need to. Since we didnt need the plastic drawers anymore I moved them over to my sewing machine and have quickly filled them with scrap fabric, needles, scissors, and other sewing items. I am enjoying that alot because I did just have all my stuff randomly put in places or in bags. Sorry I dont have any pictures of Mike playing frisbee I brought the camera but completely forgot, but they won the whole thing so he was excited.