My parents came to visit this past weekend adn were nice enough to bring my cat 8 hours down the road with them. We had alot of fun and they suprised me with an early birthday gifts of a sewing machine and table. I was very excited as I have been wanting to take up sewing more. It has been fun learning all the different stitches it can do and thinking of all the fun projects I can do on it.

We played alot of cards but also went to the history museum and to see the movie Amazing Grace. The museum was really interesting and we all enjoyed learning more about Lexington and what happened here. Amazing Grace was also good and had a good message about Gods redeeming work in slavery.

Oscar seemed to have a good time to and did not behave to badly in the car. I was very tempted to keep him but I knew he would be unhappy here since he wouldnt be able to really go outside much. He kept wanting to get into the attic and kept us amused most of the weekend.

Brad and Rachels little boy was also born this past thursday. He is a very cute baby and I really enjoyed holding him. Brad is taking off the next week so Mike and I are having to take over his normal responsibilities that we help him with. I am sorry but I do not have any pictures of him to put up yet but as soon as I get them I will post them.

Cold and snowy winter....Hi all Mike and I are having an extremely cold winter as we woke up this morning to a -10 degree world (yes that is a negative sign in front of the 10). Its ridiculously cold here and I would seriously considering moving if I was not afraid that God would come after me like he did Jonah. I do not have any pictures up of the snow, I am sorry I did not do a good job taking any and to be honest I do not want to take the time to stand outside in the cold just to take a picture, I am always trucking it to the car. It looks beautiful but it is reaching the point where I want it to just leave and be warm again (and by warm I mean just abouve 30 at least) We have also learned that hoods and scarves have a very real purpose besides blocking rain or just looking cute, they help to keep you slightly warm. Mike and I also have a leak in our bathroom window somewhere which has caused ice to form on the inside of our window, hence you can just image how cold the bathtub is before the warm water gets to it.

We took off 2 days this past week and went and checked out Louisville. The Louisville slugger museum was fun and we got a free little bat at the end which was pretty cool. We also just walked around downtown and found a few more museums that we want to check out next time when it is warmer. Later that night we had dinner with some of my brothers old friends from Alabama. It was alot of fun and both Mike and I enjoyed being around them which is a definate plus (they also really love RUF so it is nice to know some people here who feel that way and understand why we think it is so wonderful)

The other pictures on here are from our freshman Bible study on thursday nights. It was one of the girls bdays so we made a cake and sang to her. I hope to talk to all of you soon.