Memorial Day...so I know this is a little late but I decided to post it anyways. We went strawberry picking with Karen and Lee, who are in our married couples Bible study and we have been hanging out with more. I was really excited because I didnt think that people grew fresh strawberries in Kentucky. They were really good and I was able to freeze up some for smoothies. There is also a picture of our new little cutting board cabinet that we got from Blake and MaryAnn Johnson when they moved back to Tuscaloosa, Al. I have really enjoyed having it as it has given me more space to put things and to cut up things. I will post pictures sometime next week from our trip to Nashville.

UK Students... these pics are from the week when our students were there. It was alot of fun having them with us, but it was alot different from being a student. Needless to say we stayed so busy that I did not get one nap on the beach and when we left Saturday I did not want to leave the beach yet. Mike played lots of volleyball and basketball with the students and they got pretty far in the competition. Everyone had a good time though and seemed to learn alot from their seminars and from our main speaker.

Summer Conference...Mike and I have been at the beach for the past 2 and a half weeks and had a great time. We really enjoyed getting to hang out with our fellow interns and see how much all of us have grown since we last met in Dallas. I do not have to many pictures because I am terrible at remembering my camere, but this few are from when we went on our dinner cruise (dont get to excited, it reminded me all to well of Junior year jr sr at florence Christian, but the food was much better). Mike was sick this night so that is why there are no pictures of him.

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.

Here are a few pictures of stuff I have done around the apartment for Easter. I made the pillow and handtowel and am pleased with how they turned out. Although my sewing is making me realize just how good my mother is because she can do much more intricate and harder things, but hopefully with practice I will inherit some of her ability. I am thinking about doing hand towels nicer than these with peoples initials on them to give away as gifts, but we will see how they turn out.

It has been beautiful here for the past week. It has felt like we are back in South Carolina and I am loving it! Next week it is supposed to get back into the thirties and fifties so I am not looking forward to that, but it is supposed to be 75 on my birthday so that is exciting. I will probably be putting some more pictures up this weekend because Mike has intramural frisbee this afternoon and we bought a new desk. It is an antique desk that went on sale for 75 percent off and I had been checking it out for the past couple of times I had been in the store. We are supposed to pick it up today so I will try and post pics tom.

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.