Still Here.

Well, here it is the last day of the month, and I have only posted three times; so sorry. We have had quite a busy month. My parents were here for a week at the beginning and Brian's parents were here earlier in the week - probably will come back again today on their way home. Brian is doing well in his Greek class this semester, he only has two weeks left! Hope everyone has a wonderful Fourth of July holiday. I will be back soon with more to say. :-) Fireworks picture is from the Derby Festival in May.

The Prestons are Here!

We are happy to have the Prestons here with us for a visit/ genealogy people hunt. We went downtown this afternoon. Here are a couple of pictures.

Gnomes and more

Sorry for the lack of posts. I thought I would put something up for Jillian so we don't lose our vast readership. These were taken at a recent visit to a statue company - so I'm told. Every one should have something this fun in their yard.











And a gaggle of gnomes. Can anyone guess what the gnomes are holding under their arms?

Happy Belated Birthday!

Blogger was down most of the day yesterday. So....

HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY MOM PRESTON!!




We love you and hope you had a wonderful day!

Good Morning

Brian began school yesterday. He is taking Greek - last summer he took Hebrew. Hopefully Greek will be a little easier for him since he has some experience in the languages now. He told me last night his teacher suggested they study about four hours everyday!

My parents are coming next week for a short visit. My dad has business in Nashville midweek; he is going to drop mama off here, so we will have some time together. B's parents will also be here sometime at the end of the month; we are looking forward to their visit.

As for the art this week (I use the word 'art' very loosely :-) - I got out my sewing machine on Sunday and started practicing a little. - I will post on that a little later. I have been inspired by this website - all handmade items being sold by their makers. There are a couple very talented people here. - more later. ~J

Wednesday's Art

I want to begin making time to make something creative every week. So I am going to make Wednesdays the day to post something I am working on. Since I just thought of this, I drew a quick picture in microsoft paint. <Hopefully creativity will improve>

Recipe for Child Raising

I ran across this in my reading today.

1 cup of Proverbs 22:6
2 Tablespoons of Proverbs 19:13
1 Dash of Proverbs 23:13
1 Teaspoon of Proverbs 3:5
1/2 cup of Titus 2:3 through 7
Mix all the ingredients, add a pound of persistence, one cup of love, and whip until right consistency. This recipe is recommended by the Creator of Mankind. Please add a pinch of Ephesians 6:4

—The Bible Friend
Tan, P. L. (1996, c1979). Encyclopedia of 7700 illustrations : [a treasury of illustrations, anecdotes, facts and quotations for pastors, teachers and Christian workers]. Garland TX: Bible Communications.

-B

Crock

A couple of months ago I was taking a crock pot full of hot maccaroni and cheese to a church potluck - both of the handles broke off in the process, thankfully I was not hurt. I did a quick search online for the model number and found out there had been a recall several years ago. Anyway, I had to cut the cord off the old one, mail it in, and they sent me a brand new base. If you carry a crock pot around to different places, it might not hurt to check your model number online - this could have been bad if there were a child near.

At the Beach

Florida had not received rain for 95 days..until we arrived. It rained the first couple of days we were there, once it cleared up we enjoyed the rest of the time at the beach. Pictures below - click on the picture if you would like to see it larger.

Florida Everglades

We took a boat ride in the Everglades and learned a little about alligators.

- Their taste buds are on the outside of their mouth, so they know what their prey will taste like before they even bite.

- Their mouth has an opening power of about 10-15 pounds, so you could actually hold it's mouth shut with your hands.

- Their mouth has a closing power of about 2200 pounds. We were able to hear the alligator close his mouth, it sounded a lot like a champagne bottle popping open.

Here are a couple of pictures Brian took during our ride.

We're home.

Posting will resume - we are back from our summer vacation to Florida. We had a wonderful time. I will be posting pictures over the next couple of days.

Brian and I went to see the Da Vinci Code movie Saturday afternoon. I think that the hype created from the various religious communities is paying off, literally, in dollars for the movie makers. This was not a good movie, and without the all the publicity I don't think it would have done very well at all. We listened to the audio book last year, besides the fact that it is filled with a lot of historical fiction, since it is a fiction book after all, it was a an interesting read (um..listen). You could quite possibly read this book in the amount of time it took to watch it, two and a half hours. Anyway, an hour of Tom Hanks on the beach alone with a volleyball was much better than two hours of him at the Louvre.

Semester's Over!

Amen!

-B

Blooming Around our House

Update

Brian has 6 days left in this semester. Please pray for him as he prepares and takes his exams.

We are going to sunny Florida the week following exams, we are really looking forward to it. We will be meeting my parents, my sister and brother in-law there! This is where my parents were raised, my Dad's brothers still live in the area. We have several things planned already - we will be visiting a Sovereign Grace church in FL on Sunday, I will be getting a Ouidad haircut (yeah!), and we will get to attend Deanna's (my cousin) dance recital. It should be fun.

I am attaching this link for any of you who would like to read a quick encouragement on blessing people with hospitality. This is a blog that I read and am blessed from daily. ~J

Pretty picture courtesey of Shawn

Kentucky Derby

Well the festivities are in full force now, with the Oaks race on Friday and the Derby on Saturday. If you are still wanting to come and have not secured a place to stay, eBay has a couple of options.

You can rent this house for three nights for just $2000!


You can rent this 38' motor home for just $525 - it is emphasized in the auction description that "the coach does not move".

Happy 1st Anniversary!

It has been great!

I thought God broke the mold?

This is a picture taken at the Easter Parade on Frankfort street. This family looks like a modern version of Mike, Jillian and Bekky.

Nice shades Jillian.

-B

Thunder over Louisville

Shawn came to visit us from Missouri this weekend, we were so glad to have him here. We went to Thunder over Louisville on Saturday; it is the kick-off to the two week long Kentucky Derby Festival. Thunder is the largest pyrotechnics show in North America, there was approximately 800,000 people there this year - there was also an air show. Check out some of the pictures Shawn took below.

Nap Time

Sorry for the shortage of posts.
I saw this video this morning and thought it was so cute. We have had three babies born to families in our church this week. I wish nap time could be this happy for all parents.

Word on the web

This little web-based text editor ain't half bad. Try it. Here is the promo:

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