Big Girl Breakfast

Miss Georgia had a big girl breakfast of Cheerios, bananas and formula in a sippy cup. She loves to try to feed herself but the spoon just makes her mad...she doesn't quite get it yet. We will keep trying but for now she loves to eat with her hands!

The Wedding

I love weddings. They remind me of my own wedding, three years ago, and they remind me of God's design for man and woman and the picture he gives us of Christ and His Church. That was the main thing Chad and I wanted people to walk away with after our wedding. We pray that as John and Larissa grow in their love for one another that they also continue to grow in their love for Christ, placing Him in the center of their marriage. John and Larissa have been faithfully coming to our Bible study on Monday nights and are excited to serve at Christos Church as the Lord helps us to plant it through the help of our church, LaGrange Baptist. It was such an honor to spend their big day with them. Here are some highlights of the day.

Larissa coming down the aisle with her dad.

Their first kiss as husband and wife.

Larissa and her girls.

The most handsome groomsman ever, Chad.

The beautiful reception room. Every other table had tall vases with flowers and the rest had pedestal cake plates with satin wrapped packages that matched the dresses. I LOVED this idea and wish I had seen it before my wedding!
The favors were photos from a digital photo booth. I think the photos will be available to view online on their website in a few days. Just go to event date 07/26/08 and click on John and Larissa. It was so fun!

Rehearsal Dinner

Friday night was the rehearsal dinner for our friends', John and Larissa's, wedding. We had a great time helping them rehearse for the big day! The wedding was at the Water Tower and the dinner was at Tumbleweed on the river. Here are some highlights...

The Wedding Party

Georgia and Daddy during the down time.

The happy couple, Larissa and John.

Free Train Rides!

Thursday nights in July, The Louisville Zoo stays open a little later and has free train rides after 6pm. Yesterday, Georgia and I went to the Zoo with our friends Betsy, Jacob and Lori. Here we are enjoying the train ride! We enjoyed walking around and looking at the animals too!

The Blackout

Once the weather started looking ominous, we left Amy and Carlos' to try to beat the rain home. Really there should have been no rush because this is what we rushed home to.


Georgia sleeping in her swing to candle light. With no power and such a busy day she was a pretty happy camper.

However, without the flash this is what our house looked like. Power was finally restored at 5:30 this morning!

Swimming Again

Our dear friends, Amy and Carlos, had us over to swim again last night. As promised, I took photos of people other than the babies. This is some of the volleyball game between Chad, Juan Carlos and Carlos vs. Pablo, Andrei and whoever wasn't manning the grill or babies. It went between Kathy, Fernanda and Amy. I am not so much a sports player so I just played with Georgia in the pool. She loved it!



This is Georgia after the fun in the pool. She wouldn't keep her swim hat on for long but we really sunscreened it up! She even went under a few times!

Georgia in her shades (for the 2 seconds I could keep them on her face!).

Fernanda and her kids Mathias and Elia in their shades (actually, Mathias is wearing Georgia's shades. I am glad someone would keep them on!).

Once we were all out of the pool and finished eating the sky grew black and the wind started to blow so we packed up to finish the evening inside. Georgia has fun wherever we go! Look at all those teeth!

Super Saturday

Georgia and Jacob playing together

Who do you think had the bigger mess; us or the kids?!?!?

Every few weeks or so a group of us try to get together to do something productive in the kitchen. We usually make jam when fruit is in season and is inexpensive, Christmas gifts in the winter and freezer meals all year long. It is so much work but it is so worth it to have several meals and side dishes in the freezer that only need to be thawed and baked! We usually use recipes from the 30 Day Gourmet website but sometimes we just freeze our favorites and see how they come out.

Today we met at my house and Betsy was the only one who was able to make it so Georgia and her son, Jacob played while we cooked. We made Parsley Parmesan Chicken (our favorite), Spinach and Artichoke dip, Baked corn casserole, Spaghetti Pie, Chocolate cookie dough and a big mess!