A day at the Falls

Kurt and I had different plans for a mini family vacation that we were supposed to leave on today. But when Colin got up too many times to mention last night we knew a night away at a hotel was NOT going to work. Just for the record, he is absolutely healthy, I took him to the pediatrician to be checked for ear infections or something else that maybe I was missing. Praise God for his health, but baby Colin, please sleep for your Mommy and Daddy! Thankfully (and hopefully), last night is a very rare event for him.

Anyway, to make a little lemonade out of our lemons we decided to take the family to Clifty Falls in Madison, IN. It was so beautiful and turned out to be a wonderful trip for the family. If you haven't been, its worth the short one hour drive.

Colin in the new Ergo carrier. I bought it for baby #3 but it came in real handy today. Colin did okay in it for awhile but I hope the new baby is content in for for longer periods of time:-)

This was great, you travelled say, oh about 100 feet on a PAVED trail, to see. Perfect for a family of little ones.

Its amazing how much harder these stairs are when you have a 30lber strapped on your back and in your first trimester. But we did it and loved it, well at least when I got my breath back again:-)

I asked Grant what his favorite part of the day was expecting to hear the beautifully colored trees or maybe the waterfalls. But nope, it was the tire swing that Daddy pushed him on. I asked why the waterfalls didn't win and his response was, "I would have liked for them to have more water." Seriously, out of the mouth of babes right??

It was great to spend a day in God's beautiful nature sharing it with my special little family. This is always true, but today it was much more obvious how blessed beyond measure I truly am.

Early Halloween Fun

Now that the boys are getting older, Halloween is taking on such a fun meaning again. We had great fun getting the boys dressed up in their outfits and some shots taken. We had some wardrobe malfunctions along the way, but I think my boys "roarin" spirit was caught.

The obligatory family pic...

Husband Brag

I stole this from a cousin in Atlanta. Kurt is truly a gift that I didn't deserve so its great fun for me to talk about the relationship God has blessed us with.

♥ What are your middle names? Edward and Michelle

♥How long have you been together? I moved to N Ky in spring 2000, we started dating in the fall. I guess we are celebrating our 9th anniversary together - crazy, but wonderful!

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? Very casually for a few months. I had the weirdest thought when I first met Kurt. I assumed he had a very happy wife at home. I had never thought that before, but he just cared about different things than the typical partying. I could tell the first time we met he wanted to be a husband and father. So thankful and happy that wife ended up me and yes, I am very happy!!

♥ Who asked whom out? Kurt, it was so cute. My roommate played matchmaker on a work trip. It was the middle of the day. He dropped his bag at his desk and ran over to ask me out to a concert.

♥ Who made the first move? Kurt

♥ How old are each of you? Kurt is 32 and I am 31

♥ Did you go to the same school? nope, not even close

♥ Are you from the same home town? nope, he grew up in the city and I.... didn't;-)

♥ Who is the smartest? Definitely Kurt but he's not consumed by it. I just found out a couple of years ago that he was 2nd in his high school class (only because he didn't take an addt'l AP class).

♥ Who majored in what? Kurt is a industrial engineer from Georgia Tech (my family, from the North wandered if GT was similar to ITT Tech. Hmm, not so much;-) I got my bachelor's in Business

♥ Who is the most sensitive? Me, me, me. But he does a good job of being supportive when I'm being extra sensitive.

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? Skyline Chili!! Hello, its quick, and kids eat free. Sounds perfect to me!

♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? We went on a mission trip to Czech Republic together. We have also travelled to the Caribbean several times. Independently we have lived in Europe for a semester, spent summers in Alaska, and Australia. International travelling is put on hold for a quite as we raise our young family:-)

♥ Who has the worst temper? Kurt's because its quick and then over, but mine can burn for a long time:-(

♥ How many children do you want? At least 3, but I'm not opposed to 4.

♥ Who does the cooking? Pretty much me and he does a great job doing dishes behind me.

♥ Who is more social? It used to be Kurt but I think we are equal now.

♥ Who is the neat-freak? Neither one thankfully.

♥ Who is the most stubborn? Its a tie.

♥ Who wakes up earlier? Kurt, Kurt, Kurt. He needs about two hours less of sleep a day than I do.

♥Where was your first date? We went to a wonderful restaurant in Covington called De Felice. He scoped it out and did a great job!

♥ Who has the bigger family? Tied. Both sides are big and rowdy. We hate to live so far away from both sides but LOVE the visits we make to each family several times a year.

♥ Do you get flowers often? Nope. They die. Its much more romantic for him to say, go have some time to yourself after a long day with the kids.

♥ How do you spend the holidays? Travelling. Either to mine or his. Good thing its so fun when we arrive. Also, another blessing is that Kurt gets a lot of vacation time to make the visits possible.

♥ Who is more jealous? Me, Kurt's mind just doesn't work like that and I love that about him

♥ How long did it take to get serious? Hmm, we were probably serious before our first real date.

♥ Who eats more? Him.

♥ What do you do for a living? Kurt is an assistant manager for Toyota. He works with parts suppliers to improve their system. He does a great job of balancing work and family - which is not always easy to do at his company. I am blessed to stay at home with my boys.

♥ Who does the laundry? Both, but Kurt is great on doing it a lot on weekends, PLUS he does all the ironing. Now that is sexy;-)

♥ Who’s better with the computer? Umm, Kurt. Its embarrassing how much I don't want to learn about ways to make working on the computer easier.

♥ Who drives when you are together? Kurt, he gets nervous with me behind the wheel, and that makes me nervous;-)

♥ What is "your" song? we love to sing worship songs together, Kurt has learned to play the guitar and we have rocking family worship time. So special to praise the Lord with my hubby!

When I met Kurt, I had stepped away from my faith and could have made long term decisions that I would have regretted. But God graciously introduced Kurt and I couldn't be more thankful. Being married, is such a gift and I'm so thankful my boys have him in their life as their role model. Love you babe!

Safari videos

Here are a couple of our favorite videos from our mini getaway. The drive through safari was fun and a little scary at the same time!





No animals were harmed in the filming of this video.