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The baby is crying!!

NC for the Weekend

This past weekend (as in a few weeks ago) we took a trip home. It was Taliya's first time to Mom and Dad's house and our last time before we move to KY. It was a fun visit and longer than usual because Jacob had the whole weekend off. 

Sleepin' baby. 

Sleepin' baby

Sleepin' baby with people around her. Bethany came up for the weekend, too. 

I think these pictures are still grainy. I don't like it, but what can I do about it? : (

Anyway, it's a cute outfit Bethany gave us. 

That was the first time Bethany got to meet Taliya. 

We even played disc golf. It was a terrible course, way too many trees, but Jacob did super good. 

Hangin' out with Lydia. 

I love those cats. I told Jacob that if a stray cat came to our house in Louisville, I'd like to feed it and maybe keep it around. 

It was nice to sit out on the porch with the cats and the sisters and be in the country. 

I wanted to redo a picture we had for our wedding. This is one of the pictrues Lydia took for us. 

This is the original.

If you didn't want this picture on my blog, you shouldn't take selfies with my phone. Haha!

We took a walk to the old farm. About two years before that day, Jacob visited our family for the first time and we wlked to the farm. Kind of cool to look back and see how much has changed. 

Once again, if you're embarrassed (which you're probably not), just don't do it. 

Some Nice Pictures

Well, this is one of those posts I was talking about where the picture didn't turn out good. I just decided I can't live my life in fear of blurry pictures. Haha! Also, they're not too bad. 

This old man is so much fun to hang out with. He has a wonderful smile and a great laugh to go with it. I don't know how I captured such a fun genuine moment.

One of Jacob's coworkers gave us this sleeper, and I think it's soft, cute, and cuddly. 

I love Taliya's little smile.

I was making a lot of mac and cheese because we had a bunch of leftover macorroni noodles. We had cooked so many that I ended up having to throw out some of the leftovers because we couldn't eat them fast enough. I'm sure you were really interested to know about our leftover noodle situation. 

The little person likes to stand.

Jacob was trying to mimic Taliya. 

What do you think of cigars? Haha! Very random question. I think they're better than cigarettes (not healthwise, just smellwise), but they still leave a kind of bad residue on clothes. 

Have a fine afternoon!

♡♠♡

A Day In The Life...

It's 10:14 on this fine Saturday morning in Knoxville, TN. The birds are singing happily out the window. Some of you have only been up a couple hours. Some of you are probably still sleeping (especially if you happen to be in another time zone). 

Well, not to brag or anything, but I have already taken a trip from Louisville, KY down to Knoxville, TN; cleaned up the house a bit; gotten both my babies back to bed, got the bread dough rising, and now have my tea sitting by my side. Not to brag, of course. 

Anyway...so, what have you done today? Haha! Just kidding. 

This weekend we went to Boyce College for a Fall Preview day. We used to have these at Bethlehem, but I was already a student, so I never had to go to everything. Haha! Yesterday was a long day. 

On Thursday we got to see our new house. It isn't actually finished yet, but apparently in less than two weeks they can get everything done (we'll see about that I guess). 

I have cool pitures to post, but lately whenever I load pictures onto my blog, they get blurry. I hate blurry pictures when they ain't supposed to be. 

Yep, it got blurry. Maybe bad quality is a better way to put it. Anyway, this is Lydia and Taliya when we visited home last weekend. 

The Love of Many

"And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

"But the one who endures to the end will be saved."

Matthew 24:12-13

These verses came to mind as I read a Facebook post this morning that a college friend had written. She is among several people I knew in Minneapolis who seem to have turned from God. They talk about spiritual abuse and other things in the church and their marriage. In the end, instead of looking to God and His Word for the answers and help they need, they look to themselves and curse the church. 

I keep hearing about people turning from God, giving up the faith. Instead of judging them, I have become very aware of how easy it is to fall away from God. We are all sinners and all capable of losing our first love. It makes me pray fervently and regularly for myself, Jacob, and our children that we would never stop loving God and never stop loving each other. I also pray for these old friends, including siblings of my own, that God would be gracious and bring them back to Himself. 

None of us are above turning from Christ. That is why Jesus says that we have to endure. 

And as far as church problems go, there truly is no perfect church. Churches and the Church are made up of sinners. If you're looking for perfection in a broken world, you're not going to find it except in God. 

 

Ferris Wheel and Other Boring Stuff

What a cuty!

We went to Pidgeon Fordge, and Jacob insisted we go on the Ferris wheel. It was pretty cool.

It's so huge.

And so high at the top.

And a cool view.

The sun is moving again, and before long, we won't have any coming into our apartment at any time of the day.

I made blackberry juice with some berries I picked this summer and froze.

I added plain soda to some of it to make it blackberry soda. We call it wine around here (we also call cranberry juice wine, basically any red juice I guess).

Going for a walk.

I'll miss those distant mountains and all the hills here. I don't think Louisville is quite the same. 

This is just an old picture of Quinn that Priscilla probably sent me.

Mmmm....good.

We dedicated Taliya yesterday along with a few other babies from church.