It's CEREAL time!

As of tomorrow, my baby *sniffle, sniffle*, will be 5 months old *sniffle*. Time is so precious. . I find myself just sitting and holding her. . for NO reason! I guess when they say the "last born gets spoiled a little extra", they weren't lieing. It's like there is some sort of finality and we have to hang on as long as we can. We have said we are done. . AND WE ARE, but babies are so precious, and who could resist cuddling with such a beautiful baby girl. Since Audra is the last, I want to remember EVERYTHING; her little whimpers, her coos, her laughs, her stretches, her little breath on my neck as she sleeps, and of course, her first time eating cereal :-) So, if she gets spoiled a little bit in the process, well, it's me that has to live with it, not anyone else, so spoiled she shall be. . . and I'll just call it. . extra lovin'.

BFF

Friends come and friends go, but best friends are forever. Iris and I met my freshman year after she moved from Calloway Cty. She sat behind me in Spanish class, bad spot for 2 talkers, and her name was Teresa. . well, guess what, so was mine! So we became Teresa y numero uno and Teresa y numero dos, and ultimately inseparable. We worked together in ADvantage Network (school run TV station), played basketball, and acted goofy most of the time. We could laugh about anything! After high school, Iris moved to many different places, finally landing in Ohio with her husband Matt, and two girls, Taylor and Isabell (and soon to be son--Bo). If I get down, I can always remember back to high school and laughing over something so ridiculous and thoughts of our friendship come back to me and before long, I'm laughing all over again. While we were in Northern KY, we crossed the border into Ohio and got to visit with Iris. Isabell thinks that we LIVE at a McDonald's b/c that seems to be our "meeting place" when we are on the road. It was great to see her before she **pops** and can't wait to meet the new little fella!

Intruder Update

Well, we aren't sure exactly what happened, but it's safe to say the sergeant at arms position is vacant once again. Dillon and Faith went back up to the Club House a couple of days later and the owl was lying in the gully. We aren't sure if he was sick or what. When we returned from being gone over the weekend, he was gone altogether. . . maybe another animal needed him for their sergeant at arms (????) If you know anyONE or anyTHING that would like to fill the vacancy, let us know :-)

Creation Museum

While in Northern KY we were able to visit the Creation Museum. It was awesome and we would recommend it to anyone visiting the area!

Happy Halloween!

First Baptist Garrett held a Halloween Festival tonight where the kids could dress up and come and play games for candy. The kids had a great time! Audra was a Pea in a Pod (she tried to eat the other peas), Faith was Wonder Woman (tried her best to fly), and Dillon was a rain cloud. (when someone would ask Dillon what he was, he'd say, "A stormy day, with a chance of rain" and would squirt them w/ his water bottle) :-)

Sharing GAP and making new friends

This weekend we traveled to Northern KY, just outside of Cincinnati to share GAP with a couple of churches. Mentor Baptist Church's WMU adopted our family back in February of this year. They have been such a blessing to our family and it was nice to finally put a face with a name and get to know the rest of the church. Beverly Wilson had been our main contact person and she went above and beyond anything we would have expected. She took care of our accommodations, took us out to eat for John's birthday at Mitchell's Fish Market, and rallied the AWANA children and adults to collect personal products for GAP. We had a great time fellowshipping with everyone from the church and we look forward to them visiting us at GAP. The second church was First Baptist Cold Spring. The pastor, Bro. Ronny, took part in our marriage ceremony 11 years ago in Glasgow. We were able to spend some time with him and Angie (and Daisy) before the church service Sunday night. Angie even had a birthday cake for John. It was a blessing to share with the people of First Baptist about what God is doing at GAP. They collected numerous household items and personal products to stock the shelves at GAP. We thank both of these churches for opening their doors for us to share with them the ministry of GAP. It was a blessing to meet so many new folks and we look forward to serving with you in the future!