Louisville: The Park

Most of the family left early Monday morning.  The golfers stuck around to play.  Which would include JD.  :)

The park across the street was really nice.

Ty and Grandma Jean:

 The Monkey: 

Of course, after two long, tiring days of playing and swimming, this kind of thing was bound to happen frequently:

(arguing. again.)

Louisville: The Fun

With all of the fun stuff to see and do in Louisville, we spent ALL of our time at my Aunt and Uncle's pool.  :)

(AJ, Dale and the girls:)

Cleaning the pool:

 With all of the little cousins, there was ALWAYS someone to play with:

 Basketball against a 10 year old??  Yes, please!

 We did a lot of eating too- from my Aunt's famous spaghetti, to a luau brunch, and a mexican feast night- there was no shortage of good eats!

 The Luau tie-breaker: a hula dance contest!  My dad didn't win.  :)

 The Martins are a dog-loving family.  This little guy (Toad) was our personal favorite of the *many* that made the trip:

 And this lovely picture is to prove to those out there that I really AM pregnant.  In case you missed that.  (Ahem. Family.)  Haha!  :)

Louisville: The Gathering

My Dad's side of the family had a reunion over the weekend.

Grandpa and his five "kids":

(My dad is seated on the far left.)

Grandpa and Jean:

All of the grandkids and spouses (minus only my brother and his wife):

The Great-Grandkids (minus two):

 It was so much fun to relax and hang out with family we rarely get to see! I am so thankful to be a part of the Martin family- I love you guys!  :)

And thanks for putting it together, Aunt Joyce.  Your house was the perfect place!

**There is an entire group shot on someone else's camera.  :)

Busy.

We've been so super busy- moving and cleaning and unpacking (ha!) and painting and  Bible Schooling and tee balling and...  you get the picture.

Here are a few pictures, before we head out of town again- hopefully I'll get back in the swing of blogging again soon! 

Have a great weekend!

We're moved in! (Mostly.)

But no pictures because my camera/camera card is acting strange.  More later.

The Pool

"'Fwimmin' Pool!" -Ty

"No, Ty, SWimmin' pool." -Cate

Excited little girls: 

 Nothing fancy about this pool, but it is big and watery- all we need!

 The family fish:

 After some initial panic, Cate got the hang of the arm floaties and did a great job "swimming" on her own!

 Ty loved the water too, but he was ready to get out and "eat Ty's supper!"

 We had to remind Halle that we WILL be back.  She (and Cate) did not want to leave.

We FOUND it!

A new house!  A place to move to!

The papers are signed, the scrubbing and boxing and moving is in full swing, and we're living life in limbo between two places for a few more days.  I am already tired.   But it's a beautiful kind of tired.  A thankful kind of tired.  (More on the new house later, when I have some pictures.)

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who have been praying with us!

And more good news:  The college's swimming pool is fixed and open for the summer!!  Last year it was "being repaired" all summer long, and honestly we had sort of given up hope that it would ever be back.  But HOORAY!! we were wrong!  And we'll be living only a mile away... :)

*The pics are from my phone from last Saturday.