Monday, August 3, 2009

Getting settled in Louisville






Hey y'all..... We've heard that one a few times now. I guess we don't hear our Canadian EH's- but we sure hear the Louisville Y'ALL's! Louisville is a beautiful city with a lot of history- all of the brick buildings and stone work. This year SBTS will celebrate 150 years! As we look at homes to buy we find the "new" homes to be 40-50 years old- some are 105 years old!

Keith found a safe place to park the trailer for now and we are getting used to our "hotel" room. The kids are sleeping on the floor for now- sleeping bags and foamies will do. We are meeting a real estate agent tomorrow to look at some homes to potentially buy- let's hope and pray we find something soon! If not then I guess God has other plans and that will be okay too- but we'll need to get the kids off the floor and Keith into a better BED!

For the past two evenings we have gone out to a park to look at Fire Flies- Lightening Bugs! It is almost magical to stand there and have all these green bugs fly around and light up. You can catch them in your hands and they'll glow too! I wish we could just park a lawn chair under a tree and watch- but the mosquitoes would eat me up!

There are lots of things to do on our list- and if we get more than one checked off in a day we are doing well! Today everyone got a haircut (except mommy- we don't trust daddy with mommy's hair after NZ) - not a popular option for Luke- but he did not have much say in the matter. Afterwards he was happy because he figures that he will not have to comb his hair for a bit. BOYS!

Will keep you posted as we get settled.
Love Teresa Keith Elaina Megan Luke

3 comments:

Ron and Julie Olson said...

So many possibilites and new adventures for the whole family. What an exciting time to see God's handiwork in your lives too. Love,

Ron and Julie

Keryn, Grant, Ethan & Jadon said...

Hi there Keith, Teresa, Ellie, Megan & Luke. Wow what a massive trek you guys have done. We got the map out and showed the boys your journey and their mouths dropped open. Makes Whakatane to Wellington seem so small! :-) It has been great reading your blogspot once again and following your new adventure. Sure wish it was another one here in NZ though! We really miss you guys and although we haven't been great at keeping in contact, we think of you often. Today we did a crazy thing and purchased very cheap tickets to Los Angeles. We fly out this Sun 9th August and leave on Sat 15th August. Such a shame you are across the other side of the USA. Much love to you all. We will be praying for you as you settle in to your new home.

Andrea said...

HI THERE Y'ALL
GLAD TO SEE YOU HAVE ARRIVED SAFELY AND ARE HOME SEARCHING! IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE - WE REALLY ENJOYED KENTUCKY AND DEFINITELY WILL GO THERE AGAIN!

LOTS OF LOVE FROM THE ANDREA, MARCEL AND PIERSON