random videos

Here's some recent video clips.

Lewis singing death star song:



Owen counting to ten in Spanish (special thanks to babysitter, Jenni, for teaching them this):



Owen learning to jump a while back:

seeing friends

A couple weeks ago, my friend Natasha flew into Nashville from Minsk, Belarus. She stayed in Nashville the first week and our other friend, Tasha flew in from North Carolina for a little reunion at Heather Morozov's place. It was great to be together, even briefly. L to R: Annabella Morozov, Natasha, Shelley, Tasha & Heather.

We tried to take a picture of the kids (Val, Owen, Lewis & Annabella).

All of us girls got to go see Sixpence None the Richer in Nashville on 9/30. It was a blast! If you know me at all, you know they are pretty much my most favorite band. They haven't played together often in the last several years, but are coming out with a new album and did this free show with Jars of Clay in anticipation of its release early next year. It was a nice girls night out.

Natasha got to spend some time with us in Bowling Green after that, and we wish she lived closer so we could see her more often. The boys really loved having her here. She taught them to count in Russian too, which we will post video of soon. It is so nice seeing these close friends when it happens!

dinosaur world dollar day

At the end of September, my sisters and I took the boys to Dinosaur World in Cave City, Ky. They offer a discount day for surrounding counties once a year, and we took advantage again this year. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, with light traffic we assume due to so many church folk in this area. One of the benefits of going to church in the evening is being able to get out to places early, so we took advantage and it was really fun! It has been Ellen's dream to go for some time, so we were glad to make that dream come true.

Owen went last year, but was too little to really appreciate the dinosaurs.

Ellen and Owen checking out the Wooly Mammoths.

We walked out to the big dinosaur by that you can see from I-65. That one is huge!


We took some group pictures on the tail of the dinosaur, but it was hard to get everyone looking at once.

Lewis and me.
Aunt Ellen & Lewis.

After we looked at all the dinosaurs, the boys got to play at the playground.

Then they hit the boneyard. They love to dig in the sand.

Lewis even posed in the funny dinosaur mouth. It was a great day!!