Welcome Fall

This is our first Autumn here in Kentucky, and I must say that we are thoroughly enjoying it.

Last Saturday, which was the first day of Autumn, Matt took me to the river front park in Downtown Louisville.  We had a great time walking along the Ohio River, and missing the ocean as we looked at the river.  The river's nice, but it's just not the Pacific Ocean.

It was definitely kind of strange looking across the river and seeing a different state (Indiana) right there.  We actually only live about 5 minutes away from Indiana.  Matt wanted to go put his feet into the river water, but as you can tell from the pictures, it's not really clean, but he got as close as he could get. 

It was a pretty windy day, you can see that in the above picture, the river is sort of choppy, so it kind of looked like little ocean waves, but not really. :)  I really enjoyed the metal swings that they had set up along the paths on the river's bank.

We had a great first day of Autumn.  The strangest thing was that it actually felt and looked like Autumn.  The weather is a tad chilly, and the tree leaves are beginning to change to brilliant reds, oranges, yellows, and purples.  I'm so excited to experience our first fall where we get to see the actual changing of tree leaf colors.  Not that they don't change in California, but I don't think going from green to brown to gone is really that exciting. :)  

Besides exploring Louisville, Matt and I have kept really busy this past week.  Matt is so so so busy with his Seminary classes and full time job.  Please keep him in your prayers as he learns to balance school, work and family.  This is not an easy task, but we know that God will give him the strength to make it through.  I have been throughly enjoying my job at Christian Academy of Louisville.  The little preschoolers are just so funny.  

I have to tell you this cute little story that happened recently.  One of my preschool students was writing the letters of the alphabet out.  I complemented them and said, "You're so smart, who taught you your alphabet?"  Of course I was thinking that they would respond that their mom or dad had taught them their alphabet, but that wasn't the response that they gave me.  They looked up at me with their serious little eyes and stated, "God taught me my alphabet, didn't He teach you the alphabet?"  What do you say to this kind of a response?  Well, I said, "That's amazing!  He sure is a good teacher isn't He?"  They quickly agreed and continued on with their coloring.  Aren't young children just so amazing and faith filled? 

God is so good and faithful to us, and we pray that everyone back home is resting in His promises and leaning on Him for the strength that you need from day to day.  Until next time, "Happy Fall!!!"