Enjoying this Fall Season

The weather here in Kentucky is just so "Fallish" if that's a word.  The air is so crisp and often cold which is quite a contrast to the warm California weather that we are used to.  I just love walking outside of our apartment and walking through all of the leaves that have fallen from the huge trees on campus.  It truly is a beautiful time of year to be living in Kentucky.

Yesterday, Matt and I had to make a trip down to our credit union in Radcliff, KY (which is about 40 minutes south of Louisville).  The drive there is so beautiful, and we decided that on the way back we would visit historic old town Bardstown.  This quaint little town is known for quite a few things.  One being that it is the bourbon capital of the world (which is not why we went to visit :) ).  Bardstown has also won the title of one of the top 100 best small towns in America.  Anyone interested in hearing more about the history of Bardstown, KY can view the video be clicking the link below from vistibardstown.com's website.

Bardstown Video 

While in Bardstown, Matt and I ate breakfast at Mammy's Kitchen.  When we walked into the restaurant it felt like we were walking into a Southern Grandma's house.  We decided to split an order of eggs benedict and try their biscuits and gravy.  The food was amazing, but I have to say that no one's eggs benedict can beat my dad's; his is just simply the best.  After enjoying our meal at Mammy's Kitchen we went window shopping down old historic 3rd street.  There were many interesting shops to look at and most of the shops already had their windows decorated for Christmas.  To end our time in Bardstown we decided to go to an old fashioned soda fountain at Hurst's Discount Drugs.  This was both of our first times going to an old fashioned soda fountain.  We decided to sit at the counter that looked out over the street.  Matt ordered a banana split and I had a root beer float.  Matt said that it was the best banana split that he ever had.  My root beer float was very good too, and they kept refilling the root beer for me.  I wish I had brought my camera so that you could see some of the sights that we saw, but you'll just have to click on all of the words that I've linked in this post, and see the pictures from their websites.  We had such a good and relaxing day as we explored downtown Bardstown.

We are so thankful that God provided us with this time together to rest, relax and just enjoy being with each other.  God is truly blessing us here in Kentucky.  We miss you all back home and we can definitely feel all of your prayers.  Please keep Matt in your prayers as his finals are in two weeks.  He did finish his final paper for his Biblical Hermeneutics class and now he is waiting to hear the results.  Until next time, we pray that you are all enjoying this wonderful season of Fall.

Where is the Time Going?

Wow, time sure is flying by!  Can you believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner?  Matt and I are doing well over here in Kentucky.  We thank God for all the blessings that He gives us.  Because of our work and school schedules, we don't get to see each other too much during the week, but we make sure to plan extra special date nights on Saturdays.  This past Saturday we saw a high school production of the Sound of Music.  The high school did a really good job, and their auditorium was beautiful.  I love that I have a husband who doesn't mind going to plays.  We sure do enjoy being together.  Please pray that God will continue to give us creative and affordable ideas for our date nights.  I also wanted to thank you all so much for your prayers.  They are very needed, and we can definitely feel you all praying for us.  Right now, I would like to put out a special prayer request.  Matt is coming up on his first finals here at Seminary.  Please pray that God will strengthen his mind and that he will be able to pass all of his classes, especially Greek.  I don't want to make this post too long, but I did want to let you all know that we are doing well, and that we are missing you all, and the warmer California weather. :)  Until next time, enjoy your Autumn season wherever you live.

Huber's Farm, Indiana

This past Saturday, Matt and I decided to go for a beautiful drive out to Huber's Family Farm in Southern Indiana.  The drive was absolutely breathtaking because of all the amazing colors that the leaves are changing to.

Once we got to Huber's Farm we were surprised to see so many people there, I guess that it is a pretty popular place to go in the Fall considering they have U-pick apples and U-pick pumpkins.  There apples are so so so good.  We bought a Honey Crisp Apple and it was absolutely amazing!

They also make there own cheese, so being a cheese lover, I just had to try some of their sharp cheddar which went perfect with the apple.  

After looking around their little farmer's market, we decided to head over to their orchards and winery.  The first thing that we noticed about this part of the farm, is that there were so many people again.  Then we began to smell the most wonderful smell...homemade donuts.  We found where they were selling homemade pumpkin spice, and apple cider donuts for a dollar a piece.  Warm donuts are so good, especially when it is 50 degrees outside.  

Next to the donut stand was a very unique display of gourds.  I can remember every Thanksgiving my mom would get out her Thanksgiving decorations, and there would always be this basket of dried warty guards.  I always liked looking at and feeling these strange gourds when I was little, and seeing that stand of funny looking gourds brought back a lot of good fall memories.  

Matt and I decided that we would both pick out a small pumpkin to take home, and we decided on buying pie pumpkins so that I could make homemade pumpkin pie from scratch.  

We had a great time visiting Huber's Farm which reminded us a lot of Bate's Nut Farm back home in California.  Not only was the farm itself beautiful, but the drive there and back was so colorful and relaxing.  

As for our life here at Southern Seminary, things have been going well.  God has definitely been testing us in many ways lately.  But, it seems like He does that when you commit to training yourself to serving Him.  One of the biggest tests that He gives us here is to trust Him to take care of our finances.  He always does, but this does not mean that I don't ever worry about where the money is going to come from.  He is an amazing provider, and I pray that I will learn to trust Him more.  Last Monday I told you about my car breaking down, well, it's okay now.  We took it to the mechanic and we found out that the catalytic converter is completely broken now.  In California, this would be a problem because of the pollution regulations, but here in Kentucky they say that as long as you have a catalytic converter in your car, broken or working, it's fine.  So, I have about another year or so, before I have to get the exhaust system worked on.  Sometimes God answers our problems in very mysterious ways. :)   Pray for Matt because he has a big paper due in just a few weeks.  It is different writing a paper at the Seminary level compared to the Bachelor's level, so pray that he will be able to understand and properly use all of the writing guidelines.  Thank you all so much for your prayers, and your patience in reading my very long blog posts. :)  We miss you all, and we wish you all a happy Autumn.