Fall Scenery

Several have asked about the fall colors in Kentucky. We didn't think to take many pictures, but here are a few we have to share...we'll try to do more (with people in them) next year!

Fishing Trip

Braden: When dad took us fishing last week, I did not even know that morning that we were going! It was a great surpise and I actually caught fish! As you can see from the pictures, it was raining most of the time, but it was still really fun. Addie did not think it was fun being out in the rain at all. She kept whimpering and hiding under my dad's legs. I want to go fishing again because I know that there are fish to be caught and it is really fun.

KaraBeth: I caught my first fish ever! My daddy helped me bring him in. I also got to walk on a trail that took us to the spot where we fished. The first thing I wanted to do when we got there was play around in the woods. I got to wear Braden's cowboy boots.

This is when we first arrived. I wasn't sure we were

going to be able to fish with the rain falling.

Even though it was raining, we went ahead and tried.

Here is the first fish I caught! I ended up catching three.

Kara Beth didn't seem to care about the rain at all.

KaraBeth's first fish! She didn't know what to think at first.

Animal Planet!

We went to the Falls of the Ohio State Park last weekend. We found a creek that drained into the Ohio River and we followed it all the way to its end. As we got near the River, we heard a splash in the water, but we didn't know what it was. Then, we heard another splash and this time we saw some bubbles under the water. We followed them to see what it was when it came up for air. It took a long time, but finally it came up and it was. . . a beaver!

We threw rocks near it to make it swim again and it went back under water. We followed the air bubbles again, but we lost track this time. Then, dad noticed Addie looking at something in the water. We looked at what she was looking at and it was the beaver again. This time, he was swimming down the creek toward us! We stood and watched as he went to his hole and got out of the water! Here are the pictures we got:

Here's the beaver swimming up to his hole.

At first, Addie was a little suspicious. Then, she was just curious.

Here the beaver is leaving and going into his hole.

Here is the mound that the beavers live in. There is an underwater entrance that we saw another beaver swim into (because we saw his air bubbles go to it).

Fore!!!

This fall I started to learn how to play golf. I like to play golf because I get to spend time with my dad and it is fun. There is a golf course here in Louisville called Cherokee Golf Club. Hole #7 is really hard and we call it "The Beast." The first time we played it, we nearly died. But this time, we beat it! There's no telling what will happen the next time we play!

Here's my swing so far...


It just so happens that this was my best shot all day!

I'm glad my dad was taking pictures on this one!

Clark State Forest

Braden: We went into Indiana to the Clark State Forest. We climbed up into a forest fire lookout tower! It was so high that you could see forever and the truck and Addie looked like ants down below! We also went to a lake in the forest and found a good fishing spot to come back to one day soon. I found a trail in the woods and it went along a mountain top and there were several trees that had fallen down across the trail that we had to climb over. We think this will be a good place to come camping and I hope we can do it soon!

Kara Beth: I liked all the butterflies and trees. We also found a horse camp where a lot of cowboys were camping with their horses. During the day they went through the woods on horse trails with their horses. It was really pretty and I want to go there with a horse someday too. The fire lookout tower was so high that it was scary. Addie looked like an ant on the ground and I wanted to get down very fast.

The Three Amigos.

Braden standing at the base of the fire tower.

Looking up!

Looking out!

Looking down!

There are probably some big fish in this lake!

Shaker Village

We spent the most beautiful day with Mom / Nana at Shaker Village outside Pleasant Hill, KY, about an hour's drive from here. When I (Jennifer) was a child, our family stopped here on a road trip vacation to the east coast. It was so good to get to go back again with Mom and my own kids, too. What a charming place!

They have people in costume showing and explaining how the Shakers lived here in the 1800's. This man was a cobbler and was making shoes using wooden pegs instead of nails. He gave each of us a chance to drive a peg into the sole of a shoe. It's harder than it looks!

More pictures . . .

A big, huge thank you to Nana for a memory-making day!

Horse Farms

We recently took my mom and dad to some horse farms in the Lexington area when they were in town to visit. You would think Kara Beth would felt like she was in heaven itself, but she met up with a cat that seemed to captivate her undivided attention. Nevertheless, she did enjoy the horses and has greatly improved her impersonation of them in daily life as a result of our experience.

Legoville, KY

While we were on our Riverboat Ride (2 blogs ago), we saw a boat yard where various types of boats were manufactured. In fact, several boats instrumental in World War II were made there. Upon seeing this, Braden thought it would be good if we tried to re-create this out of legos. The next weekend we spent a large chunk of time working together and here's what we came up with...

SBTS Chapel

Two weeks ago, I went to chapel with my dad. The preacher, David Platt, was talking about missions. He said that people across the ocean and here in America need to know about God. He also said that some people go to hell because they have not heard about Jesus. That is why we need to tell them about him.

He also said that when we go outside of the church it is like going ouside a camp. Inside the church is clean and safe, but outside the church is dirty and dangerous. When we go outside the camp we are on a mission to tell people about Jesus.

Pastor Platt told us that Jesus spent most of his time outside of the camp. We should do the same. We need some time in the camp, but we really need to be outside because that is where all the people who don't know Jesus live.

Posted by Braden.

Riverboat Ride

We took a riverboat ride on the Ohio River. The pictures pretty much tell the whole story...