What we've been up to

Although fall is my favorite season, it also seems to be one of the busiest. Thus I have neglected catching you all up on what is happening with us.
Lets start with Luke.....
Luke started playing soccer this fall with an adult league here in Ashland. He made it through about 4 games before he hurt his quad muscle! We had fun going down to the field on Monday nights and watching him. He was planning on doing the 1st Annual Ashland Marathon in November but didn't get proper training due to his injury, but I'm sure he'll do it next year!

He also started the college ministry on Tuesday nights instead of Friday's and has limited the people who go to those who are specifically college students, so they can have a group of their own. He teaches a Monday noon study at SOU as well, which is a great time for the students to come and be refreshed in the Lord.
On top of that he has also started a "third Sunday service" which is on Saturday nights at our church. The Lord is truly blessing these ministries and continuing the good work which he began in Luke! I stand amazed at the love and obedience he has for God!

Luke is also an amazing daddy and Noah is just absolutely attached to him as soon as he walks in the door. They are funny, those two.....


On to Noah.......


This boy is such a joy to our hearts!!! I honestly don't go a day without thanking the Lord for him, he is such a blessing and brings so much joy to our lives!

These last few weeks for him have brought exciting changes. He began to walk last week and decided to take 5 whole steps his first crack at it. Just yesterday Luke finally got to see him take some steps (8). I never realized how exciting it could be watching him grow and learn new things!

On top of that, he is dancing, singing, clapping, and learning simple commands like "go get your baby". A note about that; we do not let him play with dolls, but yesterday Luke gave him this little baby (actually a little rubber figure of what a baby looks like in utero at 12 weeks). Noah instantly loved this thing and started sucking on its head. Luke took him on a walk and brought it with him and someone commented "he is sucking on a fetus"! I'm sure it looked weird!
Anyways later that day, Luke told Noah "go get your baby" and Noah crawled right into the living room and came back into the kitchen holding it in his hand! We were ecstatic :) .
Such a smart boy!

As for me.....I've been busy being a mommy!!! And a wife!!!!! :)
I can't think of anything too interesting to say! I'm finally going to cut my LONG hair (it's driving me nuts) as Noah tends to get his fingers caught in it.
Some of you know that I play guitar, and I have been asked to lead worship next month for a ladies seminar at our church. It's been a long time, so I'm starting to practice and get some callouses again.
Other than that, I'm looking forward to spending some time with family during the holidays and have been planning a birthday party for a little boy who will turn one next month!

Fall is in the air

We took Noah to the pumpkin patch last weekend. It was so cute to put him in a big pile of pumpkins and take pictures. We also went on a hay ride and there were animals to pet and look at (Noah was kind of freaked out by them, especially the bunny). Here are a few pics!