Michael's Birthday & Louisville Trip

Well... though it was a week or two ago, Michael had a great birthday.  The Friday before- I took him on a Mystery Date and found 2 bookstores selling used books that he had not been to before.  We then picked up Gluten Free pizza at a place called "A Forkable Feast" and I packed a picnic and we headed to Ault Park.  We had not been in this area before- the East Side of Cincy.  The funny part of the evening was running into our friends the Carlsons- we had even mentioned to each other that we thought this was their favorite park and we turned around & there they were.  So they and their 4 girls showed us around the park!  Quite a great tour I might add!  We then came back for dessert at the Lyons.  I got Michael a gluten free Buckeye cake especially made for him and his mom made him his favorite- Butterfinger Ice Cream cake!  Jeremiah did great for his babysitters that night too!  

 We then headed to Louisville on Saturday for a short trip.  The Reigels were so gracious to let us stay in their apartment Sat. night.  They live out in a beautiful place in Kentucky near Louisville.  We then went to church at Faith on Sunday and enjoyed so much seeing so many sweet friends as well as connecting with our small group again!  They even bought us Hebrew National hot dogs.  :)  We also had a wonderful dinner and sweet visit with the Wojnicki family- our pastor and his family in Louisville.  Little Kate was so good with Jeremiah!  Sunday night, we stayed at another sweet hotel- our most hospitable hosts- Michael & Anne Marrs.  Michael surprised us with his presence as he was supposed to be away!  They were such sweet hosts!  And Monday I got to visit some people at work and had lunch with my co-worker Erin Joiner!  Jeremiah did great on the trip- we were a little nervous about his sleeping in the pack n play- but he did great- even slept through a pretty rough storm.  If we did not visit you- we are sorry- we only had limited time.  It was funny that my college friend Melissa Wagner also happened to be in Louisville so we met for a walk together.


Our trip ended in a unique way- as we arrived in Florence, KY- close to Cincy, and as we were about to eat our Chick fil A and I was nursing Jeremiah in the car- we saw some very severe clouds rolling in and the tornado warning sounded off.  We figured we should not be in the car, so we headed to the nearest store- Meijer.  Later- we were informed by Michael's mom that Mejer is the worse type of place to be if a tornado did come- oh well, we'll know better next time.  :)  We were very thankful to make it home.  :)