The last two months have been exceptionally full! School was very busy, church is very busy, and life with our family has been very busy! But, on Friday I took my last final and skipped home (not really, but almost)! I will get a small break for a week and then I will need to start preparing for summer classes. It will be a full summer. Ministry at church will be busy this summer, I will be working full time, and trying to take classes as well. With the conclusion of this semester, I am 2/3 of the way done! Praise the Lord! With everything going on, this has probably been my hardest semester. If the Lord continues to provide financially, I should be able to graduate next May, although it will be a push to make it. That being said, we are losing the babysitting job in September that Jess has here at home. That currently accounts for nearly half of our income. So, if the Lord brings it to mind, please be in prayer with us regarding that situation. We are confident the Lord will provide because He has so faithfully provided thus far. However, we are curious!

Derby time just concluded here in Kentucky and three weeks ago, we all went down to Thunder over Louisville. It is a 6 hour airshow, followed by the largest firework show in the nation. We all went to the airshow, but I took Kate and Rose back down to watch the fireworks that evening. It was a really fun time. The firework show truly was incredible. It was comparable to the largest firework finale you have ever seen, but ongoing for 30 minutes. The finale was so strong and loud, it felt as if someone was pounding our chest with their fists as fast as they could. When it was over, I was laughing and turned to Kate, asking her what she thought. She said, "That was really loud in my tummy...I think I am going to throw up!" It was a good memory with them!

We were going to go camping this weekend to get some time away as a family after a crazy semester, but a cold front with rain came in. So, we are staying home. I am still going to take Monday off of work and we are going to relax together as a family. The weekend has been relaxing and we are grateful. On Friday night we went to pizza to celebrate the end of the semester, as is our tradition. Yesterday we hung out at home and I didn't do any school work! First Saturday not doing school work since the beginning of January. It was great!

There a bunch of pictures from the last month below. I will try to put some more up in the next week or two. I have more, but I thought it was full enough!

Blessings,
Shane


Kate relaxing on the back porch. It is really nice to have a porch and a lawn! We are barbecuing once in a while and it is great! We can't really afford much meat here because it is so expensive. So far we just have chicken or hamburgers. We miss barbecued steaks!


Hiking in Southern Indiana


Watching jets at Thunder over Louisville. The girls plug their ears because there are a lot of military jets, such as F-16's that come over really low and do a lot of cool stuff. It is really fun to watch!




A glimpse of the firework show!


The girls as we are waiting for the fireworks to start. It was a cold and rainy day!






The girl's birthday celebration. Jess found white "fancy" gloves in the $1 section of Target. They were pretty excited!


My Mom made these outfits for the girl's babies.




Rose loves having a real baby in the house! Sometimes too much!




The girls after a fun time in the yard. Our back yard is bowl and when it rains the neighbors lawns, as well as our driveway drains into the back yard. When we get a good rain, about 2/3 of the yard is under water. The girls love to play in the water!