Braden finished up his undergraduate work in Biblical counseling at The Master's College in Santa Clarita, California. 
And although we were sad to leave the "Golden State", right after graduation in May, we packed up all our things and headed back across the country to Louisville, Kentucky. There Braden began his Master's of Divinity in Biblical counseling at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in August.
When we moved to Kentucky we had no apartment lined up, but by God's grace, it only took a few phone calls before we found a place to park the moving truck.
Shortly after we had signed the papers and moved in! Within a month or two we both found jobs, and a church to attend...so for now we have made Louisville our "home". Braden's studies will take at least 3 years to complete, but after that we aren't quite sure where we'll be...but we have time to pray and seek God's will for what He would have us do next.
And although we were sad to leave the "Golden State", right after graduation in May, we packed up all our things and headed back across the country to Louisville, Kentucky. There Braden began his Master's of Divinity in Biblical counseling at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in August.When we moved to Kentucky we had no apartment lined up, but by God's grace, it only took a few phone calls before we found a place to park the moving truck.
Shortly after we had signed the papers and moved in! Within a month or two we both found jobs, and a church to attend...so for now we have made Louisville our "home". Braden's studies will take at least 3 years to complete, but after that we aren't quite sure where we'll be...but we have time to pray and seek God's will for what He would have us do next.We have been very blessed to have been able to experience so much together in our year and a half of marriage and are very thankful that we have been granted favor in so many different areas of our life. We are now closer to our families in St. Louis and Braden is working hard at studies and really enjoys being a seminary student. I'm about to start a permanent position at the hospital I have been temping at. I'm really excited to be doing something new and different. I've been temping ever since we first moved to California, so it will be nice to finally have something more stable again.
I'm excited to see what 2008 will bring!
It was very neat. Definitely worth the $20/person. The museum was obvoius in the beliefs which they held - the Biblical account of creation and the history of the world as recorded in Scripture. The place was packed, so I only managed to get a few picture of some dinosaurs, most of which were not blogworthy.
Downtown Cincinnati had quite a bit to do even in the freezing cold. We walked around a little, took some pictures: 
...and it wasn't hard to find the outdoor ice rink: 
Other than that, we did some shopping with money we got for Christmas, ate some good food, and slept in our king size bed! What a treat! :) 
Baking and decorating cookies and gingerbread houses.: couple of hours and some skill
Spending Christmas at home with the people you love: priceless.
Hope you and yours had a very Merry Christmas!
The happy couple, boy Casey and Alicia, with one on the way!...
Mom making stuffing...
Dad preparing the pheasant he shot himself in South Dakota last weekend.
Me with my sisters, Kendra and Miranda...
Me, Alicia, boy Casey, and Braden at the bowling alley...
Braden bowling...
Cousins on my dad's side...
Us with my brother, Zach...
The Braden family...
Out to dinner with the team
Tractor ride to the pumpkin patch:
Found one!
Me too!
Lost in the corn maze:
We made it out alive!