Sunergos Barista Jam

The new Sunergos location is almost done!!! We opened the other day for a barista competition. The place was full of life and it was pretty exciting for us. Here are a few pictures from the evening. The last two are just us at the shop. We stopped by last Sunday and Brian made me a drink and we just enjoyed the place for a bit with the kids. Otto seemed to think the couch was pretty perfect for a nap.

Me with Tim and Stephanie!

This picture was taken from the back room that will be the roastery soon.

Kane leading a coffee cupping.

Aleasha and Lydia with Emily in the back - Lydia is going to start working as a barista!!!

Otto approves of the new Sunergos couch.

Poor Eli....

Little Eli has been under the weather the past few days. I think he is on the up today - at least he can blow his own nose!

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A New Fun Place!

Recently I have started bringing the boys to the Louisville Science Museum. They both really enjoy going there and it is a lot cooler than the zoo on our 90+ degree days! Here are a few pictures from our last visit.

water play!

Here they connect these tubes and roll balls through them. They played with this for about 30 minutes- they really seemed to enjoy it.

Otto the bus driver- watch out!!

Looking for creatures....

Row row row your boat!

Thankfully our first time out on the boat with Aaron and Marla was mostly uneventful - no rowing required. It was really pleasant out and the water was even pretty warm. We are excited to get back out and enjoy the lake - now we are on a search for a good beach. Hopefully we will find one before summer is over.

I like the matching shades here.

Otto wasn't real happy in the water, but he did pretty well. I sang to him, "row row row your boat..." about 50 times and that helped.

Marla using the gator.

Conversations with Otto

Here are a couple videos I took of Otto talking with Grandma Kay the other day. I just had to share them both so Grandma could see it from this side of the phone. The first one is a little long, but the ending is pretty cute - I think he was trying to make the vacuum noise. I also like how Otto tries to kiss Grandma's picture on my phone after he says bye bye in the second video.

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Our Mexican Fiesta!

A few months ago we joined a church plant in our neighborhood called Antioch. It is a church that is multicultural and reaches out to our refugee neighbors. We have been greatly blessed through the fellowship and life of this church, so I thought it would be good to share some of these pictures from our family group gathering with you all. This night we shared a meal with a Mexican theme- for our Somali friends here it was their first experience with Mexican food. One funny happening- midway through the meal Eli walked over to the wood pile and pulled down his pants and went pee... oh boy.

I made this tasty gem. It is a mexican mocha cinnamon vanilla pudding chocolate cake with just a shot of whiskey- no worries though for our straight edged Baptists friends- I am for sure the alcohol all cooked away!

Otto here was pulling on the water spout... and looking quite happy with himself.

Otto LOVES babies- he just stood here and played with Meadow's little feet- it was sweet.

Otto and Moses - Yeah!

Boys boys and more boys

This is our house lately. The boy on the far corner with the balloon is over pretty much all the time these days. His name is Isaac and he lives next door. In fact he is riding on Rody as I am writing this :) He is kind and a fun friend for Eli. The other kids in this are Levi and Judah, they are Danielle and Eric's boys. Here Judah is entertaining the crowd with his Mario Cart game skills.

11 Years!

I guess the title says it all! Our babysitter and super sweet friend, Stephanie, took this picture before we left for our date night!

Night Night

Got to love the sleeping little ones- so sweet. I just have to check on them every night to get a little glimpse of them so peaceful. This night they were both cuddling their animals and I had to capture it!

Porch Days are Here!

We love to hang out on the porch once things warm-up. Notice in the video that Otto is wearing a coat... something he insists on from the moment he gets up, "coat, coat, coat..." He will find one and bring it to me to put on even when it is 80 degrees outside or inside. So funny, but for some reason it makes him pretty happy to wear it.

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Bernheim

Yes, we travel this way a lot these days. Eli was sooo excited to go to Bernheim that he packed his bag, put on his boots, grabbed his butterfly net and then waited at the back door for 30 minutes while I got Otto up from his nap and gathered our things to go. Then he fell asleep on the way, but that worked out fine because Otto needed lunch.

We started out with the kids staying pretty dry, but once Otto fell in - picture number two - we just let them play.

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Mother's Day

I had the delight of having my Mom here over Mother's Day!

Eli made me a card... so sweet!

McDonald's and Barbie

Eli and Otto had their first experience eating at a McDonald's and playing with a Barbie all at once. Otto seemed to know exactly what to do with the Barbie- see video.

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Big Wheel

Riding a big wheel seems to be a childhood classic that I know I look back on w/all sorts of fun memories. It can get you around, when flipped over it becomes an ice cream maker or whatever your childhood mind turned it into. Eli so far loves it! He especially seems to like to go down the hills w/his feet off to the side... weeeeee!

Chop Chop!

Eli got a haircut at a salon! He was sooooo good. He sat more still than I have ever seen him before and I think he is really happy with the shorter hair- less for Mama to brush!

Derby Races

Derby weekend is quite an exciting time around here- as many of you know who have visited during this eventful time in Louisville. It was just the other weekend and in honor of the races I was hoping to have a mini derby race of our own, but these jockeys, Eli and Levi, were much more interested in bouncing high, riding backwards and purposeful crashing - which was super cute! Don't worry, no one got hurt.