Bike Ride

My father-in-law is riding with a group from the Christian Firefighters Association across the country. Did I mention he is on a bicycle?! He is in amazing shape to say the least. They started in San Francisco on August 1st and will end on September 11th in D.C. to ride in a parade honoring firefighters. Well he happened to be close to us in Kentucky this last weekend so we drove to Harrodsburg to see him. The team was staying the night in the local fire department so Jack got to sit in a fire truck and meet real firemen. He is young to understand the coolness of that but he didn't want to get out of the fire truck so I know he realized it was a special boy thing to see. There happens to be an amazing Fort right in the area so we did some touring as well. Fort Harrod was a protected place for those on their way West. I saw one of the most amazing trees- Orange Osage Tree. This tree happens to be the unofficial biggest osage tree in the nation (unofficial because it has a split trunk). When inside the boughs of the tree you could feel a cool air- very refreshing.
Also I found out about this fun and free thing to do with the kids. On Thursday at the Louisville art museum you can go in the basement where there is rooms of interactive games/toys etc. for the kids. It is all age specific. I loved it. Jack was overwhelmed at first but then he got really excited when he realized he was supposed to touch stuff and play with it. He is so used to me telling him not to touch! Some new friends met us at the museum. They just adopted a boy (Miles is his name) from Ethiopia. Miles smile is amazing! I look at him and get chills thinking about God's grace to give him a Christian family versus life in an orphanage. It certainly reminds me to praise God for our adoption as sons and daughters and our inheritance in God's kingdom.
One last update- I am trying to get Isabel to sleep more at night. I have let her cry for the last few nights and miraculously she hasn't woken up Jack. However, she hasn't gone back to sleep either. I'm hopeful though- I'm not giving up on the idea of getting a full nights rest sometime before her first birthday or 21st or somewhere inbetween! Hopefully sooner than later.