Little Sluggers!

This past weekend we celebrated with friends and family and showered Megan with gifts for the twins. The theme was Minnesota Twins - which is the major league baseball team where David and Megan live. I have a feeling the Mathis family will stock up on Minnesota Twins gear over the years - it will never get old for us! Here are some pics from the weekend. I love my sister-in-law Megan so dearly. She has made our family so much better - and Jason has too! I already love our nephews so very much and look so forward to holding both of them!!

Last family picture before the twins!

Love this pic of Anna. This girl knows how to do showers! She's the queen.

I love my sister!

These boys are set for baseball!

March Madness!

The month of March has brought nicer weather, new jobs and lots of basketball for the Reads! We've spent several afternoons at the park a few miles from our house thanks to the warmer spring temps. We are perfectly fine with seeing no more snow until next year! Louisville is so beautiful and it's fun to be outside. There are several parks near us and it's so nice to walk the trails and paths.

I accepted a job in Admissions at the seminary last week!! The position is called Guest Services Coordinator, and I'll be work with prospective students, trying to make their experience visiting Southern first-class. I'll represent the seminary at conferences and events, and I'm excited about the staff I'll be working with. Since my temporary job isn't over yet (the lady is still out on maternity leave), starting tomorrow, I'll be spending half of my day in the Admissions office and the other half in the Operations office. Thankfully, both of these departments are willing to be flexible and split my time! I don't mind working in both areas for a few more weeks. I'm so thankful God has provided a full-time job in His perfect timing. Jason and I will still drive to work/school together each day, which is a huge plus!

We've been glued to our tv the past few weekends watching the NCAA tournament. We love cheering for the "under dogs," and probably our favorite game so far has been watching Butler beat Syracuse! We were hoping Wofford and Clemson would have made if farther than they did. Unfortunately, the Kentucky Wildcats were unable to beat West Virginia last night, so the bracket I filled out is toast. I had Kentucky winning it all!

Next weekend we are heading to Spartanburg to spend Easter with the entire Mathis fam and to host a shower for Megan, our sister-in-law, who is expecting twin boys! The boys are due late this summer, and we cannot wait to shower Meg with gifts and support for these two little guys!!

Happy First Birthday, John!

Today is our sweet nephew's first birthday! It has been so wonderful to live five minutes away from Jason's sister and brother-in-law and our nephew. We've only lived here two months and already we've shared many specials memories with them - Super Bowl party, watching 24, walks to the pizza place, book clubs, dinners, babysitting John, and so much more! We love them so much!

We are so blessed to have the most incredible nephew and neice in the world! Our neice is only two hours away - so much closer than when we lived in SC. Will post more about her later. Here's a picture of Jason and me with John this past Thanksgiving, and the second is of John helping his dad and Papa work on the shelves. He's such great a helper! This year would not have been as fun and exciting without his precious life. We love you, John, and look forward to many more years with you!! We could not be more delighted in you.

A Snowy Walk

The seminary was cancelled again this past Monday because of more snow so that left us with no classes and no job for the day. But we got reading and cleaning done, and later in the day we bundled up and walked with the Speidens to a local pizza place for dinner! (I think we've found the Louisville version of the Brick, all you Columbus, NC Brick-loving folk!)




Here's our adorable eskimo nephew. He was great and enjoyed the walk!

This is Where We Live - Part One

We are snowed in today - again! It was fun last week, but now it's a little frustrating because Jason is missing class and since I'm working an hourly job, I'm not getting paid when the office is closed! It is beautiful though! And it's been fun to stay in

side and watch the Olympics.

I figured I would take this time to post and share some pictures of what our place looks like. First, I'll post pictures of the kitchen because this is where I spend all my time! Okay, not really, but I have been cooking more! Here's a shot from when you first walk in the kitchen door from the dining room. We love the wooden floors! The back door goes out to the little deck we have.

This is our breakfast nook in the back corner of the kitchen. There's not much counter space, but the microwave fits perfectly on the cart.

Sink and dish washer!

We're quite the magnet collectors. We started buying a magnet in each state we traveled to when we worked for Upward. Thankfully we're not going anywhere anytime soon because we don't have any room for more magnets...

Hope you enjoyed the quick peak of our kitchen! We will post pictures from the other rooms soon!

Gettin' in the Groove of Things

Three of the five weekends we've been in Louisville have been snowy! The school kids must be frustrated around here because the only time it's been snowing has been Friday - Saturday. So most schools haven't missed a day. But it's been peaceful and beautiful, and we've been staying in anyways as Jason's been studying hard and we are still getting our place settled.

Jason started classes two weeks ago, and my temporary job started the day after. I took a job as an Administrative Assistant for the VP of Operations at the seminary, and I am absolutely loving it. I'm filling in for a lady who just had a baby. Thankfully I was able to train with her for three days, but her baby came early, so I've been on my own for a week now. She's planning to come back in three months, so I'm still on the hunt for a permanent full-time job. Jason and I are both ready for the job searching to be over. It will be a relief when I've got a good-paying job, because right now we're not sure if he needs to be looking for one too. Our preference is that school can be his full-time job.

The temp job been such a blessing - we ride to the seminary in the morning - I go to work, Jason goes to class. When he's not in class, he's studying, and then we ride home together after work!! Also, we've been taking advantage of the workout room at the seminary, and are loving the indoor track!

Jason really loves his classes, especially Greek! He had the alphabet down before the first day of class, and has been teaching me some words. He's learning so much in all of his classes, and I'm enjoying hearing him talk about everything. I'm taking a class too - well, it's not for seminary credit, but it's with the Seminary Wives Institute. It's really cool! Well known professors at the seminary and their wives volunteer to teach class every Thursday night for two hours for wives of seminary students to help prepare them to serve alongside their husbands. I'm taking "Redeeming the Time," which basically helps you manage your time and your household!! Our homework the first week was to buy a planner! So I'm not spending quite as much time as Jason studying for my class...

So far, we've spent every other two weekends with one set of our parents - I'm not sure how it's worked out that way. My parents came three weekends ago, and Jason's parents came in from Indiana yesterday. Beth, Jason's sister who lives here, bought Beatles Rock Band and we rocked it way into the night last night. Even my in-laws were jamming! We're looking forward to spending more time with them today and tomorrow.

Our church in Spartanburg (Hope Point) has been sponsoring an orphanage in Haiti for several years. Jason and I sponsor a child at the orphanage - Stevenson. Two men from the church (good friends of ours) are going to Haiti this next week to help find a new home for the orphanage and help out with many other things. Please pray for their safety and that they are able to help so many hurting there.

A few shout-outs to friends of ours who have just had or are about to have babies: Congrats to Jamie and Brandon on the birth of James Bradford, Congrats to Shane and Kristin on the birth of Halle, and we are praying for Kelley and Jonathan as their TWIN boys are due this coming week!!

Louisville Slugger Pics

Here are more pictures from this past weekend.

Jason and me posing with one of the bats Mickey Mantle used at some point.

My parents and Babe Ruth!

Love this! Wish we had room for this in the living room.