Seven
Seven. As of today, that’s how many years Brian and I have lived in Louisville. It’s so very, very hard to believe that we’ve been here this long. What’s even harder to believe is that this could/probably will be our last year here. Sniff, sniff. No, it’s more like BOO HOO!!!!
Brian is in his final year of the PhD program at Southern and he’s hard at work on his dissertation. Lord willing, he’ll graduate next May. And then what? We have no idea whatsoever. We are praying that God would begin to prepare our hearts for whatever he has next for us and when the time comes that he would make his plans for us crystal clear.
So in honor of our 7th anniversary as Louisvillians, I decided to post 7 things about our last seven years here in the Bluegrass.
1. We rented this house for our first two years here, before buying and moving into the house we live in now.
2908 Bowman Avenue. It was a great little house for us and I do mean “little”. It was 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, but the attic was finished as one big room. I had about 3 feet total of counter space in the kitchen and no dishwasher. We have some great memories from our time there. (And yes, I used to have really, really short hair. I don’t know why.)
2. My first, and only, job here: 3rd and then 4th grade teacher at Overdale Elementary School in Bullitt County from 2002-2005.
Brian’s first job here (Nov. 2002-May 2003):
Brian’s second job (May 2003-present):
3. It took us a whole entire year to find a church home once we moved here. Ugh…we have some really horrible Sunday School visitation stories if you ever want to hear them. We fell in love with Highview Baptist Church and became members in 2003. We attend their East Campus pictured below.
4. Since living here we’ve experienced an earthquake, two wind storms, and a major ice storm which left snow and ice on the ground for two weeks. And actually, all of those have happened in the last year. While it’s been nice getting to experience snow each winter we’ve lived here, the winters in Louisville are absolutely mind numbing. It is gloomy, dreary, damp, cold, depressingly awful. You almost forget that the sun exists. Seriously, it’s that bad. That’s probably the #1 thing I will not miss whenever we move.
5. Both of our sweet kiddos were born here. My doctors were from Women’s First and I delivered both precious babies at Baptist East Hospital. I was always worried about having babies away from home but I could not have had a more wonderful experience than I had here.
6. About a year and a half after we moved here, Brian’s mom relocated here to also attend Southern. It’s been nice to have family in town and really nice to have a babysitter!
7. Number of times we’ve been to the Kentucky Derby or Thunder Over Louisville since we’ve lived here: zero.
Sad, I know. We keep saying we’re going to go before we move. I guess it looks like we need to go this year!
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I've been married for eight years to the most amazing man and I'm a stay-at-home mom to a beautiful two year old little girl. I was born and raised in the Heart of Dixie, but have spent the last five years living in Louisville, Kentucky while my husband has attended Southern Seminary. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, reading, playing games, shopping for little girls’ clothes, gardening, decorating, and attempting to sew. I absolutely love watching SEC College Football and I'm a huge Auburn Tiger fan.