Visiting Louisville!

April was a fun month for the Dilleys!  We had the opportunity to travel back to Louisville for the first time since we moved away three years ago.  Chris attended the Together for the Gospel Conference and the kids and I were able to visit old friends and the city we called home for nearly ten years.  It was so much fun!  Nearly everywhere we went, we ran into old friends, neighbors, co-workers, schoolmates, or church members and we it was a blessing to see how the Lord has been working in their lives.  There were too many highlights of the trip to write about, so I'll give you some snapshots of our favorite memories:

 We stayed at the Galt House downtown and the kids met a bellhop, Sean, who gave them some awesome rides on the luggage cart all week long.

The Louisville Zoo holds a lot of special memories for us, so it was really fun to be able to go back!  I put in some pictures of past years below so you can see how much the kids (especially Emma) have grown.

Emma 2010 (I am pregnant with Ethan)

Emma 2011

Emma 2014

This is one of our closest college friends, Lindsey!  She and I made many (mainly mischevious) memories together.

 This is another one of our closest college friends and Chris' roommate, Tim.  Pray for him as he is seeking to serve the Lord over in New Zealand!

 Thanks to the planning of our former Class Leader Trent Hunter, we had a class reunion for all those who were a part of Dr. Wellum's Adult Bible Fellowship Class!  Here are the wives who were able to come (the men are on the other side of the table).

For the first time, we were able to visit my college roommate and best friend Wendy at her home in Indiana!

The gang was together again and they are getting so big.  From left to right: Silas, Ethan, Eli, Emma, and Titus. 

This is the only part of Louisville that Emma remembers - the long stairs at our old apartment!

These were our old apartment that we brought our babies home to!  The one on the left was our apartment when Emma was born and the one on the right was our apartment when Ethan was born.

While it was fun to go back and visit the city we called home for so long, it was a blessing to be able to come back to our new home in Michigan.  It is a reminder that the Lord really does direct our paths and no matter where he leads us, he has provided for us every step of the way and will continue to.