Wrapping up June

Today is the last day of June.  I think we have filled the month very well.

Since last Monday we have:

• attended eleven medical appointments between the four of us (dental, wellness, vision, and orthopaedic)  
• met up for ten lunch or dinner meetings (that I can think of off the top of my head -- I might have missed one or two).
• taken the kids to three play dates.
• completed Ellie's long-awaited assessment
• spoken in two church services. 
• shared at one gathering of friends.
• attended a class reunion over three days.
• participated in multiple Skype and conference calls...

It shouldn't have been a surprise when Reni couldn't keep his eyes open yesterday afternoon and slept off a low-grade fever.  Out of a sense of plain fatigue (and concern for Reni) we cancelled our plans for this afternoon to rest up for the appointments remaining before we leave our dear Kentucky home at the end of the weekend.

Below are some photo highlights from the past week...

(Above)  We met with our friends, the Nichols' family one night for supper.  Thanks for meeting up with us in the midst of unpacking into your new home!

(Below)  One evening was particularly nice for a walk so we took the kids on a walk through campus.  Ellie requested the photo below with the original Asbury College building so she could be photographed 'with history.'

(below) Last week Ellie was able to have an assessment that provided us with some more pieces to her puzzle.  We are so grateful for our Kentucky family (it was a join effort between our home church and pediatrician) who helped connect us to this doctor who provided Ellie's testing last Thursday morning over several hours.  We have passed the results along to her educational specialist (and American based in Europe) who will combine those results with the achievement tests she took in February to help guide us in making choices for Ellie's future studies.

Later that day we had dinner with our new friends, the Siebenthalers, but didn't remember to take a selfie then!  We bumped into them later at Reunion and snagged a photo op then.

I will hopefully post another separate post on Reunion weekend later, so insert that chronologically here. :-)

Sunday after church (a good time reconnecting with our friends at DayBreak Community -- sorry now photos!) we met up with Asbury friends, the Littles (whom Ellie calls 'the Tinys' -- she just thought their real name was too humorous for words).

Monday we had dinner with the Mazza clan!  We've known Damon and Enid from our early days at First Alliance Church when we were both newlyweds!

Tuesday we spent more than four hours seeing all of Reni's specialists at Shriners (he's a special guy!) in their new facilities at the University of Kentucky.  We love our friends there.

Our little nut gets goofy waiting for his turn to be seen. I'm pretty sure this is not how this equpment was designed to be used.

Below Reni gets cast for new boots!  His last pair are four years old and waaay too small.  He's excited to have these wrapped in Star Wars graphics.  Not sure why he looks so serious below!

I can't get enough of driving back country roads in Kentucky.  It's just so beautiful, y'all.  #wideloads #skinny roads.

Dinner Tuesday with the Mungillos!  Love these guys! No family pic as Morgan succumbed early to jetlag (they just returned from an overseas trip a few days before).

Ellie makes friends so easily everywhere we go...

No pics from our friends gathering at WGM Wednesday, but this one taken long after most had left.  Super special to have these guys come (three all the way from Louisville)!

Thanks for hanging in through this little photo re-cap!  It's far from all-inclusive, to be sure.  So while we are tired, we are blessed -- blessed to be able to see so many dear ones, blessed to have such a supportive community, blessed to be here at all.

Now what will July have in store?