Our June in review..

 We have enjoyed time outdoors at the zoo...

 .. enjoyed getting wet at the splash park...

 enjoyed watching Elijah play and be silly and speak several languages...ever amazed at how well he is doing after his transplant!

 ....enjoyed graduation open houses for many of our friends...

 Enjoyed the (not so) quiet times sitting on the deck...

 ....enjoyed hanging out at a horse club open house...and seeing Maisy in her super cute cowboy boots!

 ...enjoyed watching Hope go off to her Junior Prom.

 ..enjoyed seeing the dinosaur exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo...and watching Kaden wear this shirt nearly every day of June (He is a football fanatic...24/7)

..enjoyed a picnic sponsored by the Children's Cancer research fund...

 ..enjoyed watching Hope perform after she attended a two week drama camp at the Children's Theatre...she sang a beautiful duet and strengthened her acting and singing skills so much.

 ..Here she is with Tyler and Joey, her drama teacher for the camp..

..enjoyed taking wedding pictures for a friend.

....enjoyed hanging out with friends 

..enjoyed the creativity of God's creations..

..and enjoyed the beauty all around us.

We are blessed. This morning, I am refreshed with God's mercies renewed. I can do this. I have so much to be thankful for. There is so much beauty begging to be seen through the struggles that we are facing right now. I am so incredibly blessed...and today I will face the struggles with a renewed sense of hope. Thanks to friends who listen to my struggles, cry with me, laugh with me and help remind me that what we are doing here in the trenches is God's work and even when I miserably fail...

...of course, the teenagers aren't up yet :)

...and now I understand why teenagers are wired to sleep late in the mornings...so their parents have more time to pray and read scripture that will carry them all through the day!