Thankful List for June 2016

Thankful List for June:
-waiting... and trying to be thankful for His timing
​-"​Adoption can make more love, and risk can make more hope, and giving dangerously can make a heart miraculously fuller." Ann Voskamp
-“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.”  Elizabeth Elliot

And a few random things that have nothing to do with adoption:
-getting to spend one on one time with Libby while the boys went to Colorado on a missioin trip-playing in the rain, watching Peter Pan, listening to her read, having tons of intentional conversations, watching every single American Girl movie, hearing her say over and over "I love you so much, Mommy" because quality time is her love language.
-Melissa Sharp and the multiple times she watched Libby
-hearing and seeing the updates of the guys mission trip and Tuck's excitement over all the extra thing they got to do (visit Wyoming briefly, visit Garden of the gods, attend a Colorado Rockies game). And the reports of how hard our 8 year old worked- keeping up with college students, serving right beside them, and even taking orders and making sandwiches for each student). Thankful they got to share this trip together.

-June preschool/children's ministry activities
-dinner and dessert with Tiller's
​-our family vacation road trip: first stop St. Louis where we met up with my parents
               -St. Louis: riding to the top of the Arch

                  -St. Louis: visiting the City Museum 

                    -St. Louis: attending St. Louis Cardinals game
                    -Springfiled, IL: short stop to visit Lincoln's house (the kids found becoming Junior Park Rangers way more interesting)

                              -Next stop: Bridgeman, Michigan to visit our dear friends- the Withers

                          -Michigan: visiting local children's museum and ice cream, eating great pizza

                     -Visiting Notre Dame, playing in the Withers back yard, watching the girls "trampoline show", catching fire flie s

                        -Watching the sunset over Lake Michigan

                     -Sweet time for these two friends

                    -Chicago: Navy Pier, deep dish pizza, Chicago Cubs game for the boys, getting to catch up with an old friend and meet her youngest babies.

                         -Travels for the kids to visit Nana and Papa:  seeing lots of family, geocaching, lizard catching adventures, swimming, making pretzels, painting

                          -Travels for kids to see Mimi and Pops- seeing more family, watching Finding Dory, seeing the Braves, hiking, kayaking, bread and soap making

-Tuck getting to visit four new ballparks in one month.

-dinner out with Carson and Kelli
-a long phone call with Dianna...so good to catch up with her
-Kasi dying my hair
-Church without Walls
-Getting to fly back with the kids (they were so excited to fly again), Having them back home.