Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Family, Friends, Farewells...

The past several weeks seem quite a blur.  They have been FULL weeks, and the highlights (at least) are worth sharing.

As mentioned in our previous post, we managed to squeeze in a South Carolina long-weekend for July 4th.  In addition to gender reveal parties, we had lots of outdoor fun with family!

G & Papa fishing

Nana's turn to help G catch fish

"Cheese"

Savoring the sweetness of summer

Picking flowers at Nona's...
especially a treat since G planted these flowers with Nona in May!

Loving the horses

Airplane ride with Boppy

We returned to Wichita late Monday night, July 8th -- just in time for one final week of work and school before leaving Wichita on Tuesday, July 16th.

Gracie's last week was a fun one.  Her class took two field trips -- one to a nearby bookshop for a special story time and another to the Children's Theatre for "Peter Rabbit."  We have been blessed by the loving staff at Jacob's Learning Ladder and will miss them!

Cookie Cake for G's last day
 Dean & Dianna were both blessed by farewell luncheons at work as well as sweet gifts -- candies for us as well as special things for baby boy!  It has been a privilege to serve and minister at GraceMed this past year, and we will miss our GraceMed family.

In the midst of packing and moving -- which would NOT have been completed without the help of church family and special friends -- we were able to savor our final moments (for now) with some dear friends.
Gracie & Gabi at Heartland's VBS
We also said to goodbye to our Heartland family.  Thanks for the prayerful send-off!!

Heartland Goodbyes

Final "Mr. Stan" snuggle
And, we squeezed in a little exercise-decompression time, too!



Whew ... DD&G


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