-June 1st: finished moving into our new duplex, which I will post pictures of at some point
-June 5-8: our friends from Oklahoma, John and Brenda, visited us for a few days
-June 13-20: my parents, brother, and oldest niece and nephew came to visit, which was the most wonderful week ever! There was never a dull moment and I'm pretty sure we did just about everything there is to do in Louisville that week...including a whole day at Six Flags on one of the hottest days of the year!
-June 16: our 3 year wedding anniversary!
-June 28-30: my wonderful friend Jamie and her son Grant came to visit from Michigan! We had a great time!
So that was a glimpse of the past month, not to mention our normal everyday work schedules and everything else. Just a side note...we NEVER have visitors (except for Mark's parents who usually come to visit every once in awhile, which we enjoy). In fact, we haven't had a single out of town visitor since we moved here a year ago. But for some reason, we had 3 sets of visitors all in the same month! I'm not gonna lie...it was wonderful to have visitor after visitor and I had the most wonderful time with everyone! But maybe next year we could space our visitors out a little:) I kind of got spoiled with all the visitors, and to be honest I have been feeling very lonely for the past several days. Sadie was spoiled too...she misses all the extra attention from the kiddos.
As for July, we don't really have any plans as of yet...other than to make some very big decisions regarding jobs, school, church, and adoption. The whole adoption process has been on my mind a lot lately. Our month of July started out with a meeting with another adoption agency. We thought we had our minds set on domestic adoption, but after meeting with this other agency we are now seriously considering international adoption, particularly from the African country of Ethiopia. I am so confused about what God wants us to do and how a young couple pursuing a career in ministry like ourselves is going to be able to afford the $20,000+ to bring our child home. I know God has a perfect plan, but I constantly find myself very anxious about it all and I don't know how to calm my anxious thoughts. Please pray for us as we continue to pursue God's will in this challenging time in our lives. Also, I have decided that since most of my blog posts recently seem to be about our adoption process...I am going to start a separate blog that is dedicated purely to our adoption journey. That way this blog can be devoted to our everyday lives, and if you care to read about our adoption journey and support us through it, you can read the new blog, which will be coming soon! Here are a couple pics from when my niece and nephew came to visit us along with my parents.
