Last Day(s) of School

Happy summer! My last day of school pictures are not neat and tidy, but it feels appropriate for this season and our life these days. Yesterday was the last day for all but Kari. She’s done today! I forgot to take pictures in the morning yesterday and caught Grant and Aubrey when they got off the hot bus. Joel went to a friend’s house after school with some buddies, and he jumped in their pool with his clothes on, hence the dripping wet photo with bare feet.  (He’s grown 3 inches in the last 6 months!) I forgot to get Kari’s photo this morning (she wasn’t sad), and she’s going to a friend’s house to swim after finals and then to a tennis lesson, so yesterday’s quick-snapped photo with her to-be-burned stack of school work has to do. 

I picked up Russell and Ellery after school, and they are going to be spending the next two days at our house while Brian finishes up at work. Emily checked in today to Serenity Lane for rehab down in Eugene. This is such a long-awaited answer to prayer! It's just surreal. We've wanted and prayed for her to get help for so many years. Hopefully, this will get her on the road to recovery and restoration of relationships and health.