Know Better Love: Kendall

Monday, July 31, 2023

Day 4,506

The Kindergarten Mountain Graduation

We slept in.

Worked out.

And met Auntie Kim for breakfast!

Where she—unbeknownst to any of us—decided to totally spoil these extra-surprised little children!! It was SUCH a joy to see her again and for the babes to get to love on her too. She’s sure a treasure :) THANK YOU AUNTIE KIM for your thoughtfulness and intentional care!

We can’t wait to see y’all again!

AND THEN: KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION ON THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN!!

Our sweet little Ella Mae completed all her kindergarten work and asked if for her graduation, she could celebrate on the top of a mountain. Uhm, YES.

And so, to the top we went to celebrate our girl’s massive achievement in graduating kindergarten! Ella Mae, you had such a lovely, fun-filled, exciting first year of school and we are SO proud of how diligent you were in your work, in your effort, and in your attention. We can’t wait to continue through the years of school with you, as you learn all that God has for you. What a joy it is to watch you grow, Lady Kate!

We love you, 1st Grader!!!

She quickly changed, and 20 minutes later, we were halfway down the mountain, standing at the bottom of a GIGANTIC natural rock slide!

Wanna try?!

Yes?!

LET’S GO!

It was absolutely freezing but TOTALLY awesome!

Oh, what a day!

Day 4,505

The Ark Encounter

Daddy! Wake up! Time to go!

We said goodbye to our friends and our cabin and drove four hours north for our next vacation stop:

The Ark Encounter!!

Grandpa Larry and Grandma Tracy met us for this most incredible experience.

It’s nearly unspeakable how unbelievably thought-provoking and convicting our day at the Ark was. Bringing this biblical text to life underscored the sinful wickedness of humanity in contrast to our just, yet merciful Great God that rules over all creation. It highlighted the beautiful, simple, and utterly dependent trust Noah had in God, even in the midst of great scorn and opposition. Oh, that I would emulate such dependence in my own life! Visiting the Ark was sobering and humbling and a tremendous encouragement—that the Lord would choose to give us such examples of faith to look to is such a grace!

We probably needed another 6 hours to make it through all the Ark had to offer, buuuuuuut, three hours of walking and learning turned out to be enough for us!