"Leaving Gallaudet" by Josiah

It's hard to leave a place that you've been going to half your life.! Every summer I've been coming here and it feels like home. I love gally!

There is the all famus G

BYE BYE GALLY

THANKS GALLY

i am very very very very sad

Update....

well I'll be a fried egg on the sidewalk....

I did it!! We are DONE!!!

It has been a hot, busy month out here at Gally... with Cheryl forging through the last month of classes and Greg going from State baseball tournaments to as many free museums as possible. He and the kids were supposed to post pictures, by the way, and they just might get to that....
someday....
Meanwhile, the Kalers are packing up and ready to head out to phase GOD ONLY KNOWS. The job options in Los Angeles have not panned out, so we are keeping our eyes and hearts open for other possibilities. We just might take you through some of them if you hang with us awhile longer in the journey... we leave Saturday to reunite with Winnie in Kentucky, then are making our way South.

(Yes, its been 100 degrees and disgustingly humid in DC. And we are going SOUTH. Don't you wanna join us??!)

It is with great pride, gratitude, humility and wonder that we have made it this far, and now Cheryl (officially) has a Masters in School Counseling to show for it. I believe I feel a party in the air....

Love n hugs.... the Kalers

Berea and Bandages....

We've been wanting to learn more about the Appalachian culture while we've been here, so we took a day to visit the artistic community of Berea. It is located in the foothills of the Appalachians and is a town that was built around one of the first biracial and anti-slavery colleges (founded in 1850.) It is a tuition free liberal arts college where students work 10 hours a week to pay for classes. A lot of them make Appalachian crafts, including weaving, brooms, wood working, and making instruments. We happened upon a log cabin porch where there was a group playing dulcimer music... they were super sweet and stopped everything to show the Kalers how its done.

We also scored on some crafty items and a glass bead making demonstration- pure joy for the crafters in the family.. definately a must stop for you fellow travelers out there!

Meanwhile, back at the baseball camp, we took a break from the Louisville Slugger routine and decided to work on our balance.

Guess who worked the hardest??

White Sox, by JJ

JJ had a great season playing on the White Sox in Danville/Boyle County, Kentucky. He made it on the 10 year old all star team, and guess what!!
They won districts and went on to State!

Lugnuts, by Jo

This season I played in the junior machine pitch team, called the Lugnuts.

That's me getting ready to field a ground ball.

At bat!

That's us after the game. I really like my coach, he's nice!

At my first at bat I hit a homerun!

Its really fun to play baseball in Kentucky,

even though we're called the Lugnuts!

~ jojo

But wait! there's more....

So I've had some good revelations this week....one of them is that no matter what job God has for me this fall, it's gonna be a good one and exactly what I should be doing. For now, I am a proud and grateful mother....

in Kentucky!

"Let love and faithfulness never leave you;

bind them around your neck,

write them on your heart."

Proverbs 3:3

Long Run Farm

This camera and its ameteurs are leaving the bluegrass state soon, so we are taking some moments to appreciate....

Thank you Julie Cooper for the lessons and permission to photo! You have helped us love and appreciate Kentucky, and we are grateful!!