(Seminary)Aaron and I have been quite busy the past month. On the 6th we celebrated our 2nd anniversary in Yankton, SD at the Captain’s Inn. My folks visited the following weekend (thanks Joe, Shirley, Michael and Kennedy the wonderful hospitality) and took a load from Sioux Falls to ohio. Then Aaron turned 27. We had dinner and played Settlers of Catan with friends and family. The real fun came when Audra and Jake brought over an ice cream birthday cake. Since we were 3 days before the move we had packed all the dishes and sent them to Ohio with my folks. We had to serve on Tupperware lids and containers with plastic forks.
Sunday afternoon we moved in to find one drawer in the kitchen, no cabinets under the bathroom sink and two closets for the entire apartment, both located in the hallway. But what can we expect when we’re only paying 415 a month for an apartment where the average house costs 299K. Monday we began setting up our place. Tuesday Aaron setup a little more while I had my first meeting for work (Director of Youth at Bethel, my home congregation) and visited my paternal grandma. Then walked over to my cousin Elyse’s first ice cream social at school, yeah kindergarten! Wednesday we had seminary orientation, dinner with my maternal grandma and choir practice. Thursday and Friday brought more orientation, a potluck, and then finally on Friday afternoon we packed up to head to Deer Creek State Park for a weekend of camping with 9 families from Bethel. Today, Labor Day, we’ve finished unpacking the apartment before classes begin Tuesday and tonight we’re serving at Faith Mission, a soup kitchen in downtown. Wow, I think that’s most of the latest with us.
This is all to say, sorry I haven’t updated in a while. We’re still deciding whether we should pay for Internet at home or get it free at sem, work and local restaurants. So, if you really need to get in touch, give us a buzz.
1. Our room at the Captain’s Inn
2. Kissin at Roughlock Falls, Spearfish Canyon, SD
3. Mom on the trail
4. Shooting Jack at Salon No. 10 in Deadwood, SD (Wild Bill Hickock was killed)
5. Trading our husbands for the locals
6. Aaron and I pose by Ohio’s flag
7. Faces
8. Aaron and Jack play at Wall Drug
9. Mom gives the People’s Eyebrow
10. FREE ICE WATER!
11. Aaron’s birthday party!
12. Mel and Parry
13. Aaron attempts to eat his cake
14. Parry and Mel
15. Scary snakes the Badlands
16. Mom sees something
1 – 13 Camping at Deer Creek
14 – 16 Aaron’s birthday present…a Twins game
