It’s official; we’re headed to South Dakota for first call! Last week we even heard about congregations we might be serving. A few days I’ve woken up asking myself, do we really have the names of congregations we’re going to interview with? Yes, is the answer I keep coming up with.
I can’t wait to be closer to the nieces! The picture in the upper left corner is Keira Grace on her two week birthday! We had the privilege to be her first babysitters after we sent her parents out to dinner. The bottom left is Ava Joyce. She’s bouncy and full of giggles.
As we prepare for yet another transition I realize that I’m making extra efforts to see family and friends in Ohio these days. This afternoon I picked up grandma from the airport and I wanted to spend all evening catching up, but she was tired from traveling and I thought I should get home to Aaron. When I checked my voice mail I saw that Mom had called. When I returned her call I learned that she was with Jack at Chad’s track meet only 20 miles from the apartment so I went to watch his last three events. I’m proud to announce he took second in the 200 meter and won the 4 by 4! Just before we parted Mom said before I go we have to do another girls night at grandmas. She also has a standing gift request, one round trip plane ticket a year for Christmas/Mother’s Day/ Birthday. As excited as I am about moving back to South Dakota it will be hard to leave Columbus.
Again I come to the hard realization that life will always be bitter sweet for Aaron and I. We are blessed with amazing families, but they will always be 1000 miles apart. We will never move to a place where our parents and siblings live. Then again, whenever we get sick of being around one side of the family we can always run to the other.
