August has been a crazy month. Ok, that's an understatement! Our lives are beyond crazy these days, and here's what's been going down...
First of all, it's official that WE ARE MOVING TO AITKIN!!!! I know most of you know this already, but this is the first time that I've made it official on the blog. Contracts and papers have been signed and I am the new Associate Pastor for First Lutheran Church in Aitkin, MN. I will be working with the children, youth, and families of the church mostly, but of course I will be doing other things that associate pastors do too (visiting people, counseling, preaching, running services on Sundays, weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc.). It's exciting...it's an AMAZING church and community from what we have seen and experienced so far, and we are excited. Of course it will be hard to leave the cities, where we have lots and lots of family within 30 minutes of us, but we will only be 2 hours away, and it is a great small town for our family to be a part of (and only 20 minutes from Brainerd!). We will be moving in 2 short weeks to this house...it's not perfect, but it's a great house! And we are renting it until we get to know the area a little bit better to know where we might want to eventually buy a house.
Michael and I will both be quitting our jobs in the next 2 weeks, and so there have been lots of things to fit in and/or tie up with our ministry jobs. For me, it was pulling off a week long VBS for 110+ children at my church (a number that just kept rising and rising and one that this church had never seen before!). It was such a great week...absolutely insane dealing with logistics and getting to the actual VBS, but once we got there, we had a great time at our Everywhere Fun Fair VBS: Where God's World Comes together. Here's some of the things I did to transform the church for a week into a Fun Fair...
Yes, it was a great week, and I was pooped when it was over (and ready for a day off!!). After VBS was all over, Michael and I got a chance to go out and celebrate our 4th Wedding Anniversary! We went downtown Stillwater and had some drinks and appetizers on the garden patio at The Green Room, and then we headed over to Marx Wine Bar (one of our favorites!) for an incredible dinner together! It's crazy how much we have been through together these past 4 years!! And I couldn't be more blessed with an incredible husband and dad!! Happy 4 years to this guy!
We've also been trying to get in our last few days of pool time this summer! Every Friday we have "Friday pool days" where anyone from my family is welcome to join us! This past Friday, my cousins were teaching Adelyn to throw blueberries into her mouth...here's a video of how great she got at it!!
haha. Too cute! Other than that, life has been us hanging out, keeping busy, and loving up on these ladies!!
Oh - and have I mentioned that Adelyn constantly sings Happy Birthday to people?? Ever since all the July birthdays, she sings "Happy Birthday" every day to anyone! Here is her singing one to Michael on his actual birthday...
The next couple weeks will be spent finishing up jobs, packing to move, and lots of transitions!! Oh - and yesterday we bought a couch!!!! Just one more thing to make this move feel like it's really happening! So exciting (since when did it become normal to get really excited about buying a couch?? oh geez...). Stay tuned for upcoming transitions in our lives...:)
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