Once again time is just flying by and we haven't been able to keep up with our blog entries. So, to catch you up to speed, here's our latest update in convenient, bullet point style.
- Lindsey and Nolan spent the majority of July back in Ohio, visiting friends and family, and escaping the terrible AZ heat.
- While they were gone, Aaron traveled to Romania. He worked at an orphanage/preschool for Gypsies (a heavily-oppressed minority population in Eastern Europe). It was a quick trip, but he enjoyed the opportunity to serve and hopes to return in the future. Check out the pictures by clicking here.
- Nolan was baptized at Lutheran Memorial Camp (the summer camp where Lindsey and Aaron met). Aaron, fresh off the plane back from Romania, performed the baptism. Rain almost moved the service inside, but beautiful weather busted through at just the right time. We had a blast seeing a lot of family at the baptism. Click here to see some pictures.
- Lindsey completed her two-year Master's degree program at San Jose State University. We met both sets of parents in Northern California and had a wonderful week-long vacation. Everyone enjoyed seeing Lindsey "walk" at her commencement ceremony (carrying Nolan as she received her diploma - how symbolic!)
- Aaron finished up his year-long internship at Desert Cross Lutheran Church at the beginning of August. He is thankful for all the opportunities to learn and grow; and he feels much more prepared to serve as a pastor.
- After five months off, Lindsey returned to her job as an Occupational Therapist with the Tempe Elementary School District. She was pleasantly surprised at how it felt nice to be back in the routine and talk with someone more conversationally-engaging than Nolan; but already feels just a little overwhelmed with the workload.
- Since Lindsey is back to work, Aaron has been a full-time stay at home dad. It took a while to get on a new schedule, but both Nolan and Aaron are enjoying their time together. Nolan sure misses his mommy though; he has started waking up often in the middle of the night just to spend "quality time" with Lindsey.
- Nolan is growing like crazy. He's now five months old and weighs 15 lbs, 10 oz. He looks more and more adorable every day and he enjoys showing off his smile to everyone.
- As of right now, Nolan is in the midst of his first cold. He's not too terribly upset, but he's obviously not 100%. He just alternates between light napping, coughing, sneezing, grunting, and rubbing his nose and eyes. We broke down and bought a humidifier to help out with the adverse effects of the AZ dry heat.
- Aaron spent the weekend back in Ohio, interviewing with the Ohio candidacy committee. He was approved for ordination, which means that he is eligible for a congregation to call him to be their pastor. At the end of the month, we will be assigned to a region of the country. In the following weeks we will then be placed in a "synod" and will hopefully have some congregations requesting an interview. We'll definitely post that info as soon as we can, so keep checking our blog for updates!
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