Cortney is officially done with this Spring Semester, Yeah! This semester though tough being a part from each other often, ended well, and Cort’s Career Client’s she counseled over the semester ended very successfully! Summer school will begin June 8th, and she will be taking Statistics, Play Therapy, and Advanced Play therapy. During that time she will be staying with her friend Hallie in Sioux Falls:)
Now that it is summer time, Dave will not be confined to Aurora Plains Academy; he plans on taking his kids on outings. His plans include: fishing, disc golfing, golfing, the zoo, and anything else he can get approved.
The month of May has brought flowers and sunshine!! We have lots of dandelions (say what you will about it being a weed, I find it beautiful) and tulips! Everyone is tilling their garden spots, and soon, maybe this weekend, we will have one too! South Dakota this time of year is amazing! Calling all visitors spring/summer is the time to come visit!
Fish Lake Country Club. We are members! Cort bought Dave a (really nice) set of golf clubs (in celebration of what a great husband he is) and we became members of our local Country Club! Dave has been going out with his buddies this past month and took Cort out for the first time yesterday. We had so much fun together! We golfed 9 holes, driving a golf cart as we played, and received our official membership cards:) If you come to visit, bring your clubs! (Or use Dave’s like I do)
Cort has made friends with a ground squirrel (gopher…we aren’t quite sure), and named him Toby. Yesterday she fed him watermelon…mmm, yummy. Next she’s going to try peanuts. He lives out in our yard and is starting to warm up we think:) He looks like this little guy pictured above...only our ground is covered with lush green grass:)
Over Memorial Day Weekend we are celebrating our 2nd Wedding Anniversary!! Wow, two years already we have been married:) We would celebrate on the actual date (June 3rd) but it is likely we will be at a conference in Yankton during that time. We will be headed west of South Dakota, to visit Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse (they are having a laser light show too), and staying at Red River Rock Resort and Spa in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Yep, a spa weekend…yeah!!!
We only have 12 more stars to win on Super Mario Galaxy and then we think it will open up a whole new world!!! We have been working on this for almost a year…we are pretty psyched:)
Prayer Requests:
1. We really hope we can move into the house that recently came available that is more spacious: 3 bedroom/2 bathrooms, beautiful yard…oh and so much more!
2. A dear friend of ours battling depression/anxiety.
3. We really hope this is the summer we find a church home here in South Dakota. We will probably always continue to receive sermons from our old church in Springfield (that we miss so much!) but it is time we find a place here too.
4. Cortney received word that her uncle Jerry (her mom's brother) had a heart attack yesterday and is in the hospital in New Mexico...please pray for safe recovery and for our family. (Some of you may have met him at our wedding, he is a wonderful person:)
5. We just put the Toyota Celica GTS on the market, we pray it sells quickly!!!
Lastly, Happy Mother’s Day!!! To our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, sister-in-laws, and every woman who has been a mother-figure to us over the years! You are wonderful, loved, and deserve to be celebrated not just on mother’s day, but every day:) We hope you enjoy the pictures of our little ones below…Cornelius and Penelope Costello:) (past & present).
My how they have grown! 9 months old now...and we don’t know what we ever did without them!!!
Love you all!
