Rewind

Since the last time we blogged a lot has happened! So we will do our best to catch you up on the highlights. Above is a brief slide show movie of our wedding day 2 years ago! We celebrated our second wedding anniversary on the west side of South Dakota state, specifically to visit Mt. Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Bad Lands, Custer Park, and spend a romantic weekend in Hot Springs. This mini "vaca" as we referred to it, was just what we needed after Cort's first year at USD came to a close and we could spend some quality time together.



Just before our anniversary trip, we sold the Toyota Celica. This was an answer to prayer, though we miss this amazing car (still in great shape) and the luxury of having two vehicles. We had made the decision that we needed the money we could get out of it, more than we needed the car. She is now proudly owned by a young women age 16, in Plankinton, it is her very first car:)

We were sad about the news of another prayer request we wrote about in our last blog. We did not get the bigger/nicer home we thought we were getting. Needless to say, the details do not need to be in print - but we have been working hard at trying to make our little home a nicer place to live. We have been busy painting the complete interior of our home. Dave has been a handyman (wow, who new?!) putting in a chandelier with dim switch that I dearly liked and a very nice fan/light in our living room. That is not all though, Dave also made me a 3x4 wooden wagon for my future career involving play therapy! (read below for the scoop on play therapy) In the works are special sand trays as well:) My hubby is a handyman!





During the month of June through the first week of July, Cort took 2 summer school classes. This included some training in Play Therapy and Statistics. Play Therapy proved to be absolutely amazing and fitting for Cortney, and she will begin Advanced Play Therapy tomorrow. Eventually the goal is to become certified in Play Therapy and with it the additional letters of RPT added to her credentials:) To learn more about play therapy visit: http://www.a4pt.org/ps.playtherapy.cfm
This has been amazing! We have already been gathering the toys Cort will need while in practice, Dave built her a mobile toy wagon, and as shared above, sand trays are in the works. I am lucky to be studying underneath Dr. Imelda Lowe, who was trained by Dr. Landreth himself! Dr. Landreth is the founder and director of the largest play therapy center in the world.



As most of you probably know by now, Cort fractured her foot and tore several ligaments (while studying for stats!). Unfortunately just in time for her 6 days a week class time that was mentioned above. The Doctor expects her to be off of crutches in another month (cross our fingers) and in her boot for another month before she can walk by herself again. Tomorrow she sees an orthopedic doctor and next week she is scheduled for physical therapy. The foot itself is still undergoing quite a bit swelling and bruising (as it has for the past 3 weeks) and we pray for a speedy recovery. Dave has been wonderful, it is amazing how limited a person is with only one foot! It has brought an awareness as to just how little society in general accommodates for handicapped folks!



We admit we haven't updated our Google Goodreads in a very long time. However, we have come across an amazing series that we are both hooked on by Vince Flynn. This image is his latest (#10) Extreme Measures, expected to be released in October. Dave finished (#9) Protect and Defend just last night, and Cort just began (#3) The Third Option. We would love to hear what great books you have read recently too.

Hope you all are doing well, we hope to be blogging again very soon with out the lag time.