Time is like the wind...

Well, 9 months later, here is a new post.  I will try to recreate our lives these past months for those of you who we may not talk to regularly.

As I was thinking about the past months, I came to realize that time is like the wind.  It comes and then it is gone.  It never stays long enough and it always keeps moving, bringing more adventures and people into our lives.  We are blessed to have these pictures and our memories to document the passing of time.  We love spending time with all our friends and family and you are a very important part of our lives.  It has been almost an entire year since Jon and I began our adventure together.  In some ways our wedding seems like ages ago, and in others it seems like yesterday.  It has been a year of changes, many of which are documented here.

 I graduated from Concordia in December while Jon worked at the Lincoln Racquet Club teaching tennis.

Then in January, I began teaching 7th and 8th grade English at Raymond Central Jr/Sr High School.  Jon began working and training with Lutheran Hour Ministries.  In February, we began a young adult bible study, called Young Roads, at our church.  This group has been such a blessing to us and we have met some amazing friends through this group.

Dustin and Jen Will

Valerie Schick and I with strawberry smoothies for the Castle finale 

Kyle Kaldahl, Angela Fick, Joel Kaldahl, and Aaron Sailer at a baseball game

Although this isn't the greatest picture, we often have game nights at our apartment.  These have been so much fun!  This particular game is called, Muscle Bucket, a game Kyle and Jon and some other friends have invented.

We went mini-golfing with Michelle Foley and Aaron Sailer

The five of us attended Alison and Brady Betten's wedding (friends from Concorida) last month.  Valerie was the maid of honor, Nate Meyer, and Breanna Felker.

Jon travels often with Lutheran Hour and has enjoyed meeting many people and exploring new places such as Sioux Falls, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis to name a few.

The Sioux Falls

When Jon is gone, I stay busy with being a coach and a confirmation leader. This year I had a great group of six 7th grade girls.  One of whom was also my student at Raymond Central :)  We have also attended many weddings and have many weddings to come.  One of Jon's co-workers at the Lincoln Racquet Club had his wedding on the tennis courts!

Our good friends Bess Rapp and Greg Jones also attended the wedding with us.

The bride and groom, Joel and Shelly Patrick

We also attended Brady and Alison Betten's wedding (Concordia Friends)

And Criag and Miranda Coleman's wedding (friends from Christ church league volleyball team)

We were blessed to be able to attend Jon's cousin Dana and her husband Matt Hagan's wedding in Palm Beach Florida in May.

Mom Schleicher had quite an adventure at the hotel on Friday.  She is standing in front of a fire truck because the fire department had to rescue her from the elevator!   

Mom and Dad Schleicher after the rehearsal dinner.

Jon and I after the rehearsal dinner.  For some reason we always take pictures after the event instead of before.

Dana and Matt Hagan.

Beth Hanson, Dana Hagan, Veronica Schleicher, and I.  This was the first time I had met Veronica, Dana's sister, so we took a picture of the girls.

It was great to meet all of Jon's aunts and uncles at one place.  It was awesome to get to know them as we played games, went to the beach, and talked at the wedding.
This wedding was the fanciest wedding we have ever been to!  Thank you Dana and Matt for the hours of planning that it took to create such a wonderful day.  We were so happy to see you happily married :)

Some other major events of the year included Thanksgiving with the Texas Schleicher family, Christmas with the Vaudt family in Montana, a new car,

2009 Honda Accord replaced my 1999 Nissan Altima.  We love it!

This picture is documenting the huge storm we had in April.  We had tickets to the Nebraska spring game but it was raining and starting to storm so we still went downtown to park our car in the parking garage because we were supposed to have hail and we didn't want any damage on our new car!  Well, no hail came but we sat in Panera Bread for about 4 hours that afternoon playing games.

Easter at the Nebraska Schleichers, and a baby born!

Lindsea gave up desserts for Lent...

Playing some games.

Our Potluck Easter Dinner.  We had Ashlea and Lindsea as well as some friends over for Easter dinner.  Everyone brought or contributed to a dish.


And a Baby!

 Our very good friends Drew and M'Leigh Olson had a beautiful baby girl, Adelyn J'Nae on the same day as the storm.  We were able to visit them that night and then again before church on Sunday.  She is so precious and we are very happy for them!

Last but not least...

 Jason Schleicher along with a couple kids from his youth group came all the way from Billings MT to share a weekend with us and check out Concordia.  Jon was able to take them to a baseball game.  It was great to see Jason and we enjoyed having company.

 Carson Stokebrand came to visit.  He is living in New York City working on the "Good Morning America" show.  We are so proud of him!

When Jon was in Minneapolis, he was able to catch a Timberwolves game with John Maragos.

 One night, Jon surprised me by having supper ready when I came home from school.  We were even able to eat outside.  What a thoughtful husband!

I hope you enjoyed a sneak peek into our lives.  I know that it is not really in chronological order but instead I tried to group similar events together for you.  This summer will be busy with more weddings, a few baptisms, and many fun gatherings with friends and family.  We hope to see or talk to you soon.  Jesus be with you as you go through each day.  
Love from the Schleichs