Diane & Aaron Mitschke
After spending the first 6 years of our marriage studying and exploring in Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Hawaii (Waialua, Oahu), we headed back to our home state, Texas, to start our careers in academia.
Hoping to find a "ranchette" within commuting distance to the University of Texas at Arlington, where Diane teaches in the School of Social Work and Aaron in the School of Nursing, we found just what we were looking for in Venus, TX. Venus is a tiny town about 25 minutes south of UTA, and we absolutely love that we've found this little slice of rural paradise so close to the DFW metroplex.
We adopted a beautiful little boy, Kai Lane, in October 2009, who is literally the light of our lives. The adoption journey was not an easy one for us, but we are so thrilled that we finally found "our missing piece." Kai is Marshallese, and was born in Hawaii. To read more about Kai's birth family and the adoption experience, check out our blog.
