August 2013 was a rough month

On August 15th I got a call at work from my sister.  My dad had passed away a few hours before.  It was unexpected, even though he was 91 years old.  He was in good health and living a fairly active life.  He was waiting for his wife to get ready and they were going to go to lunch.  He sat down at his computer to play a game while he waited and just passed away.  We got things planned quickly and had his funeral about four days later.  It was a very difficult day, one full of emotion and loss.  JT, Bri and I were still dealing with the loss of my father when, on August 29th, we got the news that JT's father passed away.  While it was a little more expected, it was still just as difficult to deal with.  His mom had been in a rehabilitation center for six months after back surgery and was set to go home the day we had the funeral, which she did.  His health has been failing for many years.  While all of this has been difficult for our family, we are grateful to know about our Savior's Plan of Salvation and know that we will be with them again.

New Job

I have been working at my new job since summer 2012.  I am the head secretary at the elementary school where I have worked for the past six years.  It is a great job and I love every minute of it.

Costa Rica

It has been almost a year ago, April 2013, but I wanted to put a few pics of our trip to Costa Rica.  JT won President's Club at his work and they flew the two of us to Costa Rica for a week.  We stayed at the Four Seasons and got to go on some fun excursions.  We went snorkling and sailing on a catamaran, we rode horses up a mountain and then a zip line back down, and paddled a kayak out to a small island off the shore and did some more snorkling.  The resort had a beautiful golf course, but we don't golf, so we rode golf carts all around the course.  It was beautiful and we saw so much beautiful wildlife everywhere we went.  I have told JT that we can never visit Costa Rica again because I have grown accustomed to the high life there, the Four Seasons is the nicest place I have ever stayed.