More From Costa Rica

Here are more pics from Costa Rica. We had an incredible time. The first two days Mark had to do a lot of work meeting with attorneys, bank, realitors, builder, etc. I pretty much just tagged along.

The last two days we mostly just played. The zip line canopy tour was a blast. We also got to play with spider monkeys in a small zoo. Another day we went down south to Tamarindo and got massages and played in the ocean. Oh, and we also had our fill of great food and drinks. If it weren't for us not having the kids with us, we would have wanted to stay for a long, long time!

9 Years!

Yes, today is our 9 year anniversary. Feels weird to be married that long already! We are in Costa Rica celebrating our anniversary and checking up on Mark's condo project. Sort of a working vacation. This is the first time we have left Journey, and I have been so nervous about leaving her for so long (6 days). So far it sounds like both Aspen and Journey are doing well, and we are missing them more than they do us :)

On one hand, the last nine years seem to have flown by, but on another, it seems like a lifetime ago that I was a 19 year old bride anxiously walking down the isle. We have grown up together and have experienced so many great times. Not to say that we haven't seen our share of hard times, but the good have out weighed the bad so many times over. We are still each other's best friends, still love to hang out at coffee shops and still love to just "be" together. We have created our own family and are loving the life that we have made. We are so thankful for our marriage and for Aspen and Journey. We feel incredibly blessed!

Updating Life

Journey and cousin Peyton at the park by our house on one of the VERY few sunny days we have had this spring!

I haven't posted for a long time, but Aspen said something the other day that I have to write down to remember! At the breakfast table Aspen said,

"Mom! Last night God talked to me inside my head! He said that I see that you have been getting a lot of spankings and even when you get lots of spankings, I still love you!"

I was surprized but said, yep that sounds like God :)

About a month ago we had a conversation about how God speaks to us, and that we don't hear him outloud but that he talks to us through our thoughts. Oh, and he did go through a couple days where he got quite a few spankings. Since he turned 3, (he's 4 now) he doesn't receive too many spankings, but there are those times......