Many Blessings

Long time since blogging, but thought a “Back from Costa Rica and fully settled in” blog was due.


In short, life is good. We have had a number of adventures since our return, proving that yes indeed suburbia, not just tropical paradise, can provide some good times. [This may not be such an important thing to prove, but for my successful return to the States, it was!]

The winter has brought lots of skiing to our family. Baker and Riley signed up for the Whitetail Mountain Race team and competed last week (1/29) in their first race—a giant slalom. They both did great, finishing both runs with good times. Tae has also strapped on the boards this year and has found that “Pizza Wedge (aka snow plow) is my friend because it makes me stop!” He is the king of the bunny trail!

Snow is indeed one of the items sorely lacking in Costa Rica and we all enjoyed last week’s fall of five inches or so here in Alexandria. I know folks buried in other parts of the country might be sick of it, but the snow here provided for some of life’s great and simple pleasures. With snow coming down on Wednesday evening, Riley, Baker, Baker’s friend Jacob, and I constructed a snow slide off our back deck. We piled snow on the steps leading from the deck to the yard and then on top of a chair on the deck. Total vertical drop was about eight feet over the course of, say 16 feet horizontal…so that was pretty steep! We even ran the hose on it to ice it and built a jump at the end of the run. The kids had a ball and so did their dad.

Baker is playing hoops on the JV team at his school and had a great game yesterday. A nail biter against his school’s arch rival. Final score 26-23, with Baker’s team on top. Baker had 6 points and a lot of rebounds.

Riley has resumed Tae Kwon Do and is moving quickly towards her high brown belt. (Belt ~#8 of about 13, with 13 being black). And Tae has joined her as well.

I am busy writing…working on four projects, 3 for the screen, 1 for the stage. Nothing sold or produced, but I’ll get there, God willing.

Tara is teaching Yoga at the kids’ school to teachers who requested classes one day per week after school. She is loving that. Also teaching some one-on-one classes to friends.

We had a great Thanksgiving with my Mom, Dad, brothers, sister and aunt in Florida and fun pre-New Year’s trip to Puerto Rico and have trips planned to Utah for skiing and San Francisco during the kids’ spring break. Should be very fun. I also made a point of seeing the sun when the days began to grow short here and went to New Mexico and, this month, back to Costa Rica…more on that another blog.

All in all, our life—whether here in Alexandria or abroad in Costa Rica—is a true blessing. Filled with many adventures and kind, loving, and generous friends and family. If you’re reading this, you are probably one of them (readership isn’t so broad ). Thanks so much for all you do in our lives!