Costa Rica

behind me are the volcanic mountains. The day we left Costa Rica suffered a 6.1 magnitude earth quake. We felt the tremors the day before, and heard the volcano rumble. I feel so fortunate that we had left the day of the big quake.
only twelve girls wanted to go to the beach so I got to take them...it was my favorite day there

these are giant crocodiles that were swimming under a bridge we drove over

Jaco Beach

After Christmas the Marshall Swimming team went to Costa Rica. It was a good trip overall and some of the best scenery I have ever seen! We had great training conditions, and got to take two excursions. One day we went to the beach called Jaco...they say it is like South beach but trust me it is nothing like it! The second excursion was a zip lining trip. It was a great team bonding experience.

long time...no write

It has been a long time since our last update...I have received several complaints, so this might be a long update. For all the swim girls you remember how busy this part of swim season is. I will start with Christmas. Luckily this year Patrick was able to get over a week off over Christmas. We decorated our house, and made cookies (the first time), we even cooked a "Christmas dinner" Right before Christmas we went skiing at Snowshoe for three days it was really fun, but freezing! We spent Christmas with both families, sharing time between Toledo, Columbus, and Cleveland. It was a lot of traveling and very busy, but also a great time. Here are some pictures of Christmas.

It has been a really busy fall for Patrick and I. I spent a week in North Carolina as the Marshall University Golf Coach! The coach of the team was about to have a baby and was not able to travel and the AD asked me to go in her place. I have never played golf, or even been out on a golf course before, but I quickly got the hang of things. The girls were really nice, I learned how to drive a golf cart, and it was beautiful being in the Smoky Mountains.

We have also had to have our new car in the shop. Two weeks ago I was driving home from work when a brick fell off of a truck and flew through the air and landed on Black hawks hood. I really could not believe that this was happening to me again. The worst part is that I was not able to get the trucks license plate so we had to pay for the repairs. The good news is we took him to the dealership and the were really nice and easy to work with!

Finally, I chopped off all my hair last week. It was quite and interesting experience due to the fact that the salon I chose was located in a tattoo parlor. I feel this could only happen in West Virginia. While I was getting my hair cut one of the tattoo artist was trying to convince me to let him tattoo me! But I am really happy with how it turned out! I would go back any time. I took 8 inches off! Here are some pictures!

Kristy's Wedding and Boston

Kristy's wedding was such a wonderful time. It was so great to spend some time with her before her big day. She had such an amazing bachlorette party, planned by her friend Jill! After we moved from RI we had a great time in MA! It was so much fun getting to play with all of my IU friends and catchup with everyone! The wedding was beautiful and Kristy and Matt looked so happy! After the wedding Patrick and I went to Boston with Jillian, AJ, Ben, Cassie, Brain, and Tina! We walked the freedom Trail and saw all the sites around Boston. We finished the day with a great Lobster dinner! It was so much fun, with the exception of being lost in Boston a few time :)

Eating Lobster in Boston
Patrick and I at the Wedding

Kristy is Such a beautiful Bride!

Goodbye Spanky Hello Black Hawk

Hello Blackhawk!

Goodbye Spanky

As a wrote before Spanky, my beloved car, was lost to a deer. But the good news is after a lot of searching we have found his replacement. After what I consider great negotiating on my part, and what Patrick considers lying to a dealership, we got a great deal on a Honda CR-V. His color is called Night Hawk Black Pearl, so we have shorten his name to Black Hawk. I sure hope that he is as good as car as Spanky was through the years!

First Entry

I love reading all of my friends blogs so much I decided to start our own! Pat and I settling back into real life after the excitement of the wedding and honeymoon! We had such a wonderful time at our wedding and a blast on the honeymoon. We have attached some of the pictures from the honeymoon!

Currently we are on the car buying market! After a bad run in with a dear on our way back from the honeymoon Spanky is going to have to be totaled! Don't worry the insurance company reassured me that the dear did not suffer at all during the accident. I felt so much better knowing this due to the fact I was so worried about the dear not my car!!