We recently went on a much needed vacation. We flew to Utah, met up with Annie's family, and drove to California. We spent a week and a half visiting Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios, San Diego Zoo, and Sea World. What fun!

An attempt to get caught up

So much has happened in the last two years. In August of 2007 Joseph graduated from BYU with a degree in political science. The day after graduation (Saturday) we moved to San Marcos, TX to attend grad school at Texas State University. School began on Tuesday. Gross! Annie took a job teacching second grade. In January, Joseph happened on a Federal career fair. To make a long story short, after weeks of paperwork and months of background investigations at the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Joseph took a job as an analyst. In June of 2008 we moved to Houston. Annie just finished a year working with special needs children at an elementary school and accepted a position teaching kindergarten for this next school year.

After 4 tears we are still together! Sadly though, no children. The doctors think we are mutants! The absence of children is both a blessing and a curse. While we have not had the joys of raising children, we have had the opportunity to really strengthen our relationship.

We love our ward. There are so many couples our age! Annie serves in the young women's presidency and Joseph serves in the bishopric. We live just a few miles from the temple. What a blessing!