Jenna - 10 month update

Hello Everyone! I know it has been nearly a month since our last post, but a lot of things have happened. On 20 August, we received sad news that Ken's mom passed away (unexpectedly). We flew to Colorado Springs and spent two weeks. Times were very tough, but the family was together to support each other. Ken gave a beautiful eulogy during the service. Both the rosary and service was heavily attended by friends and family. I learned so much about mother-in-law and all that she has accomplished in her 77 years on earth. She is amazing. There are not many women who could sell a house, a car, keep track of 5 kids (especially if one of those kids happens to be Ken (just kidding honey)) and then travel overseas to Thailand to meet her husband. I guess the silver lining in all of this is Jenna got to meet her Aunt Carolyn and Aunt Valerie, uncles and tons of cousins. She had a great time with Uncle David and loved playing with her cousins - Julia, Rachel and Joey. I am thankful she got to spend a lot of time with Ken's dad. Ken and I purchased a hiking pack for Jenna and she loves it. Luckily we were able to use it while in Colorado and I think it will be a great investment for some of our future trips we hope to take before our tour is up in May. 9 months is right around the corner.

We came back to Honduras for a week and then we were back on a plane to Florida. Ken spoke to the Special Tactics Graduating Class and was able to make some jumps to keep his status up. Unfortunately the day he arrived back in Honduras, good ole Mel Zelaya decided to surprise us all that he was back in Honduras. As you can imagine, Ken has been full throttle ever since and I will truly look forward to his return mid-Oct.

As for me, I started working at the embassy mid-August. I was hired as the Newsletter Editor and really enjoy it. The best part is, it is part time (10 hrs) a week so I have plenty of time with Jenna and I can work remote. I am currently working on my 4th issue and constantly coming up with new ideas.

Jenna is growing!!!!!! She turned 10 months yesterday and already I am planning her birthday party for next month so we can celebrate while we are still in the states with family and friends. She weighs 18 lbs and 29 in long. She is enjoys table food and is great at feeding herself. She is talking a lot. She even said something along the lines of "Elmo" which was pretty cool. We are getting out walking everyday which is so nice since we can't do it a whole lot in Honduras and taking every opportunity to get in the pool. She LOVES the water! No doubt she will be a good swimmer. She continues to sleep well through the night and is such a happy baby. She smiles at just about everyone and is becoming quite the charmer. Oh, and she has 5 teeth and two more coming in. Most of all she is getting a lot of time with my parents.

In the video are photos taken in Colorado and towards the end are photos of Ken's Mom, Alice.

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