Cincinnati

In 2006, after graduating from UMKC, we moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Walt had been accepted into the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a teaching assistant on a full scholarship. He was going to get his Masters in Jazz Trumpet.

Cincinnati is a beautiful city, situated on the Ohio River. It was a lot of fun to move to place neither of us had been before, away from family and friends. We truly had to rely on one another for everything. I recommend it for everyone's marriage!

Cincinnati, OH from the Kentucky banks

The Purple People Bridge

We actually lived in Northern Kentucky, just on the other side of the river from Cincinnati. It was sort of like a suburb. Fort Thomas was such a cute little town and was really a fort at a point in time. The barracks were down the street from our apartment complex.

We enjoyed going to Cincinnati Reds games, and munching Gold Star chili (they put cinnamon and cocoa in their chili, and it does not have beans). We also got a puppy when we lived there. Meet Stella.

In 2008 Walt finished up his program at CCM and began applying for jobs. The first and only offer he got was for a charter school in St. Louis, Missouri. We really wanted to move back to Kansas City, but St. Louis was closer than Cincinnati, so we packed everything up, took a scouting trip to St. Louis, and bought our first house!