Mary Pat and Karl met in Beirut, Lebanon in 1997. Karl had already been working at the American Community School at Beirut, as a Elementary (K-5) Physical Education teacher since 1996, when Mary Pat arrived as one of the new High School English teachers. She eventually became an I.B. English teacher as well. In 1997, Karl moved up to teach High School Physical Education.

In 2001, we moved to Carol Morgan School, in the Dominican Republic. Mary Pat taught High School and A.P. English and Karl taught Middle School Physical and Health Education.

In August 2004, our family moved to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mary Pat teaches I.B. English and Karl teaches Middle School Physical & Health Education and spends much of his time as the After School Activities Director and Grade Seven Team Leader. Matthew is now in Grade One and Cameron is in KG1 (AIS-R). Our current contract ends in June 2007.

We attended the Search Associates and I.S.S. recruiting fairs in Bangkok in January. After many great offers, we have decided to accept contracts at Shanghai American School in China. We will be there in August 2007.