Sandi&Skip

Sandi is just a small town girl from Kimball, SD, who graduated from South Dakota School of Mine & Technology and went on to get her teaching certification from Black Hills State Univ. She is currently working on her Masters at Chadron State College. Steve "Skip" is a city boy from Detroit who studied Outdoor Education and Business Mgt. at the Univ. of Mich. Moving west on a bicycle after serving 11 years in the Army as a Combat Engineer and Forward Observer. He has worked his way around the world as a SCUBA Divemaster, hiking guide, river guide and chef in places such as Australia, Austria,Costa Rica, England and Germany. We met in treatment, Sandi as a teacher of Math and Science, and Skip as a Food Service Manager, working at a juvenile treatement facility. There we also taught music and vocal classes to the students and encouraged them to put on quarterly performances for their peers. We both enjoy music, even taking a trip to Rapid City to sing at Sandi's college, "The Singing Engineers", last spring. We also enjoy karaoke when time allows. We enjoy time together especially any time spent outdoors with our blended family. Sandi has three children, one girl 13 and two boys 7 & 5, and Skip has four children, one girl 15 and three boys 17, 8 & 6. Both have been married twice before. Our time is spent between work, sports, music and just spending time together exploring the outdoors and teaching our children as much as we can about this wonderful blue ball called earth and those that inhabit it. Skip volunteer coaches youth flag football (5-8 year olds) and assists with T- Ball at the local YMCA. Volunteers time helping The Cheyenne Youth Symphony when needed. In his lesure time he enjoys playing softball, golfing and working motorcycles. Sandi volunteers time with The Cheyenne Youth Symphony when needed and serves on the Parent Advisory Committee for the Cheyenne School District #1. She enjoys working in her flower gardens, wine tasting and socializing with friends. Trips together have included hauling 8 cellos during the middle of winter to Portland, OR for a Cheyenne Youth Symphony performance, To Skip's High School Alumni swim meet at Mumford High in Detroit, MI. Another trip with two of the older kids to Detroit the same year, with plenty of sight seeing along the way and back. Christmas break in Rockport, Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Tx and Spring Break in Moab, UT. It was during the 2013 Christmas break trip to Rockport, TX, that they were engaged. On December 24th.