I was born in Arizona while my Dad was in medical school. My amazing Mom had a 2½ and a 1 year old when I was born! I am the 3rd child of 7. I have 1 sister and 5 brothers. I also lived in Oklahoma age 4-6 where my Dad served as a military doctor to pay for his medical school. We ended up back in Utah where I spent most of my youth growing up in Layton, Utah.
Dan also grew up in Layton but we never met until I went to Weber State University. Dan is 4 years older than me but still, you think that my neighbor- Dan’s brother might have at least let me know he had a cute single brother.J But I found him myself! On Sept. 16th we will celebrate our 18th anniversary! We moved 9 times in our 1st 6 years of marriage. One of those places being a little island in the Caribbean called Dominica. We finally decided we were very tired of moving and bought our 1st house here. We’ve lived here about 12 years now.
After I finished being the PTA president a few years ago at Plymouth I thought I would have time to complete all the projects I’ve wanted to finish. Like scrap book, start a blog, organize my home videos, hope chest, hallway closet, office, pantry, playroom, garage, paint the wall by the stairs, go through the mail, work on food storage, do some canning, sew some patterns I bought, plant an actual good garden, raise chickens, sing in choir, cook some awesome recipes-especially those involving chocolate or caramel, get an electronic Marquee donated to Plymouth, read a bunch of books like The 5,000 Year Leap, Atlas Shrugged, and my Grandma’s Family History book. OK, so I haven’t finished it all but I have a list, right? I’m just happy when I remember to pick up the mail.
I’ve done the playground duty at Plymouth for about 8 years. I get called “the Duty” everywhere I go. I’m so use to wearing the bright orange vest that I left and almost wore it to Wal-Mart. New fashion trend?
I love getting to teach the Beehive class! I haven’t been in Y.W. since I was one myself. 12 year old girls are so fun because they actually appreciate cute little handouts! I get lots of ideas on Melanie Day’s sugardoodle.net website. Love it!!
My children are: Cole-14 & Shaylee-10. They both love taking piano lessons from their awesome teacher Tara Hansen. They want to play like my brother Clint when they grow up.
I loved growing up in a big family so much that I always wanted to have 7 kids myself :) It hasn’t happened that way but I am so grateful for my 2 children. I’m so glad I get to be their Mom. They teach me so much. I adore watching them learn and grow. They are the joy of my life.
I love being in this ward surrounded by such wonderful Saints! I love each of you! I desire to contribute to building up God’s kingdom. I love the Lord, His gospel and the joy it brings us.
