I met Mike on a blind date if you can believe it. His cousin was in my chemistry class and jokingly just after Mike got off his mission, he had asked him to "go find his wife for him." After much coercion, I gave his cousin my phone number and we set up a date. As it happened, there was a mix up and although Mike told me he was going to pick me up in the college parking lot after my class in his Suburban (yes, it was his, not the family wagon) he had previously promised to let his Mom borrow it. It's strange to say I'm old enough to remember we had no alternative communication devices i.e., an iPhone with which to warn me so he wasn't able to call me or text me to let me know he would be in a different car. His mother came up with a brilliant and completely embarrassing idea. She tore up a cardboard box and on one side of the lid wrote, "ANGELA" in black permanent marker. So, excited for my blind date with this returned missionary, I go sauntering outside after class to find this tall, dark and handsome RM standing in the middle of the parking lot holding a sign that would most often say "Will Work for Food", with my name scrawled on it. Red faced and unsure, I walked up to Mike and told him to hurry and put the sign away and that I was his date. We met April 16, 1996, got engaged June 3, 1996 and were married in the Salt Lake Temple on September 9, 1996. I've been in love with that cute tall guy ever since. We celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary on September 9th. After five years of marriage and several attempts including different fertility doctors and medications, we were finally able to get pregnant with our amazing son Jay. He was born on October 30, 2001 which was entirely fitting because as many of you know, we are Halloween nuts.
Many of my hobbies surround Halloween. I love to toll paint and do makeup. I'm always about making things different and fun so I have spent the past five years working on creepy ghouls and scary monsters to haunt and cast shadows on to my innocent yard.
Another hobby I cherish is creative writing. I am an avid reader and novelist and have just finished my first 400 page novel. I am working on its companion and plan to have it ready to send out for publishing very soon. I have also written the lyrics to over 100 songs.
I adore baking and have made several wedding cakes for family and friends along with fun spooky cakes for Jay's birthday parties.
I have spent the past two and a half years working full time as a legal assistant at an Intellectual Property Firm (with Julie Henricksen) and attending college full time to achieve a Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy Medicine. It has been quite an adventure and currently I hold a 4.0 GPA. I will be graduating in November and will finally be able to return to being my favorite things, Mike's wife and Jay's mom. Throughout this process I have strived to transform myself into someone who will be an interactive influence in the lives of those who struggle with pulmonary health problems.
Well, that's me in a nutshell - now you know a little bit about me and my crazy life.
