This is my 25th year of teaching. I am happy to be in my ninth year at Joplin. I am married and have a son and a daughter.  My son is the music teacher & band director at Galileo STEM Academy. My daughter-in-law is the music teacher at Pleasant View Elementary.  My daughter is a senior at Boise State. I enjoy reading, playing games with my family, walking with my dogs Buddy and Charlie and cheering for BSU.