I am a native Hoosier.  Most of my family still live in Indiana and I love to go back and visit when I can.  I went to college in Illinois where I met my husband of more than 20 years.  I graduated from Olivet Nazarene University in 1999 with a B.A in Early childhood degree.  My husband and I moved to Missouri soon after I graduated and I began my teaching career there teaching 1st graders for 5 years.  We moved from Missouri for my husband's job to live in McCall, Idaho.  I taught K-5 Music for several years in Donnelly, ID.  We moved again to Klamath Falls, OR for my husband's job.  Here is where I taught 3rd grade and fell in love with this age of students.  My husband is now a Chaplain in the Air Guard and we have three children.  Alaina is in high school.  Trevor is in middle school.  Jayden is in Elementary.