“I am just a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.”

-Mother Theresa

• Follower of Jesus who is striving to love the LORD with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength and love my neighbor as myself
• Wife of a boating and guitar fanatic who excels in engineering, loves spicy Mexican food, and remembers new jokes well enough to tell them to me
• Mother of two adorable daughters — one with curly blonde hair and one with silky-smooth blonde hair, both ballerinas who love spending time outside, reading books, dancing, swimming, skiing, singing, playing piano and going on adventures
• Shutterbug with a passion for scrapbooking and thousands upon thousands of digital images yet to be organized
• Baker of chocolate and anything bread-like, usually from scratch and exclusively for family and friends and neighbors
• Night Owl who sometimes has to take an afternoon nap to recover
• Book-lover who spends entirely too much time reading children’s books and blogs to keep up with all the other books she borrows and buys
• Lilac Smeller and Picnic Packer — for the summer months
• Dandylion Bouquet Recipient with many small glass vases to ensure viability of flowers often delivered by small, delicate hands
• Coat Zipperer, Mitten Matcher, and Hot Chocolate Server — for the winter months
• Stay-at-Home Mom with 15 years of experience
• Home Educator with 10 years of experience
• Freelance Writer with a portfolio of nationally published articles (mostly for readers in the agriculture industry)
• Minnesota Transplant with deep Oklahoma roots and a few family branches in Washington State, Oregon and Texas
• Tea Drinker with a passion for tea parties of all fashions, homemade scones and black tea served hot or cold but always sweetened