I am a student, a substitute teacher, a mother, a daughter, a wife, a sister.  I am also a friend to many.  I am a fair watercolor painter, an avid reader, and a diehard hiker.  I'm also getting to be somewhat adept at technology, or I never would have been able to create this page, or even attempt it!

First and foremost, I am incomplete without my family, which is huge.  I have just three children, but nine siblings, and over sixty nieces and nephews, when you count those on my husband's side.  Here is my immediate family:

This is Erik.  He is studying piano

 
This is my immediate family.

Thomas and Hannah with me in Chicago.

Enjoying Gunflint Lake, where we spend every summer.