About Me

  • About Me: I am a mother of three year and 18 month old little boys, and a wife to my husband Brad. I have been a retail worker, college student, educator (classroom and outdoor), camp director, housekeeper, sous chef, and being a mother is the most challenging thing I have ever done.

College

  • School Name: Wayland Baptist University
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1999
  • Attended: 1995 - 1999
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Biology
  • Organizations: BSM

Travel

  • Places I've been: Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 31 of the 50 states
  • Places to see before I die: All of the National Parks, Africa, Asia
  • Dream Vacation: anywhere with my husband

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • Favorite Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Martin Sheen, John Travolta, Don Cheadle, Reese Witherspoon, Rob Lowe, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Julia Roberts, John Cusack
  • Favorite Directors: Peter Jackson, Spielberg
  • Favorite Genre: Action, Romantic Comedy, Classics
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Holes
  • Movies I can watch over and over: 10 Things I Hate About You, Major Payne, Princess Bride

Style

  • Where I shop: Kohl's, Old Navy, Target
  • Prized Possessions: my scrapbooks

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Na-Na
  • Religion: Southern Baptist
  • Heroes: the Apostle Paul
  • Interests: anything nature, skiing, rock climbing, music, movies, scrapbooking, travelling, TV
  • Expertise: life sciences
  • Occupation: full- time Mom
  • Website: http://www.teachingtheway.com

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Survivor, CSI (Las Vegas & NY), ER, Amazing Race, Gilmore Girls, Heroes
  • Favorite Channels: Discovery, Animal Planet
  • Most Addictive Show: Survivor
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Jay Leno
  • Favorite Theme Song: Scrubs
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: West Wing, Third Watch, Scrubs

High School

  • School Name: Alamogordo High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1995
  • Organizations: FCA

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Building 429, By the Tree, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me, Shawn McDonald, Mark Schultz, Steven Curtis Chapman
  • Favorite Genre: Contemporary Christian, Oldies
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Anything to sing along with.
  • Songs I hate: Margaritaville (somehow I still find myself singing it anyway) Grr!

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: seafood, Chinese, Italian, Mexican
  • Favorite Dishes: Spinach and Artichoke Dip
  • Favorite Desserts: Most anything chocolate
  • Favorite Drinks: Dr. Pepper
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Taco Casa

Books

  • Favorite Authors: Terri Blackstock, Dee Henderson, Frank Peretti, Jerry Jenkins, JRR Tolkien, Anne Tatlock, Mary Higgins Clark, Gilbert Morris
  • Favorite Genres: Christian: romance, mystery, some sci fi