Special awards:  2021 Apple Award Nominee

Home town:  Have lived in IL, NY, MN, CA, FL, AZ & CO. Kind of a Minnesota midwest girl and San Diego, California girl at heart.

Hobbies:  Sewing & embroidery, Skiing, Riding horses, Beekeeping, Growing tomatoes & veggies in pots on my porch, Reading

Family:  Married 32 years, 3 grown children:  Son in Arizona (oldest), Son in the Navy (youngest), and our daughter, Kirsten Gaskell, is a Kindie teacher at American Academy Castle Pines.

Volunteering:  Volunteered in 2021 at the Elizabeth Stampede in Hospitality; we cooked food for the contestants, their families, and rodeo volunteers; served over 3000 meals over 4 days!

Allergies: allergic to swiss cheese

 

Coffee/tea: Water, Sweet Tea, Diet Tea with Lemonade

 

Snack: Reeses Take 5 bars. Aussie Bites from Costco. Cheetos. Mini bundt cakes!

 

Night out restaurant: anything mexican

 

Lunch restaurant: Chik Fil A

 

Place to shop: Amazon

 

Clothing store/style: Cinderella's Boutique in Parker

 

Movies (out or in): home

 

Bookstore: Barnes & Noble

 

Holiday: Christmas

 

Flower: Roses, pansies...anything colorful or smells good!

 

Color: red

 

Silly fact about me: I have two chinchillas as pets. Also chickens, horses, bees, dogs and a cat. I get cold easily so I love knee socks.