Welcome to fourth grade in Room 62. This is my 27th year of teaching (fourth or fifth grade) at Becky-David. I still love coming to work everyday and encouraging my students to realize and work toward their potential. I am widowed and have two daughters, Kristen, age 25, and Jessica, age 24. They have both graduated from college and are living back at home. (Ah, roomates; but at least they both have found full-time employment within their respective fields of study.) Outside of school, I enjoy music, reading, movies, animals of all types, spending time with friends, relaxing at my condo at Lake of the Ozarks, and vacationing (especially at the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama). I also happen to be a fanatic lover of college basketball, ESPN Full Court, and a diehard Kansas Jayhawks fan!