Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, I moved to the United States in 1990 to marry my husband Tony.   On the 7th year of his Armed Forces career when we met, our years ahead were on the move, spending 3 years in Clarksburg, WV and then to Buedingen, Germany in 1993 where we lived for four years.  In 1997 we were  transferred back to the USA and arrived in Yakima, WA in May.

Since my husband's retirement in 2002, we've made Yakima our permanent home and love it here.  We have one 9 year old son, "Derek" who is our pride an joy!  My favorite passion is to ride my horse.  I ride on the SunSation ladies drill team.  I purchased my new mare "Zan Dee" last May.  She is a 9 year old reiner who has done a fantastic job learning to do drill.  That's Zan Dee and I below riding along the rail along with my team-mates Jennifer Hyatt, Audrey Nash, and Su Griffin.