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.