I grew up in a loving family of four girls, and oh yeah- a happily devoted Latter-Day Saint. Every Sunday it was church for three hours, every Wednesday it was youth group, and who could forget the early morning (early as in 6am every morning before high school) seminary class (if you aren't Mormon, seminary is pretty much bible study). I enjoyed music from a young age and spent a lot of my free time playing an instrument. I was heavily involved in anything church oriented and loved every minute of it. I was always counseled by my amazing parents that the man I chose to marry should be an Eagle Scout and a returned Missionary (Mormon boys typically leave for a 2 year mission at the age of 19). I had always planned on doing just that.......but when I was 17, I met this wildly handsome 15-year-old ruffian at auditions for the play "West Side Story" and, well.......that's where our story really begins. 7 years after we met on the spring day in 1999, we were married. It's been an amazing ride, and I love every minute of it.
I am one of a family of 6 siblings, 2 of which are half siblings on both my mothers side and my fathers side. My oldest brother Chris is in his 30's and we share the same mother, my youngest brother Nash is 4 years old and we share the same father. This should tell you that yes my parents are divorced. The difference is my parents divorced at an appropriate time (not to say it had no affect on our family). By the time my parents had split I had moved out of the house and was reaping the benefits of my upbringing which includes but is not limited to:camping, hiking,family dinners filled with laughter, underage drinking, smoking, using illegal drugs, and listening to and modeling my life after rock n'roll music. While my parents worked full time jobs to provide for me and my 2 younger sisters, we were raised by my maternal grandmother and a mixture of HBO, MTV in the late 80's-early 90's, and Nickelodeon. This might be the reason why I wouldn't mind living in a trailer as long as I had a 60 inch LCD flat screen television on the wall with surround sound and all the goodies. My family believes in science and I do too. However I don't discount the possibility of what Christians believe, I just think its a little more complicated than that. I never thought that I would fall in love with someone who is Latter-Day Saint. It is hands down the best decision I have ever made, the decision to love and be loved, a feeling that I resisted for many years. Now I am extremely happy.
