I was born and raised in Arizona, so I love sunshine, warm weather, and beautiful sunsets. I earned a B.S. degree in Early Childhood Education, graduating cum laude from Brigham Young University. I enjoy musical theater and play classical piano and organ. I sing alto and love choral music. My husband is a dentist and I have often been his office manager/assistant while I was raising our three sons and two daughters. I love to travel, studied in Paris, France, lived in Stuttgart, Germany, and taught English at UESTC in Chengdu, China. We did a 3-month humanitarian tour in Tonga doing dentistry. We now live in Arizona where we hike, bike and play tennis. I have 20 grandchildren whom I love to visit frequently, though they live in 5 different states.