Welcome to First Grade!!!!  I am thrilled to be apart of your first grade 2023-2024 school year.  I am looking forward to meeting you real soon. I can’t wait to get to know you… and for some of you, catch up!

This is my 23rd year teaching children.  I began my career teaching in Harrison School District 2 (Colorado Springs) for three years before relocating to Douglas County Schools, and have been teaching at Eldorado Elementary for the last fourteen.  I am incredibly lucky and blessed to work with such an amazingly talented team and staff at Eldorado everyday. Go Panthers!

My husband and I have two beautiful daughters who keep us very busy.  Aubrey is 13 years old and will be an eighth grader at Fox Ridge Middle School.  Kayla is 11, and will be a sixth grader at FRMS as well.  I am grateful for them to be at the same school for a year, and can’t believe I will have two middle schoolers!  If this school doesn’t sound familiar, it’s because it is the neighborhood school where we live within the Cherry Creek School District.  Aubrey loves choir and theater, and Kayla loves making dance videos and Youtube shorts.  The girls continued to ride their dirt bikes over the summer... a dream come true for Dad and a stresser for Mom!  And yes, I have my own dirt bike as well, so we can ride as a family.  Last, but certainly not least, I can’t forget to tell you about our amazing puppy Macie.  She is an Aussiedoodle (a mini Australian Shepherd Poodle) and is extremely smart and loving. 

Joel and I have been married for seventeen years, and have a home on a golf course in Aurora.  As a family we love to go camping either in the beautiful Colorado mountains or at Lake Glendo, WY or Wilson Lake, KS. We love spending time with our friends and family as our “Village” is very important to us. I also LOVE reading and can’t wait to share some of my favorite books with you.  Maybe they will become your favorites too!