The summer after our junior year of college, Luke proposed! So, in 2020, Luke and I graduated college, got married, and began our first year of teaching! It was a wild year, but we wouldn't trade it for anything.

Luke loves his time teaching and coaching here at Osceola, and he is looking forward to another great year as the head football and head track and field coach.

I had a wonderful first year of teaching at East Butler Public Schools teaching kindergarten at the Dwight elementary school and serving as an assistant cross country and track coach. It has been special returning to Osceola and teaching students in my home elementary school. I am looking forward to continue to learn and grow with my new students this year!

Last May of 2025, I graduated from UNK with my Masters Degree in Early Childhood Curriculum and Instruction. I learned SO much to enhance my teaching and improve my classroom to better meet the needs of my early childhood students. I look forward to continuing to modify and improve my teaching in the years to come!

In January of 2025, we had our first child, a daughter, Jessie! She is the first grandchild on both sides of our family, so she gets lots of love! She is a year and a half now, so she is talking and walking and keeping us on our toes! We love seeing her funny personality grow and change every day!

Last February, we found out that we are expecting Baby #2! I am due mid-September in just a few short months! We are nervous for the challenges that "2 under 2" will bring, but are also so thankful and excited to be growing our little family!

My parents and most of our family still live in Osceola. My sister Mollie graduated from Bryan Health College in Lincoln, and is now an RN at York General Hospital. Mollie is also engaged to her fiance, Kjell! My brother Thad graduated in the spring from Concordia with a major in Secondary Physical Education. He accepted a teaching and coaching position at Maywood-Hayes Center Public Schools last year, and will be taking on a new role as Head Football Coach this year! We are so happy for him!

After we got married, Luke and I moved into a house in Osceola and that is where we plan to stay for a long time! We are enjoying our life as a family of three, soon-to-be family of four, and had the best summer! We love this community and now that we are both living and working here, we wouldn't want it any other way.

Here is a picture of me getting ready to head to Jeffrey Elementary for my first day of kindergarten, and another picture of me riding on the firetruck as a kindergartener at Homecoming. It means so much to me to be able to share these same special moments with my students, years later.

It's good to be home! Go bulldogs!