Born and raised in Logan, Utah. Studied nursing at Weber State College and graduated with a B.S. in nursing from the University of Utah in 1974. Served a Health Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines from 1975-1976 where I met my husband, Charles. We were married in the SLC Temple on December 8th, 1976. We have five awesome children and several perfect grandchildren. (The number keeps changing, so I'll leave it undefined.) I retired from nursing in 1982 when our third child was born. There are things I miss about it and things I never will miss. It's one of the hardest professions that exists, in my opinion. God bless the men and women who do it every day.