Outside of school, my family is my favorite subject. My husband, Mike, and I have been married for 33 years. Mike is the owner of Jaggers' Consulting & Presentations and also teaches class for a local university. We have three handsome sons who are our pride and joy. Our oldest son, Steve, works for an architecture firm in Tulsa. Brian, our middle son, works in computer aided designing & drafting and is married to Alecia, who is also a 3rd grade teacher. Kent is our youngest son and is a youth minister at a local church, along with his wife, Kayla.

My husband and I both grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where our parents still live. After we married, we moved back to Bartlesville for 13 years where our boys were born and where Mike was a high school teacher and coach.

After staying home with our boys when they were young, I went back to school at Bartlesville Wesleyan College where I graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1992 with a degree in Elementary Education. We moved to Oklahoma City that same year and I began teaching 3rd grade at Deer Creek Elementary School. In 2004, I achieved National Board Certification. After 16 years, I am still excited to be teaching 3rd grade!

We are active members of Quail Springs Baptist Church. In my free time I like to take walks, read, cross stitch, and do other crafts. Of course, I cherish the little bits of time that we have with our kids. Life is good!