I grew up in the Salt Lake City area in a loving family. I'm the second of 4 children with an older sister and 2 younger brothers. Growing up I was instilled with a love for music by my parents and grandparents. I loved to sing in choirs but avoided any solo singing. I liked to blend in with a good choir and was always scared of doing anything that put me in the spotlight. Just before I graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in family science, I was married and we moved to Arkansas where my husband Nathan went to law school. We came back to Utah after he graduated. We have 5 beautiful children and love to be surrounded by family. For many years I had a desire to find something that I loved to do. I hoped I could find something I was good at and felt natural. I hoped I could find something that could be helpful or useful to other people too.

     I wondered for years what this could be? As a loved wife and mother of 5 I had a sense of purpose and fulfillment but I was still looking for an outlet in my life where I could do something that wouldn't get undone. Meals and homemaking are a constant cycle of work that gets done and undone in the same day. I needed something that I could do that I enjoyed and that I knew once it was done it stayed done! My last two children were twins, when they were 3 I had a little time to do some of the things I loved to do in my youth. I had always loved music and now I had the desire to improve my singing voice and learn to play the guitar. In the process I discovered a love for song writing. It was a happy surprise to to me that I could write a song since before this I had never even written a poem. Singing and songwriting has turned into the "something" I was looking for. I hope my songs and music can bring joy to other people the way they have brought joy to me.