I am Valarie, and I have been married to my wonderful husband, Gaylon, for twenty-three years! We have three awesome kids. Our oldest son, Kendall, Alex, and Faith. They are amazing, and without a doubt, they are my heroes! We are very blessed to have my mom, April, living with us. She is a great blessing in all of our lives, and we love having her here. We have one small Pekingese named Bonnie and two cats: Pippin and Stella. We also have Waldo Pepper, my mom’s cat, but he wanders around outside, and we don’t see him much!
I love to travel and spend time with old friends. I love to cook, crochet, research my genealogy, scrapbook, and watch NCIS, X-Files or M*A*S*H. I enjoy cool Autumn nights, Summer Lightning Bugs and Spring Thunderstorms. I love my cats, and cannot imagine life without them. 
I write some poetry, and some short stories. Nothing paradigm shifting. I love being Catholic. I’m easy to get along with, hard to offend, and loyal to the bitter end. My children are my heroes.
Family Christmas Picture, 2008
