40 Year Mother and Homemaker!

40 years ago this month I graduated from BYU with a degree in Housing and Home Management with an emphasis on Housing. That means a degree in Interior Design.

Last night I stayed up until 2:00 in the morning typing a resume'. I am applying to get an online Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership. It is very interesting since I have been a homemaker for 40 years to reflect on what experiences would be valuable in on organization out side my home. I used my degree as we remodeled our home, to repaint and redecorate many times though the years, and to help friends with their decorating questions. Hmmmm.

The best information I came up with was theexperiences I had in my church callings, which have been many in the past 40 years. But it is interesting to know that.......

My greatest accomplishment is the family that my husband and I have raised together!!!

We are the parents of 7 children who have turned out to be good citizens, good spouses who married great people, good parents, good church members and they still love us!

• Jeremy is 40 years old, the father of 4 children, is married to Birgitta, He served a mission for our church to Brisbane Australia, graduated with a B.S in Family Science from BYU and received his Masters in Business Administration from University of Phoenix. He is now working in the business department of NuSkin, in Provo Utah where they live.
  
• Danielle is 39 years old, the mother of 1 child and is married to Jeffery Peterson. She served a mission for our church in Tuscan, Arizona Spanish Speaking. She received her AS from Ricks College and her BA from Utah State University in Elementary Music. She has taught Music in Elementary School. She is a homemaker and they in Logan, Utah.
  
• Erik is 36 years old, the father of 3 (almost 4) children, is married to Kristi. He served a mission for our church in Scotland, earned an AS Ricks College, and a BS, MS, and Doctorate from BYU in Electrical Engineering. He is a professor of EE at the University of Kansas, they live in Lawrence, Kansas.
  
• Seth is 33 years old, the father of 3 children, is married to Jill. He served a mission for our church to Monterrey Mexico, graduated from Ricks with an AS and BYU with a BS in Animal Science and a Masters of Public Administration. He is currently the Assistant City Manager of Spanish Fork, Utah, where they live.
  
• Heather is 30 years old, is hoping to adopt children and is married to Kirk Larson. She served a mission to Salt Lake City Temple Square, has an AS from Ricks College in Office Administration and as BS from BYU in Recreation Management. She is working at the Hospital Foundation in Provo, Utah where they live.
  
• Kimberly is 26 years old, the mother of 1 child and is married to Curtis Bates. She has a degree in Math and Health Education from BYU-Idaho and has taught High School Math. She is a homemaker and they live in Moses Lake, Washington.
  
• Clark is 22 and has Downs Syndrome. Our family has learned more from him than all the other experiences we have had put together. He has learned to swim, ride bicycle, and work hard. He has graduated from High School where he had on the job training. He was also involved in swim team, in a musical play every year, and managing girls varsity volley ball and freshman baseball. He is working 10 hours a week, is a pretty independent young man, he lives at home with us in Moses Lake.