I took this while hiking through the Andes in Spring of 1995, during my year
of teaching at El Camino Academy in
Bogotá, Colombia
Hi! So you found me. I live in Austin, TX and work at the TX Higher Education Coordinating Board.
I originally moved to Austin to go to grad school at The University of Texas at Austin - Hook 'Em
Horns! I love living in Austin, even though I am not a native Texan; I grew up
in south central Kansas (Toto, we are NOT in Kansas anymore). In 1989, I
graduated from Kansas State University - GO
Cats! - the only school I love more than UT. During my summers between school, I
worked at Kanakuk-Kanakomo Kamps, Inc. in
Branson, MO. It was my home away from home for several years.
I am actively involved in my church here in Austin, First Evangelical Free Church, working with TouchGlobal, missions, and IMPACT. In my spare time, I like
reading, watching movies, listening to music, hanging out with friends and
working on genealogy. I'll be adding new links and pictues; so check back from
time to time to see if anything has changed.
These are pictures & pages that tell you something about parts of my life
and who I am. There are a couple of cool scenery shots and pictures of my
friends, too.
Some of these are real places, and some of them are virtual places. Some of
them are places I've visited and a couple are places I would like to visit.
Kansas
Flint Hills This is where I grew up - in the Flint Hills of Kansas. I
found this page as part of the K-State Football site
that is maintained by fans (Gotta love those K-State Fans!). See, not all of
Kansas is flat.
Macchu Picchu I've never
been to there, but I thought this was a cool picture with the llama in it. I
fell in love with the Andes when I was teaching at El Camino Academy, a school for the
children of missionaries in Bogota, Colombia, S.A. Bill & Angela Louden who are teachers at
the school also have a page on their site for ECA.
Amazon.com I've found books here that
I couldn't find anywhere else. You can see some of the other places I like
shopping below. Be sure to check out the links at Christian Book Distributors
(CBD)
I started working on my genealogy a couple years ago to find out if I was
related to one of my friends. I still haven't proved it; but have found some new
cousins along the way; and am starting to get a better idea of who I am and
where I come from. It's also Addictive! Each of these pages has links to my
other genealogy pages by surname. Some of them are still in Progress.
I really got started on the whole genealogy thing from talking with mom.
She used to tell me all kinds of stories when I was young, mainly about our family.
Sometimes I think I should have listened more than I did. We lost mom in April 2002, and
I miss her a lot
I finally have my Welch line up. The Stubblefield lines
from that branch of the family are also online.
My Pringle line
has the names but not dates on some. Those are coming soon with the Alderson and Hidy lines. There are links
to the pages; but they are only partially there. It's taking me longer than
anticipated to get them up.
You can check out both of my Anderson Pages. These are where my Swedish
heritage comes in. I have 2 pages, one for Anders Anderson
and one for Maria
Persdotter Anderson. I am still adding family information to these; but
they have the basic information.
My Ellis Tree. I'm
still seaching, but this is what I've got so far.
I have some of my family surnames listed on The SurnameWeb page along with the URL
for My Ellis Tree.
Others will be added as I get them on a page.
My page is also linked on GeneaSearch.com It's a relatively new
site; but growing fast, with lots of good info whether you are a beginner or
an old pro.
"The SWEDISH
Connection in Kansas" If you have ancestors who were Swedish immigrants
who settled in Kansas, this is the place for you to check.
I'm hoping to be able to update the pictures from time to time as I get new
pictures of my friends either scanned in or processed on disk. And as I find out
about web pages, I'll add those too; but can't promise to get all of them or to
get them in a timely manner. I'm already having to do some backtracking on
stuff.
I met Jeromy Acton while at UT. He has a CD out called "Quorum". If his second CD isn't out now, it should be soon. You can hear clips and then buy one from his CD BABY page at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/acton
IMPACT is our singles minstry at FEFC. In addition to the pics from events I have on my Yahoo! Photos page, I have other pics from church events up on other pages. They are:
Israel Study Tour This was my dream trip of a lifetime. I never thought I'd get to do this trip, but God surprised me big time with it. It changed my life in ways I never thought.
Camping at Colorado Bend State Park Our Community Group at FEFC went on an ovenight camping trip. It was cold bu quite fun. For more info on IMPACT Community Groups, see the IMPACT website.
Reynosa
Mission Trip This trip was in March 2001. FEFC send people on missions trips all over the world, both short term and long term.
Enchanted Rock
Trip. This trip was several years ago, but there's a group that goes at least once or twice a year. I'm leaving it up because I like the pics.
Women's
Retreat. This has been updated for the 2001 retreat and has a link
to previous retreat(s).
Jonathan & Mr. Bunn. Jonathan is one of my best friends and a pediatrician in Philadelphia. I have pics from his wedding in a Yahoo Album. I got to be a bridesmaid even though I didn't meet the bride until the rehearsal.
John &
Jennie I've been friends with them for years. This was at their wedding. It's one of the funniest wedding recption moments I've ever seen. Patrick was the best man, and Jennie's sister Joey was the maid of honor.
Scott McCann.
This is his home page. He's one of my favorite Aggies - if you can actually have a favorite aggie, and has registered his name as a wesite... http://www.scottmccann.com/ That URL will redirect you to his other site at the link I have above.
Lourenda She's
one of my favorite partners in crime. I got to teach her the true use of post it notes... Thanks Lourenda for the pic! She now works for the US State Department in one of their overseas embassies.
Brynn &
Matt I've been friends with for years, and was in their wedding.
Amy I've been friends with her for years. She's now a missionary overseas.
Rob Wood. He's one of
my K-State friends. The word "eclectic" would good to describe him - or
maybe just "random". We'll pop in and out of each others lives every
couple of years or so. At least he makes life interesting.
The
Arizona Trip is non-wedding related pics from when we went to
Phoenix for Tae & Cindy's wedding. Ruben, Shelli, Peggy & I took
a road trip for the event.
Bailey
& Lucy are my previous roommate's pets. Bailey is the cat; Lucy is the
puppy.
David came
out of his shell and got creative a few years ago for Halloween which
surprised a lot of us. I think he's not that thrilled that I keep this pic online for the world to see, but I enjoy it.
Kitchikomos. We work
in the kitchen at Kanakuk - Kanakomo
Kamps. This pic was taken my last year on staff. Sorry it's kinda
fuzzy. It was one of my first attempts at scanning.
Burke's
tree is outside of the LBJ Library on the UT campus. The pic was taken right
before he graduated in '97.
Burke & Tae,
showing off the fine art of wearing ties.
Robby is one of
my many 'off-the-wall' friends. He's also one of my favorites - not many
people will let me tell others we're twins just to confuse them. He can
always manage to keep me amused. He married a beautiful woman named Stephanie, and they have 2 gorgeous children.
