You found my website and now you want to know a little bit about me. OK, fair enough. I'll start with the early years and bring you up to date ..and if I miss anything in between, then you must already know me well enough to have noticed, in which case you don't need to read about it here!

I grew up in the small mid-western town of Virden, IL, played high school sports for the Bulldogs, went to college at SIUE, got a real job, got married, bought a house, built a house, and now we are starting a family!

I have a lot of "hobbies" ....but I should probably call them interests, as I bounce back and forth among them throughout the year. In the summer I like to spend time on the water, but we just sold our boat, so this year I will have to settle for floating in the pond. In early to mid-fall I enjoy watching the Illini play football, in late fall and spring I enjoy hunting, and the rest of the time I dabble in photography, website design, house renovations, etc.