Getting To Know Me!

My name is Cheryl F.  I was born in Wahoo, Nebraska but was raised in Alaska until I was 12 and then in Montana.  (I am not a fan of cold weather, so Texas weather is nice). I come from a large family, 5 brothers and 4 sisters (I am the 4^th child).  One of my sisters is adopted.  My parents only had two children at the time and were foster parents—she is a native Alaskan.

My husband, Tom was adopted as a child from Madrid, Spain.  He also served in the Madrid, Spain Mission.

            Tom and I met in Bozeman, MT at a church Institute dance.  We were both attending Montana State University.  We were married in the Idaho Falls Temple.  We have 3 children—1 boy and 2 girls.  Our son and eldest daughter are attending BYU in Provo.  Our youngest child is 18 and is attending school in Austin, TX.  Our son served in the Salt Lake City mission area before he started BYU.

            After my husband graduated from college as a Chemical Engineer, we moved to Luling, LA (west of New Orleans).  We moved to Katy, TX for one year in 1997 for Y2K work issues.  We loved living here and were sad to move back to Louisiana.  We didn’t stay for long there though—in 1999 we moved to Tokyo, Japan for 1 year and then to Kerteh, Malaysia for 2 years.  We were then back in Louisiana for the next 3 years.  In January of 2005 (after repairing roof damage from hurricane Katrina) we moved to Milan, Italy for 1 ½ years.  (Our son was on his mission at this time).  We then moved to Kuwait for one year.  The summer of 2008 the girls and I headed to Katy, TX to find a home.  Our daughter Samantha headed off to BYU that fall, where her brother was already going to school.  Tom finished the work in Kuwait in October of that year.

This February my husband and I went on a Western Caribbean cruise to celebrate our 25^th wedding anniversary (6 months late).

While living overseas we were able to travel to many other countries.  I have been to 32 countries on 5 continents, so far (yes, I am keeping track).  We will leave for another overseas assignment in the next year or two, but will be back again.

My husband and I have enjoyed teaching Primary together. This year we are teaching the 9 year old class.  We also serve as YSA advisors.

I love reading, puzzles, games and traveling.  When my husband retires we would like to go on a mission together.

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