I'm originally from Louisiana. I graduated from Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2003. Soon after, I moved here to California where I immediately started working in a small animal practice.
After about 4 years of that, I decided to make the leap into practice ownership - mostly because I wanted to stay in Apple Valley and needed to do more to build my future here and entrench myself into our small community. So, in 2007, I bought Animal Care Hospital and started turning it into my own homey little practice.
I'm currently 43 years old and married to my wonderful husband, Steve Reynolds. Here's a recent picture of us, taken this past Christmas:
I don't have any children but I do have the world's GREATEST dog name Vinnie. He's a rescue doggy, and I got him through a rescue called Almost Home, through petfinders.org. I've gotten most of my dogs through petfinders, and after looking through hundreds of pictures last year, I came across the cutest face ever and had to take him home!
Here's a picture of Vinnie in his Monkey Hat costume:
I have a lot of hobbies and I really love living in the desert. Sure, I miss green trees and rain, but the trade offs for those things are NO MOSQUITOES (remember, I'm from Louisiana) and beautiful weather. I love that I can sit on my patio every evening in the summer and not get bitten by any bugs. :) I guess I'm kind of a bug-phobe in that I very much dislike them. I'm one of those girls who will scream if you put a spider on me. :)
I love hiking and traveling to our National Park. I am also an avid SCUBA diver and try to go on a dive trip every other year or so. I started diving when I was 20 - that's a long time! But also something I am very proud of doing.
Every year we throw a good ol' southern crawfish boil for our staff. It's something we really enjoy doing, and our staff loves it! It's quickly become a popular event. :) You can see pics of this on our website, or go to:
Annual Cajun Fest
So there ya have it. A little about me. :)
