WE LIVE IN A SMALL, BUT FAST GROWING TOWN KNOWN AS SCHERERVILLE, INDIANA. WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE BOY, ONE GIRL, THE PERFECT NUCLEAR FAMILY YOU MIGHT SAY. I OWN AND OPERATE A PIZZERIA IN ANOTHER TOWN JUST SOUTH OF US CALLED LOWELL, INDIANA. THIS IS YET ANOTHER SMALL BUT FAST GROWING TOWN. THE NAME OF MY BUSINESS IS LOVEN OVEN PIZZERIA. I SOMETIMES THINK THAT I SPEND MORE TIME THERE THAN AT HOME! I DO ENJOY MY WORK AND RECEIVE GREAT PLEASURE FROM THE CUSTOMERS AND THEIR SATISFIED TUMMYS.
WENDY, IS AN OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LAKE COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS JUST OVER THE BORDER FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDY CITY OF CHICAGO, ONE OF THE FINEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. WE DO ENJOY BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN AND YET HAVE THE ANEMNITIES OF A MAJOR METROPOLITAN CITY ONLY 45 MINUTES AWAY. THE FOOD AND DRINK, MUSEUMS, PARKS, AND MUSIC IS SOME OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY IF NOT THE WORLD.
KALLEY ANN IS A SIXTH GRADER AT GRIMMER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WANTS TO BE A SINGER AND SONGWRITER WHEN SHE GROWS UP. JASON PAGE IS IN THE FIRST GRADE AT THE SAME SCHOOL THAT I ATTENDED AS A CHILD, KNOWN AS HOHMAN SCHOOL AND REALLY LIKES CARS AND DINOSAURS.
WE ALSO HAVE A DOG NAMED ABBEY, SHORT FOR ABORIGINAL AYRES. SHE IS AN AUSTRALIAN BLUE HEELER, A CROSS BETWEEN AN ENGLISH COLLIE AND THE WILD DINGO DOG OF AUSTRALIA. THESE DOGS ARE WORKING, HERDING DOGS USED BY THE CATTLE AND SHEEP RANCHERS OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF AUSTRALIA.
MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY COMES FROM THE EAST AND MIDWEST; MY FATHER FROM A SMALL TOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND MY MOTHER FROM THAT GREAT CITY OF CHICAGO. MY FATHER'S FAMILY CAME FROM ENGLAND AND GERMANY IN THE LATE 1600'S AND MY MOTHER'S FROM IRELAND AND ENGLAND. WENDY'S MOTHER AND FATHER ARE FROM CHICAGO; AND THIER FAMILY DESCENDED FROM IRELAND AND ITALY. SO YOU CAN SEE WE ARE TRULY PART OF THE GREAT MELTING POT THAT HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS AMERICA.