I will be celebrating 20 years in the Iowa Army National Guard in Jan 2019. I have been working full-time National Guard for about 14 years and currently based out of Iowa City. Within that time, I have been deployed three times to the locations of Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. I married in 2007 to Blake Latham who is also in the National Guard. We have one daughter, Madelyn and Blake’s son, Gage, is now living with us - both of which keeps us on our toes.  We enjoy taking family outings using our camper and riding our ATV’s around the trails.  We like staying busy and trying new adventures.