Laura Wilke:  

Life I met my husband, Richard Wilke, during my Senior year of High School right before Prom. We dated for the next year, then got engaged the summer of 1997. Our wedding was at St. Agnes Catholic Church there in Springfield, Missouri on July 18, 1998. We lived in Springfield where we both attended SMSU. Richard started working for Wal-Mart with an internship the summer of 1997. He stayed with the company as a Support Manager at the South Campbell store where he later became an Assistant Manager. All the while, I attended SMSU and worked miscellaneous jobs (nowhere important really). Mainly just enjoying life with my new fiance and the adventure we were about to enter...marriage. Richard graduated from SMSU with honors in 1999. Following graduation, Richard's career with Wal-Mart began to transfer us from place to place throughout the country. His first transfer was to Republic therefore we didn't have to move out of Springfield. Within six months we got the news that we would transfer to Marshfield, Wisconsin (central Wisconsin). We lived there for about a year and a half before being transferred to Iowa City, Iowa which is about 30 miles south of Cedar Rapids. January of 2002 brought us some very exciting news; we were going to have our first child. Nine months later on September 8, our beautiful daughter was born. Weighing 9 lbs 2 oz, Katelyn Rose Wilke blessedly came into our lives. At the age of only 3 months Katie made her first move when we transferred to Lebanon, Missouri. Before even unpackin...Expand for more