Rachelle Crumbaker:  

People seem to have a problem saying my name now. Everyone back home knew how to pronounce it. But Texans wanted to call me Rachel, or Raquel. So I just shortened it up to Shelly. My brother always just called me Shell. So it works. I recently moved to Washington State. My husband, Jim, rejoined the military and he got stationed at Ft. Lewis. My oldest son, Jimmy, is stationed in Vincenza, Italy. He's 19 years old. I drove here from Houston, TX with our other two kids, John and Katie. They're 17 and 15. We brought our kitty, Josie, with us. She was definitely NOT happy with the move. But she has adjusted. We will be staying here while Jim goes to Iraq. We are planning to drive back through KS either in August or next year. Jim drove an 18-wheeler for 15 years after getting out of the Army in '93. I stayed home until 2002. I love movies so much that I went to work for Hollywood Video in Missouri City, TX. While there, I met several minor celebrities. Matt Lavine is a meteorologist for Fox 26 in Houston. Pretty cool, huh? Then we moved north of Houston and I started working at Target. I have continued my employment here with the local store. I really want to go back to college, so I am going to take advantage of the Army bill. I'd really like to get a business degree so I can go back into Target and say "Yes, I'm the L.O.D. (leader on duty)". But I'd also like to get into criminal investigations. I like to watch C.S.I. and N.C.I.S. Abby is so awesome. Jimmy went to the Army and learned computers. Jim went back in and learned to fix generators. Neither one will be asked to kick in doors. I'm thankful becaus...Expand for more