Peni Fullerton:  

Elizabeth is married 40 yesrs and is from Graham, Washington. I grew up on 20 acres in a family of 6 kids southeast of Bethel High School. I attended Elk Plain Elementary grades 1-5, BJH 6-9, and BHS 10-12. We had year round schools at BJH with 45 on and 15 off. The great part of this schedule in the winter is we had a lot of time ice skating on our giant pond. We all had ice skates. My parents are still alive and married. (update my mother passed 2022)We had a lot of horses and other animals. I was known as Peni Fullerton in school but I was born Elizabeth Jane Fullerton, and have always gone by Beth at home and at church. I did not change my name, rather my Mother decided to do that on a fluke when I was in 2nd grade, so I was known at school as Peni. I have been married to Greg Rohr who attended Bethel schools k-9, and we have three adult daughters, all happily married, and 7 grandkids. Oldest daughter has 3 kids , with the eldest grandson serving in the Army, and my daughter is general manager of Van Heusen at the Auburn Supermall. (Update: all of my daughters and their families now live here in conservative Lewis County) Next daughter is married 17 years with 5 kids and lives in Toledo WA. (now moved to Texas, thanks Inslee) Youngest daughter is married and is a Program Manager in the IT Dept. at Centralia College. My youngest two daughters are bluegrass musicians who sing Christian and Country music in the style of Patty Loveless and Wynnona. I also attended UW, PLU, and Walden. I retired from the Franklin Pierce School District as a middle school teacher and Greg retired from Bethel Schools developing the new aerospace composites program at the Pierce County Skills Center. Music I prefer includes mostly bluegrass/country, vintage christian music and a little Motown. Books are mostly historical or historical fiction, such as books about the American Civil War, or English history. For media, I prefer political shows, science or historic figure documentaries, and romantic period pieces. Places I enjoy are Mt. Rainier, Longbeach WA, Disneyland, Gold towns such as Columbia, CA, historic civil war battlefields, and England. I lived in England 3 years...spent 3 Christmas's there, lived in a small village called Fairford in a flat and worked in an Italian-English restaurant down my street. I got to know many locals and their families and adopted many customs. I've been all over England! My favorite place to visit there was Stratford Upon Avon and Warwick Castle. I've read up on many historic figures and history of England since then which partly prompted me to finish my degree later on and become a teacher. I've been a sewer since a small child. From the time I was 12 y.o. I sewed almost everyt...Expand for more