Mary Tichonchuk:  

Life After high school I worked in the medical field in medical billing, then moved on to become an Executive Asssitant to the CIO of all of the Sharp Hospitals in San Diego. I also was the lead female vocalist in a band in San Diego for 5 years. Todd and I married on Aug. 13, 1994 in San Diego at Balboa Park. WE had dated for 2 years prior to marriage. We moved to Temecula in 1994 and have lived there very since! We have owned 2 homes in Temecula and love it here in WINE COUNTRY. In 1998 we had our 1st son Trevor. He is a BIG boy like is Uncle Matt and Grandpa. He had to be taken c-section as he was almost 10lbs at birth! He is a very intelligent boy-always ahead of everyone and is currently in 2nd grade at Temecula Prep school. He is acedemically ahead but is very humble. We had our second son Tanner in Feb 2001. He is another smarty!!! But he is very quiet and sweet. He is now 4 years old and this is his last year home with me )O: I am enjoying every minute with my little sweet heart. In 2003, Todd and I flew to Moscow Russia to adopt our 1st little girl! Nadya at the time was 3 years old. She lived in an orphanage in Moscow, Russia. It was a horrible site to see how a lot of children are living in Russia. We brought her home after a heart wrenching 9 months of waiting and 3 trips to Russia on April 12, 2003. Going back in time, when Trevor was almost 2 years old I joined a karate/kickboxing facility were I started to train in kickboxing. After one month, the owner came up and asked if he could train me to become and instructor (10 years of cheerlead...Expand for more