Sandy Sappington-Broschat:  

Life I have been happily married for almost 23 years. I have four great kids. Travis 26, who we adopted at 14. Kryston 22, the princess of the family. Tony 20, was fighting in the middle east, we got gaurdianship of at 11. He is now stationed in germany. Then the baby of the family, Tyler 18 who graduated from high school last june. Tyler, Kryston and Travis all live together in an apartment in Redding Calif., which is about 15 minutes from where we live. Travis has been living in SanDiego Ca. until he moved back closer to be near us and is job hunting now. Kryston is working for Good Sheperd, and works with high functioning adults with Downs Syndrome and other disabilities. She helps them with community events and social interaction. She loves the job and her 'clients'. Tyler is currantly working at the local Walmart and is thinking about starting classes at the local jr. college next semester. he is considering becoming a calif. highway patrolman.My husband Bill is a sergeant with the sheriff's dept. we are like ying and yang. I am the type 'A' personality, he is mister 'mellow'. We make a very great couple. We recently moved from our home of 23 years in the moutian community of Hayfork calif., to be closer to the kids. we are still in beautiful northern calif, not far from the Oregon border. We live in the city of Shasta Lake. It is a bedroom community to the much larger city of Redding....Expand for more