What is your REAL first name?
Shannon

How old are you?
35

Are you married, single, or dating?
Married

How did you and your DH/SO meet?
He was head of securty at a counrty bar...and threw my boyfriend out and told me that i needed a new class of friends..

What is the best part of being a mommy?
Every part..but I love teaching Justen and hanging out with him now that he is older..watching kid movies with him and no one looks at me weird..lol

What was/is your profession?
we own a ice cream truck

What is your Favorite Food?
hamburger, mashed potatoes, and corn

What are some of your interests?
spending time with my family..love the outdoors.like to roller skate and i LOVE taking pictures

Where is the one place in the world you would like to visit the most?
mall of america

Tell us about your child(ren) and your journey to becoming a mom.
I have 1 son of my own,and he is 13 and amazing.(my husband has grown kids we have 6 in total).i always new i wanted to be a mom more then anything in life. and for a long time it was not happening..so when i found out i was having a baby i was so scared to tell my mom i did not ever want her to be disipointed in me..so i cryed while his (sperm doner father) told my mom..when he was born everything changed and i new i could not be in the abusive relationship i was i never wanted Justen to think that it was ok..cuz its not..
Justen is always with me (execpt for school) and i love it cuz he would rather be with us then with friends..he is a wonderful kid. and im so glad that when he was only 2 that i met the amazing man that is his Daddy..

Are you from North Carolina? If not, where are you from and what brought you here?
No im not...i was born and raised in monson mass..moved to fl. when i was 7mths prego..had Justen there and meet my now husband there we got married and went on a honeymoon to nc and that was it from then on he wanted to move to nc..we wanted the moutains but my cousin and her family (whom i no longer speak to) lived here in stanly county and she wanted us to be close to her so we settled on this area..in 2007

What was your first CPM event?
going to story time with Amber and Kya

If you had an afternoon of time to yourself, what would you do?
cook and clean.i love doing that or go walk around the mall for no reason at all..

What (or who) is your favorite:

-Author?
dont have one

-Book?
a child called "it"

-Season?
winter,guess i lived in fl to long..

-Day of the week?
any day my son is home

-Pizza topping?
hamburg

-Number?
11

-TV show of all time?
desprate housewives

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why?
i would live whereever i could have my entire family with me like my mom and my cousins (from fl) and all my friends from mass and here...would not matter where it is if we could all be together..

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be and why?
i would be a fire fighter i did that as a vol. when i was in fl and LOVED it i love being able to help people and it was just amazing...but doug did not like me doing that because he was afraid i would get hurt...i was all signed up to go to school to do that for a career..then i met him lol....if not that work with animals like bears tigers ect...