Where I’m From. Me Born 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada Oldest of four sisters: Nicole, Gina and Talli Husband: Justin Pets: 2 Dogs (Thora Scully and Marty.

Where I’m From

Me

• Born 1985 in Las Vegas,

Nevada

• Oldest of four sisters:

Nicole, Gina and Talli

• Husband: Justin

• Pets: 2 Dogs (Thora Scully

and Marty Brodeur McFly)

and 12 fish

• History Teacher

• St. Mary’s College of

Maryland and Monmouth

University

• Undercover Blonde

About MeLikes

• History

• Soviet Propaganda Posters

• New Jersey Devils

• Southern Maryland

• Mexican food

• Avocados

• The Walking Dead

• Stephen King’s The Stand

• Apple Orchards

• Kayaking

Dislikes

• Seinfeld

• Math

• Wasps

• Children playing on

my lawn

Maternal Family (Through Grandfather)• Mom: Joan, born in Casper, Wyoming in

1964 (Sister: Cindy)

*Award winning gymnast,

certified sharpshooter, loves

animals

• Grandpa: David, born in Casper Wyoming

* Has two goats, loves cowboy

boots, and beat up Dick Cheney

in high school

• Great Grandfather: Frank (b. Franz

Hofmann), born in Ragersdorf, Bohemia

* Came to America through Ellis

Island at age 11 in 1913 with

whole family. Moved to WI, then

Wyoming, and married a mail-order

bride, Hazel Nice

• Great-Great Grandparents: Karl Hofmann

(8 Dec 1872 in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary)

and Theresa Schafhauser (b. 10 Aug

1873 in Austria)

Maternal Family (Through Grandmother)

• Lee family can be traced

back to relatives of General

Robert E. Lee

• Can currently trace back

more than 7 generations,

most go back to the

Midwest

• Hiram Lee, born in North

Carolina on 15 Nov 1801

Czech/BohemianGermanIrish/English/Pol-ish

Czech Republic

• Great Grandfather, Franz, came from Ragersdorf,

Bohemia in 1913 (Part of German/Austrian Empire).

• Territory is now Maly Radkov, Czech Republic

• Czech cuisine is mostly meat, potatoes, cabbage

and gravy

• "Co Čech, to muzikant”: Every Czech is a musician.

Music is an extremely popular art form in the Czech

Republic (Bohemian and Moravian traditional music)

Czech Culture

• Traditional Czech Folk Music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6L-RRi9lp8

• Traditional Czech Dancing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpU9_S-8PYg

• Czech Food: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

pDrdJljYUbk