 They have two children, Kevin and Kyle.She is an ALOT alumna, serves on the Greenley Research Center Advisory Board and the American Veterinary Medical Association Task Force, and has been active in a number of pork producer and farm bureau committees.She was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2004, but in 2006 was defeated for re-election by Democrat Tom Shively of Shelbyville, whom she defeated for her only term in the house.