Shondi Harp Mulkey
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:34 pm
Hi guys,
Very excited to finally get onto the site. My husband's assistant has been telling me for weeks to check it out and I finally got the chance-great, fun memories came flooding back in.
I have been fortunate to see alot of you guys over the years in town, but have thought about many of you and wondered what happened to all those I haven't seen in all these years (my gosh, has it really been 20 years?)
Here's a little of what happened to me since those wonderful days back in 1986:
As many of you know, I married Scott Mulkey (class of '84) in June of 1988. We soon transferred to Oklahoma with his job and I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an Accounting Degree in 1991. We missed family and friends so we moved back here that year. Went to work as the Director of Administration for an Accounting Firm for 7 1/2 years and really loved the work. Unforuntately, was not as enamored with the long hours during tax season or the commute across the bridge. Wasn't a great thing for my family. Scott and I were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Darbi, in October of 1994 and I knew I had to make a change to be home more. So, in August 1999 I bought a franchise called Kinderdance. It is a wonderful company that offers dance and gym programs to children in daycares and preschools. I bought the rights to St. Tammany Parish and Metairie. As a matter of fact, my teachers and I have had the pleasure of teaching several of our classmates children over the last 7 years. Would have never pegged myself as one to work with 1-5 year children, but I have found out I really like it and find it so rewarding to see the growth of the childrens' skills and personalities from September to May. While I personally have stepped out of teaching on a daily basis, leaving that to my employees, it is still such a pleasure to put these little people on stage every May and see the pride they exhibit as they show their parents what they have learned.
While this change in my life was definately not what I expected when I graduated from high school, the biggest surprise was yet to come. Scott and I decided in June 1997 that we were ready to add to our family. However, just a month later we had the unfortunate experience of our
1-year old house catching on fire. After we overcame that small obstacle, we proceeded with our plan of adding to our family. After 4 years of infertility and many shots, drugs, and charts, we finally achieved our goal of adding to our family. What is that saying "be careful what you ask for??" Well we obviously asked for alot as God blessed us in May 2002 with a beautiful set of TRIPLETS. Two girls, Delaney and Devyn and one boy, Dawson. Needless to say, life has been very crazy, hectic, fun, rewarding and at times overwhelming for Scott and I.
Today, we have been married 18 years and our oldest, Darbi just had her 12th birthday. She is in 6th grade at Christ Episcopal School. The triplets just started pre-k there this year. In a strange twist of events, in February of this year, I got a phone call from the woman who owned the accounting firm I used to work for. She wanted me to buy the firm as she had gone back to nursing school. After much prayer, Scott and I decided that since the triplets were now in school full time and the work could be done around my other committments, we went ahead and bought the farm. I guess you're getting the idea that we like stress around here :
I was unsure due to Darbi's sports schedule if we would be able to make the reunion but things worked out and we are so excited that we will be there Saturday. Can't make Friday as she has a final softball tournament game.
Can't wait to see everyone. Have really enjoyed reading everyone's posts about their families, lives, and memories.
See everyone soon.
Very excited to finally get onto the site. My husband's assistant has been telling me for weeks to check it out and I finally got the chance-great, fun memories came flooding back in.
I have been fortunate to see alot of you guys over the years in town, but have thought about many of you and wondered what happened to all those I haven't seen in all these years (my gosh, has it really been 20 years?)
Here's a little of what happened to me since those wonderful days back in 1986:
As many of you know, I married Scott Mulkey (class of '84) in June of 1988. We soon transferred to Oklahoma with his job and I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an Accounting Degree in 1991. We missed family and friends so we moved back here that year. Went to work as the Director of Administration for an Accounting Firm for 7 1/2 years and really loved the work. Unforuntately, was not as enamored with the long hours during tax season or the commute across the bridge. Wasn't a great thing for my family. Scott and I were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Darbi, in October of 1994 and I knew I had to make a change to be home more. So, in August 1999 I bought a franchise called Kinderdance. It is a wonderful company that offers dance and gym programs to children in daycares and preschools. I bought the rights to St. Tammany Parish and Metairie. As a matter of fact, my teachers and I have had the pleasure of teaching several of our classmates children over the last 7 years. Would have never pegged myself as one to work with 1-5 year children, but I have found out I really like it and find it so rewarding to see the growth of the childrens' skills and personalities from September to May. While I personally have stepped out of teaching on a daily basis, leaving that to my employees, it is still such a pleasure to put these little people on stage every May and see the pride they exhibit as they show their parents what they have learned.
While this change in my life was definately not what I expected when I graduated from high school, the biggest surprise was yet to come. Scott and I decided in June 1997 that we were ready to add to our family. However, just a month later we had the unfortunate experience of our
1-year old house catching on fire. After we overcame that small obstacle, we proceeded with our plan of adding to our family. After 4 years of infertility and many shots, drugs, and charts, we finally achieved our goal of adding to our family. What is that saying "be careful what you ask for??" Well we obviously asked for alot as God blessed us in May 2002 with a beautiful set of TRIPLETS. Two girls, Delaney and Devyn and one boy, Dawson. Needless to say, life has been very crazy, hectic, fun, rewarding and at times overwhelming for Scott and I.
Today, we have been married 18 years and our oldest, Darbi just had her 12th birthday. She is in 6th grade at Christ Episcopal School. The triplets just started pre-k there this year. In a strange twist of events, in February of this year, I got a phone call from the woman who owned the accounting firm I used to work for. She wanted me to buy the firm as she had gone back to nursing school. After much prayer, Scott and I decided that since the triplets were now in school full time and the work could be done around my other committments, we went ahead and bought the farm. I guess you're getting the idea that we like stress around here :
I was unsure due to Darbi's sports schedule if we would be able to make the reunion but things worked out and we are so excited that we will be there Saturday. Can't make Friday as she has a final softball tournament game.
Can't wait to see everyone. Have really enjoyed reading everyone's posts about their families, lives, and memories.
See everyone soon.
