Fun Facts About KatieRie

  1. Jesus is my JAM
  2. I used to be a professional singer and dancer; my DREAM all my life was to live in New York City and be on Broadway. I DID live in NYC (and LOVED it) and I auditioned my little heart out for Broadway. Had a couple a big callbacks. Landed an Off Broadway show my first summer and performed with many extremely talented people.
  3. I performed as Cinderella and Snow White on the Disney Cruise Ship in the mainstage productions. I LOVE this little fact even more so now that I have little ones who are obsessed with Disney.
  4. I still have oodles of friends who are on Broadway.
  5. I have my Master’s Degree in Education. That’s right! I LOOOOOOVE me some teachers! I used to teach 6th grade literacy and LOVED it.
  6. I met my husband playing volleyball. He is WAAAAAY better at it than I am. I played for the beverages and laughs.
  7. We got engaged and married pretty quickly. We both knew EXACTLY what we were looking for.
  8. We then had THREE kids under THREE YEARS (I think we live off of extreme chaos). Safe to say I know what I’m doing with newborns.
  9. I coached high school gymnastics alongside MY high school gymnastics coach (whom I have always looked up to).
  10. I also coached high school long jump and triple jump.
  11. I ran track and UWEC and my husband played volleyball at UWEC; yet we didn’t meet until we were 30.
  12. I also sang in the top choir for UWEC and quickly learned that I loved singing more than running hurdles.
  13. I went to state for gymnastics as a team and individually.  I actually was a gymnast for 18 years.
  14. I still hold the record at Menomonee Falls High school for the 100m high hurdles.
  15. I used to wait tables in NYC and waited on many famous people (Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Barbara Walters, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mathew Broderick…to name a few). I also believe that everyone should wait tables at least one time in their life.
  16. I love coffee and wine; sometimes more coffee if I’ve had too much wine;)
  17. I absolutely LOVE the ocean and warm weather, but I also love to ski.
  18. My parents are my heros.
  19. I think in parenting, you experience polar opposite emotions ALL. DAY. LONG.
  20. My husband and I LIVE for 8:30pm, when the kids are in bed and we can Netfix and chill.
  21. LOVE Game Of Thrones. John Snow anyone??
  22. I wear yoga pants 99.9% of the time, or I find ways to dress up yoga pants so they don’t look like “yoga pants.”
  23. I am passionate about eating healthy and working out. But I also LOVE eating cookie dough and Reeses.
  24. I feel like I have split personalities when it comes to cleaning & organizing–sometimes I do it and love it; other times I just hide things in closets.
  25. ABOVE ALL my GREATEST accomplishment in life is marrying my best friend (who is an AMAZING husband and daddy) and my three beautiful babies. They have made me who I am today.

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