20 years from Julie

(Updated 7/24) to include some photos - I'll add more with Danielle's kids later)

Hey everyone- greetings from Atlanta! Thanks Robyn for all your work-let me know if there is anything I can do. I am going to squeeze 20 years(yikes!) into a few paragraphs-scares me that Joan will be reading and grading my grammer and spelling -ha Let's see, I went to ISU for a few years and then finished up my nursing degree at San Diego State University.I married Kent Leka 17 years ago this July. We have lived in San Diego, Maine, back to San Diego,Virginia and Atlanta. We lived the Navy life for years and ultimately decided to make Georgia our home. I went to graduate school at Emory University and recieved my Masters degree in Nursing- specializing in womens health and midwifery- so I am a womens health nurse practioner and a certified nurse midwife. Since 1998 I have delivered close to 1000 babies at my hospital ( and a few in the parking lot as well) I owned my own practice( with 3 other partners) for awhile-but decided I much prefer being an employee vs an employer- much less responsibilty. I have decided to take a few years off and focus on my greatest achievment - my family. Kent and I have 4- yes I said 4 children. Katelyn is 13 and amazing -She manages to get straight A's in the gifted program in the largest middle school in the nation! She also has her first boyfriend- OMG! POS! ha you have to have a
teenager to decode. Next we have Emily Rose,she is 9 and a nationally recognized dancer-I know I am bragging- but isn't that what parents do? She has qualified and danced at nationals for the past 3 years-she keeps us busy. But, the 2 that really keep us hoppin are the boys- Ryan is 3 and Evan just turned 2 -compared to the girls it's like a couple of class 5 hurricanes just blew into our lives! On a serious note- I feel blessed to be able to take time out of my carreer to raise these treasures. One last thing- quite an amazing thing really- My dear friend Danielle Olivotti now Close just moved right across the street from me with her beautiful family- our kids are inseperable as are we. Her husband Kyle got a job at

Kents company and they relocated- is that fate or what? Sometimes we'll be watching our kids and just look at each other and laugh because our girls are best friends and remind us of ourselves when we were young. OK I know I wrote a book but it's been 20 years! Hope to see you all at the reunion- not a 100% yet-depends on the dates. Wishing you all health and happiness! Julie Leka (Grobelnik)