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Kristi Stillings Roberts

I graduated from what is now Missouri State in 1993 with a Marketing degree. Went to work in the Marketing Department at O'Reilly Auto Parts Corporate Offices. Transferred to the Training Department a few years later.

Chris and I were married in 1995. We had our first son, Cameron, in 2000 and I quit work to stay home with him. Cameron was born with Down syndrome and we were absolutely terrified that we wouldn't know how to be the kind of parents he would need. Luckily he has taught us a thing or two over the last eight years, especially about the things that really matter in life. He was born with a major heart defect that was repaired at 4 months of age and a major intestinal defect that was fixed when he was just under 2 years old, and I was largely pregnant with his brother. He is now healthy and thriving in every way.

Our second son, Brendon, was born in 2002 and we are equally proud of him. He has always been very healthy and we know not to take that for granted. We are blessed more each and every day by them both and wonder what we must have done with all of our spare time before they were around.

We continue to live here in Springfield, but are sad to report that as we were building our new house about 4 years ago they redrew the district lines and the boys ended up in the district of our arch football rivals, Republic!!!! :)

Thanks to Cameron, I completely changed my career and ended up doing pediatric cardiac ultrasound! I absolutely love it and feel it is what I was meant to do all along, just didn't know it. Thankfully, Chris is no longer a purchasing/sales agent which required too much travel. He is now a carpenter in Springfield, and ironically, a foreman over the new Republic high school.

Can't wait to see everyone and hear what you all have been up to since high school. In the meantime, take care.

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