Carrie Church was not only born in Cordova, Alaska, she lived there for the first 20 years of her life with her four siblings and parents. Carrie was pretty shy as a girl, yet loved to be in the great outdoors whenever possible. She also enjoyed swimming, being on the high school team for all four years. When Carrie graduated from Cordova High, there were a total of 14 boys and seven girls in her graduating class! It was when she was in high school that she began dating her husband Kenan, who was also from Cordova. Carrie attended the Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks for two years then transferred to Indiana State Univ. to be with Kenan. They both decided to transfer after a year and ended up at Western Michigan Univ. in Kalamazoo. Kenan graduated with a degree in engineering and Carrie got a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with minors in Math, Science, and English. Kenan and Carrie married in 1991 back home in Alaska, then came back to Michigan to live and work. Son Kyler was born in 1998, Claira in 2000, and in 2003, Katie. In between births, Carrie earned her Masters of Arts in Reading Instruction from Western Michigan Univ. When Katie was just eight weeks old, the family moved to Italy! Kynan was offered a job assignment, so off they went. Carrie says the time in Italy was amazing on so many levels, for everyone in the family. Carrie had been teaching through the years, yet when in Italy, she stayed home full-time with the children. When the family moved back to Michigan, they were back in the same town, but in a new home. Carrie went back to teaching once again. In 2007, Kenan was transferred to Vancouver, Wa. for work, so the family purchased a home in Corbett. After nearly 25 years of marriage and three children, Kenan and Carrie are happily settled on their acreage with their animals and farmhouse. They are an outdoors loving family that like to also travel when they are able. Last summer they went back to Michigan for two weeks. Carrie has also led travel groups for the Corbett Middle School, four different times. Twice she took kids to the east coast and twice they traveled to Europe! She loves being a middle school teacher. Carrie says that with extended family in Portland and Hood River, she cannot imagine her immediate family leaving Corbett anytime soon. Their feet are "firmly planted!"
Carrie Church was not only born in Cordova, Alaska, she lived there for the first 20 years of her life with her four siblings and parents. Carrie was pretty shy as a girl, yet loved to be in the great outdoors whenever possible. She also enjoyed swimming, being on the high school team for all four years. When Carrie graduated from Cordova High, there were a total of 14 boys and seven girls in her graduating class! It was when she was in high school that she began dating her husband Kenan, who was also from Cordova. Carrie attended the Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks for two years then transferred to Indiana State Univ. to be with Kenan. They both decided to transfer after a year and ended up at Western Michigan Univ. in Kalamazoo. Kenan graduated with a degree in engineering and Carrie got a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with minors in Math, Science, and English. Kenan and Carrie married in 1991 back home in Alaska, then came back to Michigan to live and work. Son Kyler was born in 1998, Claira in 2000, and in 2003, Katie. In between births, Carrie earned her Masters of Arts in Reading Instruction from Western Michigan Univ. When Katie was just eight weeks old, the family moved to Italy! Kynan was offered a job assignment, so off they went. Carrie says the time in Italy was amazing on so many levels, for everyone in the family. Carrie had been teaching through the years, yet when in Italy, she stayed home full-time with the children. When the family moved back to Michigan, they were back in the same town, but in a new home. Carrie went back to teaching once again. In 2007, Kenan was transferred to Vancouver, Wa. for work, so the family purchased a home in Corbett. After nearly 25 years of marriage and three children, Kenan and Carrie are happily settled on their acreage with their animals and farmhouse. They are an outdoors loving family that like to also travel when they are able. Last summer they went back to Michigan for two weeks. Carrie has also led travel groups for the Corbett Middle School, four different times. Twice she took kids to the east coast and twice they traveled to Europe! She loves being a middle school teacher. Carrie says that with extended family in Portland and Hood River, she cannot imagine her immediate family leaving Corbett anytime soon. Their feet are "firmly planted!"