Significant Events
| Age |
Event |
| July 28, 1986 |
Birth |
| 6 Months |
First Set of Ear Tubes |
| 3 Years |
Third Mastoidectomy Surgery |
| 5 Years |
Parents Divorce; Front Tooth Knocked Out; & Even Mother Lost Count of Ear Tube Surgeries |
| 10 Years |
Broke Left Ankle with Electrocution; Tonsils Removed; Tympanoplasty Surgery on Both Ears (to repair holes from tubes) |
| 11 Years |
Permanent Tube Inserted Through Bone of Right Ear Instead of Ear Drum |
| 12 |
Mother Remarried; Moved to Ankeny Acreage; Long-time Childhood Dog, Mitzy, Dies; Received Standardbred/Quarterhorse Mix, 14.2 Hands High, Chestnut Colored Horse, Named Him Jinalelealia |
| & |
| 13 Years (1999) |
| 16 Years |
Horse Killed By Lightning |
| 18 Years (2004) |
Graduated Ankeny Highschool With Honors; Began Studying at Iowa State University |
| 20 Years |
Studied Abroad in Italy for 2 Months |
| 22 Years (2008) |
Graduated Iowa State University With Bachelors of Fine Arts |
| 23 Years (2010) |
Married Louis Schanus, Long-Time Friend from Highschool; Changed Name to Include Maiden Name as an Additional Middle Name to Keep Initials SEW |
| 24 Years (2013) |
Bought Our First House in Ankeny |