Meet the Cate’s
With two young children and two business owners in one household, we are a bit busier than your average bees. However, we wouldn’t have it any other way and we never miss a moment to count our blessings!
I am a wife, a mom, a teacher, and a friend. I am a crafty and creative person who is a terrible cook but a pretty good baker, and I love learning more about cake and cookie decorating. I love to paint murals for children. I love being with my family more than anything else but still cherish date nights with Scott, time alone, and time with my girlfriends. I will give anyone a chance once but not often twice. I love to shop and the mall is where I decompress. I always say I am going to exercise more but I never really do. I am an incredible reader and I love books but don’t read them as much as I wish. I am a Christian and constantly need to remind myself to be more forgiving of myself and others. What mom out there doesn’t wear a million hats?
I haven’t heard of anyone winning the lottery twice, so I don’t think the Powerball is in my future because I’ve already won the best things money can’t buy. So cliché, I know. At the risk of sounding like is one of those bumper stickers on minivans or a magnet on your Grandma’s fridge, I already have won the best things in life. How else to describe the feeling of being the luckiest woman in the world? Scott and I are the best team I know, and we have two healthy kids that we love more than life.
Scott is the hottest computer geek I know, and my perfect match. He knows me better than anyone else in the world, and he loves me anyway…even when I am unreasonable and cranky. He makes me laugh everyday and he is thoughtful and romantic. We have plans to be the cutest little old couple ever in about 50 more years. He owns MyKB.com, EventDay.com and a few others, and does speaking engagements and more for Microsoft. He is smart, funny, and up for anything. He is the most patient father, and our kids look so much like him that I have been asked if I am sure I am their mother! I thank God everyday that we have each other.
I also have the most amazing mother I could ask for; I like to think that since God gave me a loser for a father he made it up to me by giving me the best mom he ever made! She is my friend and my business partner. I have a unique relationship with her and we somehow manage to argue and make up in ways that I just couldn’t do with anyone else. She is such a strong woman, and has been an excellent role model for me to watch while growing up. I credit her with my bossiness and my ability to get through anything, no matter how difficult. Her life motto is to “power through” the hard times. Some may say I am a little too strong…I have a lot of type-A personality traits and I am not as forgiving as I should be. This can be blamed on genetics or some say it is because I am an Aries. I don’t know which but I just think if something needs to be done, do it. And, if you’re going to do it then do it right the first time.
This is how my business started. I was a stay at home mom, growing overly tired of being disappointed by the schools that were available when my oldest was in preschool. I had him at the most expensive and biggest, and I had him at the smallest. They all had serious issues. If I wanted it done right, I was going to have to do it myself. I have a background in Early Childhood Education, so I partnered with someone else who loved children as much as I do, and (with a lot of blood, sweat, and tears) Ginger and I created MorningStar Academy and a wonderful school was born. It has been one of the hardest, and most fulfilling, things I have ever done. With all things great, word of mouth has spread and our little school has a waiting list to get in!
Preschoolers are the funniest people you could possibly spend your day with. I should know, because I spend my days with a bunch of them! As with all teaching, the dollars don’t come close to matching the time spent…. but the love and laughter is worth it. And, making a true difference for my own children and the other children at our school? Priceless.
