Liesel
Lisa Nelson Hannemann graduated from Bear Lake High School in Montpelier, Idaho in 1987 and was Miss Bear Lake that same year. She happily represented Bear Lake County, Idaho in the Miss Idaho- Miss America pageant 1988. Lisa attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Family Science/ Human Development in 1992. She married and raised five beautiful daughters and enjoyed owning and teaching preschool for over 20 years, painting murals and creating random art for her family, including a life-size playhouse and murals featured in home magazines, on HGTV, and in the Parade of Homes in Bear Lake.
Lisa is a self-proclaimed professional “Maker”.
Lala
Darla Nelson Pack graduated from Soda Springs, Idaho in 1978. Her creativity and talent inspired her to attend cosmetology school and she became a professional stylist and esthetician for many years. Darla raised six children, mostly alone, while sustaining a career, and became an expert seamstress, quilter, and artist along the way. She and Lisa worked side by side painting murals and creating other fun activities and art for others, including murals for home magazines and the Parade of Homes in Bear Lake.
Darla is also a self-proclaimed professional “Maker”.
Dedication
These stories are dedicated to our families. They are the ones who have supported all of our crazy stories, ideas, activities, and adventures and have lived to talk about them!