About

What to say about me… what to say.  Well, let’s handle it with some bullet points.  In no particular order, I am…

• Married to the all-to-nice and too-good-for-me Rebecca Elledge
• We were married on June 17, 2006
• Upon marriage, I inherited a wonderful step-son: Spencer Montgomery
• Upon marriage, I also inherited a not-so-wonderful step-dog, Sophie “The Other Dog”
• My first born child, Braelyn Grace Elledge, was born on January 9, 2008
• January 9, 2008 is also Dave Matthews birthday.  Pretty cool, eh? 
• Grace is the name of one of Dave Matthews twin daughters.  The other’s name is Stella, but Stella Elledge doesn’t sound good when said together
• My second child, Brody Carlen Elledge, was born on September 18, 2009
• Carlen is my mother’s maiden name
• I have the most awesome, yet often-gimp, dog: Hoover Woodrow Elledge.  He is an English Mastiff born October 4, 2006.
• The middle name Woodrow came from the fact that Hoover, as a young pup, loved eating wood.
• I am the Chief Operating Officer for a dedicated and managed server company called Codero
• I am a (once proud) member of the Republican Party.
• The “once proud” comes from the fact that I am extremely disenchanted by my own party, but it does better represent most of my beliefs than the other alternatives.
• My parents are Steve and Vickie Elledge.
• I have two older sisters, Stephanie Lovato and Wendy Lecher.
• Thanks to my sisters, I have two great brother-in-laws, Michael Lovato and Tony Lecher, and six of the most awesome nephews and nieces you could ever have: Brandon, Nathan, Courtney and Keegan Lecher, plus Ashley Carnahan and Stephen Lovato.
• I have two living grandparents:  Dorothy Elledge and Emmett Carlen.  Grandma is in her ninetys, and unfortunately my grandfather suffers from Alzheimers.
• My paternal grandfather, Murray Elledge, passed away when I was 13 years old.  My maternal grandmother, Virginia “Grandma Cookie” Carlen, passed away when I was 34.  My gramps had plenty of diseases and my grandma passed from breast cancer.
• I am so fortunate to have a wonderful, loving family.  We are all very close, and I am so thankful for that.
• Baseball is my favorite sport.  I have coached baseball for 11 years, though not in the past three.  I have coached two State Championship teams.
• Baseball coaching stints include Casper and Torrington Wyoming and Windsor Colorado.
• Forgot to mention that I was born and raised in Casper.  Windy and cold.  Don’t miss that.
• Spent many years in college studying math and physical education, as I always wanted to coach and become an athletic director.  Went to Casper College, Black Hills State University, and finally Colorado State University.
• Go Rams!  Even though you screwed-up by getting rid of the legendary Sonny Lubick.
• Sonny Lubick never went 0-fer in conference play… replacement coach can’t say the same.
• Hosting my baseball team’s website with CommuniTech.net (now defunct) led me into my current career path and away from teaching math and coaching baseball.  All is good though, little regrets.
• My family and I currently live in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City.
• I moved to Kansas City on July 3, 1999.  I have survived here for over ten years now!
• I like to take pictures, as you can see by visiting my gallery.
• I spend way too much time on the Internet.
• I have run out of things to bullet-point about myself, for now at least.
• Oh, some people call me “relledge”, pronounced rale-ige.

Thanks for taking the time to learn more about me.  You can follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/relledge and can certainly friend me on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/relledge.  You can also search me on www.LinkedIn.com. 

Take care,

-RElledge