I was born in London, Ontario, Canada on July 23, 1958; the middle daughter of 3 girls. We moved to a little village called Shenstone, Nr. Litchfield in the Midlands, England when I was 5 and I grew up there amongst the towering horse chestnut trees, bluebell strewn woods and rolling green hills.  I attended "Private' all-girls schools there.  One was St Margaret's in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield.  When I was 14 we moved to Brussels, Belgium for a year and I spoke French pretty well back then. My family moved to the states, to Hudson, WI in 1973 and I graduated from Hudson High School in 1976 - Bicentenial Grads! YEAH! .

I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education with an emphasis/minor in music, from the University of Wisconsin Stout in 1980. The previous year I had married Michael Qualheim on August 11, 1979 (we met in the UW Stout Symphonic Singers) and we now have 5 wonderful children. Shaun (11-20-80), Christopher (1-23-83) Timothy (10-19-86) Patricia (9-13-90) and Katie Marie (10-28-94). 

We live in the Moapa Valley, Nevada where we moved from Wisconsin in 1999.   Mike manages a Lin's Supermarket and I work at home as a web manager for Bev's Country Cottage (voluntary of course),   I spent 2003-2004 as the Media/Publicist for the 'Moapa Valley Arts Council' and 2005, 2006 year I  worked on their website, and helping sell tickets to performances. Here I am as Grisabella from CATS in the Moapa Valley Talent Showcase - Sept 2004.  I was asked to perform again this fall (2006) but Mike and I have suddenly found ourselves in the middle of a move elsewhere for his job, and while we are pretty devastatd by this we feel it is the Lord's will.  Logandale is our home, our family, our life, but apparently corporations care only about $.... life goes on.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding." Prov 3:5

My number one priority is being wife to Michael, and mom to the Qualheim crew!  I have 5 terrific kids who have taught me much more than I could ever have learned in some stuffy office, or behind a desk managing things in this world!  I have learned of the laughter that rolls into your soul from a giggling 3 year old.  I have learned of the water that bathes my spirit in tears as I see my children struggle.  And seeing the world through their eyes, teaches me that my inner child can heal and blossom.
 

The 5 Q's

Elder S. Qualheim at MTC

Elder C. Qualheim at MTC

I became an Osmond fan during the Osmond-Mania days in England in 1972. Donny and Alan have always been my favorites and Donny was  my first 'missionary'. I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since May of 1980.  You can read my personal Testimony of my faith - right HERE.
I worked for Alan for 6 years, as webmaster for TheFamily.com pages.  I learned so much and met some of the most wonderful people in the world with that job.
 

 
I worked online with Donny Osmond from 1997 until Feb 2004, helping him create the My Beliefs pages, and I enjoyed helping answer some of the LDS mail that Donny received.  What great joy I experienced sharing the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ with those who were seeking knowledge.  The Donny I have come to know is a very good person with a lovely sense of humor, and I really enjoyed working with him. I felt blessed in many ways to be able to help others learn about the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in this manner.  I always feel such joy as I do missionary work, because I know that those people can feel the same blessings and joy that I have in life. 

I attended a Donny concert Aug 4, 2005 at the Orleans hotel in Vegas and took a few rather blurry photos, but it was so much fun!
 

MUSICAL TASTES
I awake in the morning, and the first thing that I think of is music. I fill my days with it so I can feel inspired and uplifted. My childhood was immersed in music with my mother singing, music playing in our home, or us all singing in the car on trips, and my favorite memories scan the days of singing with my Aunt Mary.  I now perform with Valley Voices and that helps fill the void of not being in college choirs. I have a large classical music collection -although most are LPs though so I no longer can play them. 

Music often fills my dreams and my waking hours in the night when I am unable to sleep. I am often 'haunted' by songs that play in my head in my sleep, tunes I have not heard mingled with ones I know well.  I don't know enough keyboarding to write down what I hear though.  Someday perhaps.  I have been told I hum and sing in my sleep, which is interesting!  I wake up singing, even at 5:50 am as I take my eldest daughter to Seminary. 

I have pretty eclectic tastes in music. I love Musical Theatre, contemporary jazz, light rock, R&B, classical, 80's music and more.  I have many favorite musicians too.  My sons are one of my fave 'groups' as they all sing but don't have much opportunity since they all live far apart now.  Christopher is in the BYU Men's Chorus and really enjoys that!  I love the group Chicago, Classic-Pop Piano player William Joseph - you have to listen to him!  What a young, talented man! Love harder 'rock'-  Trans-Siberian Orchestra (great symphonic rock sound) as well as 'Take 6'--incredible Christian contemporary music. 

Soloists--- let's see;  Josh Groban - what a voice this young man has - not too many voices can reach into my inner-soul but his does;  Phil Collins, James Taylor, John Denver, Peter Cetera, Enya, Enigma, Michael McLean, and Donny has always soothed me and brought me great joy since I was a teenager.  His voice has comforted me many times when I was going through dark waters in this life, so he remains my favorite artist. 
 

HOBBIES
My hobbies include: Crochet, knitting, cross-stitch, singing, and playing guitar, walking my dog 'Boots',  genealogy, drawing, writing prose, writing in general, swimming, reading (especially LDS pioneer  books).  My favorite authors are Gerald Lund, James Herriot, Janette Oke, Carol Lynn Pearson-- I LOVE to read! There are many more. I also enjoy mountains, camping, being outdoors, gardening, sunshine, searching for interesting rocks and fossils, travel, drawing the mountains, (did I already mention mountains!?)  writing poetry, designing graphics, researching my family history, web design, walking, studying alternative medicine and more.  I was recently diagnosed with a form of MS but I have decided the best course of healing is to put total faith in my Savior, Jesus Christ, and to take  nutritional supplements under a naturopathic doctors care and it is doing wonders!   :-)

Well, I listed them above, but one of them I didn't list is taking photos of sunsets, and here in the desert, there are some of the most amazing sunsets you will ever witness. I'd like to share a few photos I have taken as the sun sinks behind the mountains here. The 2nd photo is of a beautiful sunrise, the colors just don't photograph well. There are days when my mind starts early and I cannot sleep.  I often go outside to just look around and breathe in the fresh air, or I will write or paint.  The last picture is of a scene I created in my mind and I sketched out.  I love doing that.
 
 

One of my passions in life, is doing charity work. I have had a few trials, as we all have, and each one had brought me to a new level of understanding about how to help someone else.  One of my favorite hymns is "Because I have been Given Much".  It starts out:

I love that hymn! 
 
 
 

This doesn't really fit into any catagory but I also suffer from depression perhaps as part of MS and fibromyalgia (I sound like an old women with body aches and pains!!) and I have created a page that I hope will help others who 'live' with this...  

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Border photo in Provo, Utah, taken by Christine Hill.  Border by Beverly Qualheim. Copyright 2002, 2005 All Rights Reserved

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