I grew up on a 350 cow dairy farm in Salem, Connecticut. In second grade all the way through high school my sister and I shared the resposibility of taking care of the calves. I complained a lot along the way, but it taught me the importance of hard work at a young age, and I couldn’t be more thankful for that now. I have so many great memories from my childhood growing up on the farm. To see farm pictures, click here.

I‘m the third of four children in my family. I have an older brother, John, an older sister, Kelly, and a younger brother, Michael. I have the most loving and supportive parents I could have ever asked for. I thank God for my amazing family. To see family pictures, click here.

To see some more random pictures click here.

I graduated from Bob Jones University in May 2008 with a bachelor's degree in graphic design with a photography minor. I am currently working at a local ad agency.I also do freelance graphic design as well as photography and painting in my free time.

I got married on June 21, 2008 to Casey Crafton on the farm I grew up on. To see wedding pictures, click here. My website really should be rachelcrafton.com now, but I haven't gotten around to that yet. =) Casey, who I met at school, is an aviation mechanic from Memphis, Tennessee.To see his picture click here (there is a painting I did of this picture in my portfolio). We’ve been dating since June 19, 2005 and got engaged November 21, 2007. To see a picture from our engagement click here.

I am loving life and look forward to what my unknown future will hold.