Kristin Kay Willits was born to John, 54 and Susan, 55 (Now Susan Patton) on September 4th, 1979 in New York. Her dad's a chiropractor and her mom's an auto dealership employee. They're divorced. She has a brother, Brad Willits and a sister, Tina Huet, 34. She grew up in Kansas and Oklahoma. She family now resides in Kansas. She has homes in LA and Orlando, while Kevin owns a farm in Kentucky. Kristin graduated from Northwest in 1988, where she was a member of the drill team, cheerleading squad and gymnastics team. She then attended Oklahoma City University, where she graduated with a degree in Classical and Jazz Dance. She has blonde hair, brown eyes and is 5'8". She worked as a New York City Rockette at Radio City Music Hall and also was in the old version of BSB's "I'll Never Break Your Heart," as the girl with Kevin. She has a tattoo on the inside of her right ankle. Kristin met Kevin on the job. In 1993, Willits was dancing in Beauty and the Beast at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park in Orlando when Kevin, then working at the park as a Ninja Turtle, noticed her in the employee cafeteria. He promptly asked her out. "She walked into the cafeteria," Richardson told PEOPLE last November, "And it was like someone turned a light on." Willits had attended Oklahoma City University before landing the Disney gig. On June 17th, of 2000, Kristin and Kevin were married in Kentucky in a private ceremony just for the family and close friends. Here are the words of Pollyanna Dorough, Howie's sister, said about the marriage... "I have to admit, Kevin's wedding was an absolute fairy tale wedding. It looked just like Robin Hood and Lady Marion getting married in a forest. Kristin, his new wife, wore a wedding gown that looked like Lady Marion from Robin Hood and walked on red rose pedals in her bare feet on her way to the alter."
