Mother of Tina, and wife of Mike Bowman. The senior Homecoming Queen at Rice, Ellen was very insecure about her appearance. In 1989, at the age of thirty, Ellen took her family to Costa Rica so that she could partake in the countries’ excellent and cheap plastic surgery in San Jose, much to the disapproval from her husband. Mike instantly forbid Ellen from getting plastic surgery, and so the family of three instead took a two week vacation in the country, enjoying its natural beauty.
