Meet Amy

I have struggled with the answer when asked, "What do you do?" and it isn't work-related. Ultimately, we settled on that I find things and untangle things. But I also read (a lot), pretend to wake surf, and watch Hallmark films.

Amy's bookshelf: 2024

The Weekend Away
it was amazing
So so good! Orla and Kate are long-time best friends off on a girls' weekend away. Kate is a bit of a player who is trying to get back at her soon-to-be-ex, causing her to spend frivolously and do drugs and hook-ups. Orla is a new mom ex...
tagged: 2024, audible-books, five-stars, thriller, and thoughtful
Written Off
really liked it
tagged: 2024, cozy, easy, and four-stars
Maybe Next Time
really liked it
Parts were a screaming 5 and parts were like “what?” And just irritated me. It is a Groundhog Day premise about a family of four - the mom is caught up in her own life and missing all that is going on around her with her kids and then he...
tagged: 2024, audible-books, fiction, four-stars, and thoughtful

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The BEST Christmas gift EVER!!!

Scott and I aren’t much into the Black Friday shopping. We did it our first year married and got so frustrated that everything we got up super early for was sold out by the time we got through the lines. Granted that was nearly 10 years ago and Black Friday wasn’t quite as big of […]

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My gymnast

Jade thrives on a super busy schedule. She goes to the gym twice a week for nearly 3 hours. And she’s at the studio twice a week for another 3 hours a day. One day a week she has off. She does homework when she gets home from the gym or the studio. And on […]

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L.E.N.S. - Best Picture

Today my Sister-in-Law gave birth to a beautiful little girl. Lydia Elisabeth couldn’t have been any more perfect. I took a bunch of pictures but this is one of my favorites.

Check out the other “best shots” over at Home is Where You Start From – the host […]

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Church and Kids - not always easy

I love that our church has a meeting when the whole family gets to sit together and pray together. But I also love that there is a time for the adults to meet together and finally a time for just the women to meet together. (Okay, the men meet together as well).

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Because she wanted to

Just like everyone else, we are short on time. Our lives are filled with work, school, homework, family, lessons, playing and everything else. So we find it hard to find the time (while it is still light out) to just play and do the things that kids love to do.

Jade always wants to ride […]

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