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 end of dance season…

Rather than loading all of these pictures full size, I thought I’d give a gallery a try. These were my favorite images from the girls’ final dance performance. I have other pictures of them, that I love, but decided this time around, I’d pick some of the girls in the more advance companies that performed.

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Balloons by Malloon - Family Find

My sister found the coolest master of balloons. Of course, she is only great if you live near enough to pick up or have the balloons delivered. After my sister picked up the balloons she had ordered for her sister-in-law, she called me just raving about this great balloon resource. So, I decided I’d do […]

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She’s my “Mini-Me”

I don’t think there is a day that we don’t say, “Holy cow, Ivy is just like me and Jade is just like Dad!”

Tonight at bedtime, I took my pen and tried to write on the bottom of Ivy’s little foot. She giggled and pulled it away from me. Jade asked me if I […]

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Things to be prepared with when going camping…

Yuba Lake - Boat in Campsite

This last weekend, we went camping. We fancy ourselves as “campers” but realized it has been 3 years since our last camping trip with all four of us. Scott has taken Jade to the church’s Father-Kid Camp Out (yes, I know it is typically a Father-Son Camp Out, but I’m […]

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I Heart Faces- Celebrating Teenagers

This past week, my nephew graduated from high school. Unfortunately I didn’t get to go so I don’t have any pictures of him being the really sweet graduate that he is. But, I am really proud of Dax and excited for his adventures he’s going to get to have at […]

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