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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Monday
Dec192016

Things that happened over the weekend...

DateMonday, December 19, 2016 at 12:47PM

1. Asher & Micah went to black belt club at karate. 

2. Micah and I shoveled snow.

3. I updated JOAD stats for our team.

4. Nathan led Asher and Ocean on their Wright Stuff build. They're working on a new plane/kit.

5. I cut Nathan and Noah's hair.

6. I had to double check that I still had enough tape for wrapping after Asher started randomly making tape beards on himself and taping his hands together. Weirdo. ;) 

7. Micah, Nathan and I made 205 cookies (yes, that's a little over 17 dozen)...for neighbors, coaches and us. They're yummy!

8. The annual watching of "Elf" happened. :)

9. Noah had JOAD practice.

10. We finally decorated our tree!

Yes, it's been sitting in the front room for a week...naked. We haven't managed to get any other indoor decorations up yet, but at least we got the tree decorated. :) I love that the process is so traditionally festive...with everyone doing his/her part. And I love all our ornaments, each with a story. Happy!

And now it's Monday. Asher and Micah are at their last day of Options before break and I'm trying to finish up Christmas shopping, do a bit more baking and get these last few packages in the mail. Wish me luck! :)

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