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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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Sunday
Jul012018

Sixteen

DateSunday, July 1, 2018 at 08:14PM

My sweet Asher turned sixteen today. Sixteen! Sigh.

Here are my annual height comparison photos:

Yes, the boy is wearing the same shirt as last year. :) I pointed it out to him, but that wasn't enough to induce him to change, lol.

My boy is definitely growing up on us...getting ready to start his sophomore year...planning to take classes part time at the same high school Noah just graduated from (he'll still homeschool part time with me)...working on logging enough hours for his drivers license (because he didn't get his permit until November and given Colorado law, he can't get his license until November)...still participating in karate and karate demo team...bounding off and over things thanks to parkour...and continuing to be my sweet and happy kid. 

Just look at him...

This was at about 7 months old. Awww.

And this is today (needs a haircut, lol)...

Given our trip to Europe earlier this summer, we're not really celebrating birthdays this year, lol. But. We went out to lunch, got ice cream, watched a movie of Asher's choosing and had ice cream cookie sandwiches after singing to the boy. Happy...just like my Asher. :) 

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