HELLO

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
Jun202021

Happy Father's Day

Here's to all the dads out there...past and present...happy Father's Day! Here are some of the dads in my life...

My dad in May 1976 at the airport when I arrived from Korea:

 
Nathan's dad in August 1975 shortly after Nathan was born:

My mom's dad in 1952 (my mom's on her mom's lap):

 

My dad's dad in 1952ish with most of his 8 kids and his mother in law during a vacation to California (he's holding my dad):

Nathan's mom's dad on Easter 1954 with three of his (eventual) eight kids (Nathan's mom is sitting on the right):

Nathan's dad's dad with his wife in 1940 (I don't have any pictures from Nathan's dad's childhood):

And, of course, Nathan...in November 2000 shortly after becoming a father:

And here he is today with our three weirdos:

When I told them to stop messing around and take a good picture, this is what I got:

(Asher gave me the picture off his phone, lol.)

Whew. Plenty more that could be said but it's getting late and we've just been enjoying a quiet day here at home with some shows and games and good food. Thank you to all the dads for everything they do and have done! Blessed to have so many good men in our lives!

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