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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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Oct312024

Thankful Thursday

Happy Halloween, y'all! No big goings-on here. The guy across the street has gone crazy with inflatables again. Asher and Micah are busy with college. Noah wore a costume to work today. That's pretty much it. :)

Today's Thankful Thursday is just one main thing. Today, I'm just very appreciative for fall...and fall leaves. I love fall. And every year, I try to take fall leaves pictures with the boys. (I started gathering them all in one place but haven't finished yet.) This year, though, we haven't all been in the same place while the leaves have been fall-y. So. I tasked everyone with taking his own photo, and this is what I got...

Asher climbed a very tall tree here in town while OneWheeling with a friend. Noah took his shot while hiking to a lake on Longs Peak. Micah finally got some fall color down in Boulder last week. (His photo is taken just across the street from one of his jobs.) And Nathan and I found fall colors in Wind Cave National Park at the start of the month and in our neighborhood park recently. 

So thankful for the beauty of fall...and for the fact that this year's season has lasted as long as it has here. (It's been gorgeous all of October! Some years the fall colors have only lasted days or a week, so this is fabulously appreciated.) 

Okay, that's it. Super thankful. Giving out full sized candy tonight so that I'm not as tempted by little snack size candies. Happy day, everyone!

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