What
would we do without Amy? She always seems to know just what we need
when we ask questions on parts, etc.. and is always ready to supply the
needed note. She is absolutely amazing! Don’t miss her “Favorite
Musical Memory.” I think Cory would love all of us to experience this
on a regular basis!
I was born August 22, in Pocatello,
Idaho, but mostly grew up in Price, Utah.
I graduated from Carbon High (go Dinos!). After graduation, I moved to Rexburg to go to
school and that same month my whole family, including two older married
brothers, moved away from Price. My
parents now live in West Valley. I am
the fourth of nine children and have four brothers and four sisters. I have one son right in the middle of four
daughters, and one wonderful husband. My
oldest just turned 10 and my youngest is 16 months. I graduated from BYU with a major in
elementary education and a minor in music.
I taught third grade for five years in Sandy before I stayed home to
take care of my family.
I have a lot of hobbies, which I
usually pursue when I should be cleaning my house. As a result, my house is usually messy. I spend a lot of time at the piano, either
teaching or practicing my own stuff and songs for the choir. I try to practice when the little ones are
napping. I love to work out, which is
usually jogging outside but I have been known to do a workout video or go to
the gym if the weather is not cooperating.
I love sports and played a lot before I had kids. I scrapbook digitally, usually late at night
while I'm watching t.v. shows on Netflix.
I enjoy cooking for my family and I love to work in my yard and
garden. I like to do crossword puzzles
and read, but I don’t read a lot of fiction these days because it’s too hard to
put it down and take care of my family.
Lately I've been reading a lot of biographies and histories. When I do read fiction, my favorites are
fantasy and mystery, but I'll read just about anything if the story is
interesting enough. My favorite music is
classical piano (big surprise). Some of
my favorite composers are Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Joplin,
Mozart, and Jon Schmidt.
In this phase of my life, when my
children are little, most of what I do revolves around them. We like to go places together, like hiking in
the mountains or to the Gateway to play in the fountains and wander through the
stores. We like to go to museums like
the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point, the planetarium at Gateway, and the
Bean Museum at BYU. We like to play
together in the backyard. One of my
favorite times each day is our family scripture study. We do a lot of discussing and sharing and
it's a time when we feel unified.
My life has been very blessed by music
and by my ability to play the piano. I
have some favorite musicians that I've worked with and learned from. I think all of my favorite musical memories
are times when I've been able to get in "the zone," that place in the
universe where time and space and real life no longer exist and there's just
the music. That's rare for me, and I
treasure the times that I've been there.
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