oh geez... i can't remember what happened yesterday let alone what's gone on for the last 15 years!! i'll do my best. after high school i attended dixie college, waited tables at pizza hut, taught piano lessons, participated in the college choirs where i sang and accompanied, was a member of the dixie college piano ensemble and played intramural sports. that was probably when i got involved in city league volleyball too. me and some choir friends started an accapella group called the earthtones. we thought we were pretty cool. we sang for little gigs here and there, tried to make a little money but it seemed to fizzle out when everyone graduated and got married. my once jr. prom date who became my 'steady' boyfriend was building bridges in vernal when he decided he wanted to follow me to utah's dixie before i found a man with a tan! =C) after i graduated in 1995 we were married. i attended dixie for another year through suu to start my degree in teaching. i still participated in the choirs and worked for the music department that year and also became a mary kay consultant. i also found my love for crafting (hey it was the thing at the time) and decorating and always found some craft fair or boutique to sell things at. that summer was the first summer that i had never waited tables and instead i got a job with my friend lifeguarding in mesquite. it was so fun! i made some great friends and traveled alot, always finding time for a ski trip to powell. the next year i made the haul to cedar city, commuting every day while robby worked construction in st george. i attended suu where i studied phys ed with an emphasis in coaching and minored in psychology (i know, how marketable is that???) . we found out we were expecting our first baby in september. i was the assistant volleyball coach at hurricane high and had camps to keep me busy through the summer. oh and speaking of summer, two things that don't mix, pregnancy and st george summer! and if that isn't bad enough she came 12 days late. stefani was born in 1997. i would load her up, head to cedar for classes head to hurricane on the way home for practice and hoped that i would somehow find time for homework, husband and homemaking! oh and mary kay. this went on for a couple years, i think stefani had more miles on her by the age of 2 than some kids get there whole life! then we decided we would give living in cedar a try. robby commuted this time. needless to say that only lasted about 9 months. as i was finishing up with classes, i arranged it so that i could go to st george with him on tuesdays for mary kay meetings. (umm yah, another duh moment)! that year i applied for janice tolberts job at wayne middle to be the phys ed teacher. obviously i didn't get it, which was at the time heart wrenching, but i didn't realize what the lord had in store for me. i thought this would be my chance to move home and raise my family with the same opportunities that i had growing up, but little did i know what other opportunities were waiting. i became friends with another mary kayer who's family owned a holiday store in st george. she offered me a job on the days i would go to st george and then we would go to mary kay. eventually robby and stefani and i moved back to st george and this job became what i thought would be my dream career, and it was at the time. i worked as a designer and buyer, it had lots of perks. they flew me to s.l.c.and to west yellowstone to open new stores and decorate for the holidays. i also got the opportunity to go to markets from dallas to l.a. to buy inventory for the new seasons. LOVED IT!!! unfortunately retail took a plunge when the big guys came to town (target, walmart etc...) and ran the mom and pop stores out. it was sad but i was able to land accounts with clients who i still decorate for and i also got involved with the dixie regional medical center's jubilee of trees. i have now been doing that for 7 years? i think. it's pretty rewarding. i design a tree each year that is auctioned off and the proceeds go to the n.i.c.u. at dixie regional.
since being back in st george, robby has finished his contractors license building custom homes, playing softball a little basketball, and staying involved in church callings. he still helps his dad run cows and there is always time to go on the elk or deer hunt. we hope to get to alaska this summer. after a few years of trying to have more children (more like 6; years not children that is) we finally had a bouncing baby boy. and that he definitely has been! mason randy was born in march of 2004 and has kept us busy ever since! i have still taught piano through the years, we finally built us a new home (boy i'll tell ya, there is some truth to the cobblers kids who never have shoes!) and decorating has taken on a whole new level now. i still craft and have a holiday show every year (12 years this year) in hanksville over thanksgiving weekend. through the years i have played volleyball here and there, used to be city league, then it was 2 on 2 tournaments. and the last time was summer games. then we had scotlyn reay in february of 2007. as for coaching, it has actually served me well in other areas in my life (including mom the referee). it has helped me to grow my mary kay business, i have a great gift service, i have earned 2 free cars and i am working on the 3rd. i promoted to the position of sales director which was a great experience for about 2 1/2 years. i have stayed involved in different callings in the church, the last few years primary, and lately president. (amber, we need to talk!) but with all my irons in the fire, i stepped down from sales director to keep my sanity. i feel like a jack of all trades but a master at none. and i finally decided it is my small town curse. because i was able to do everything i wanted to do in high school, i still want to do everything now, and man i just can't keep up. i still don't know what i want to be when i grow up. however this last fall i was offered an opportunity at a prestigous performing arts studio in the area. i accompany the advanced levels of ballet pointe classes. the pay is great and the hours are even better. i don't even consider it a job. it is truly my therapy! to sit behind the piano for a couple hours each day and get paid for it is my little piece of heaven on earth! luckily among all of the odd jobs through the years the best part of my crazy life is that i have found a way to always be home with my kids! our children are the light of our life. stef is now in 4th grade, loves school, loves to cook, dance and ride horses. she's quite the toughy on those cold deer hunts. me and her dad are trying to make a ball player out of her but i don't know, she's quite the dancer. mason is finally old enough to play t ball. he is a natural, he's been riding a scooter since he was about 18 months or so and has quite the foul shot, and by the age of 4 he already has a driving record like his mom, taking the durango through the neighbors yard and rolling the dodge pickup down the driveway over the stop sign. uugghh!! scotlyn is just a happy baby. she is the laziest of the 3 though. she barely crawled by the age of one and is still not walking at 14 months! oh well, we'll keep her the baby as long as we can. even though life is good, with good friends, jobs, great kids and opportunities, our small town hearts keep us wondering if we'll ever 'make it back' to the place that we still call home! who knows what the next 15 will bring??
oh geez... i can't remember what happened yesterday let alone what's gone on for the last 15 years!! i'll do my best. after high school i attended dixie college, waited tables at pizza hut, taught piano lessons, participated in the college choirs where i sang and accompanied, was a member of the dixie college piano ensemble and played intramural sports. that was probably when i got involved in city league volleyball too. me and some choir friends started an accapella group called the earthtones. we thought we were pretty cool. we sang for little gigs here and there, tried to make a little money but it seemed to fizzle out when everyone graduated and got married. my once jr. prom date who became my 'steady' boyfriend was building bridges in vernal when he decided he wanted to follow me to utah's dixie before i found a man with a tan! =C) after i graduated in 1995 we were married. i attended dixie for another year through suu to start my degree in teaching. i still participated in the choirs and worked for the music department that year and also became a mary kay consultant. i also found my love for crafting (hey it was the thing at the time) and decorating and always found some craft fair or boutique to sell things at. that summer was the first summer that i had never waited tables and instead i got a job with my friend lifeguarding in mesquite. it was so fun! i made some great friends and traveled alot, always finding time for a ski trip to powell. the next year i made the haul to cedar city, commuting every day while robby worked construction in st george. i attended suu where i studied phys ed with an emphasis in coaching and minored in psychology (i know, how marketable is that???) . we found out we were expecting our first baby in september. i was the assistant volleyball coach at hurricane high and had camps to keep me busy through the summer. oh and speaking of summer, two things that don't mix, pregnancy and st george summer! and if that isn't bad enough she came 12 days late. stefani was born in 1997. i would load her up, head to cedar for classes head to hurricane on the way home for practice and hoped that i would somehow find time for homework, husband and homemaking! oh and mary kay. this went on for a couple years, i think stefani had more miles on her by the age of 2 than some kids get there whole life! then we decided we would give living in cedar a try. robby commuted this time. needless to say that only lasted about 9 months. as i was finishing up with classes, i arranged it so that i could go to st george with him on tuesdays for mary kay meetings. (umm yah, another duh moment)! that year i applied for janice tolberts job at wayne middle to be the phys ed teacher. obviously i didn't get it, which was at the time heart wrenching, but i didn't realize what the lord had in store for me. i thought this would be my chance to move home and raise my family with the same opportunities that i had growing up, but little did i know what other opportunities were waiting. i became friends with another mary kayer who's family owned a holiday store in st george. she offered me a job on the days i would go to st george and then we would go to mary kay. eventually robby and stefani and i moved back to st george and this job became what i thought would be my dream career, and it was at the time. i worked as a designer and buyer, it had lots of perks. they flew me to s.l.c.and to west yellowstone to open new stores and decorate for the holidays. i also got the opportunity to go to markets from dallas to l.a. to buy inventory for the new seasons. LOVED IT!!! unfortunately retail took a plunge when the big guys came to town (target, walmart etc...) and ran the mom and pop stores out. it was sad but i was able to land accounts with clients who i still decorate for and i also got involved with the dixie regional medical center's jubilee of trees. i have now been doing that for 7 years? i think. it's pretty rewarding. i design a tree each year that is auctioned off and the proceeds go to the n.i.c.u. at dixie regional.
since being back in st george, robby has finished his contractors license building custom homes, playing softball a little basketball, and staying involved in church callings. he still helps his dad run cows and there is always time to go on the elk or deer hunt. we hope to get to alaska this summer. after a few years of trying to have more children (more like 6; years not children that is) we finally had a bouncing baby boy. and that he definitely has been! mason randy was born in march of 2004 and has kept us busy ever since! i have still taught piano through the years, we finally built us a new home (boy i'll tell ya, there is some truth to the cobblers kids who never have shoes!) and decorating has taken on a whole new level now. i still craft and have a holiday show every year (12 years this year) in hanksville over thanksgiving weekend. through the years i have played volleyball here and there, used to be city league, then it was 2 on 2 tournaments. and the last time was summer games. then we had scotlyn reay in february of 2007. as for coaching, it has actually served me well in other areas in my life (including mom the referee). it has helped me to grow my mary kay business, i have a great gift service, i have earned 2 free cars and i am working on the 3rd. i promoted to the position of sales director which was a great experience for about 2 1/2 years. i have stayed involved in different callings in the church, the last few years primary, and lately president. (amber, we need to talk!) but with all my irons in the fire, i stepped down from sales director to keep my sanity. i feel like a jack of all trades but a master at none. and i finally decided it is my small town curse. because i was able to do everything i wanted to do in high school, i still want to do everything now, and man i just can't keep up. i still don't know what i want to be when i grow up. however this last fall i was offered an opportunity at a prestigous performing arts studio in the area. i accompany the advanced levels of ballet pointe classes. the pay is great and the hours are even better. i don't even consider it a job. it is truly my therapy! to sit behind the piano for a couple hours each day and get paid for it is my little piece of heaven on earth! luckily among all of the odd jobs through the years the best part of my crazy life is that i have found a way to always be home with my kids! our children are the light of our life. stef is now in 4th grade, loves school, loves to cook, dance and ride horses. she's quite the toughy on those cold deer hunts. me and her dad are trying to make a ball player out of her but i don't know, she's quite the dancer. mason is finally old enough to play t ball. he is a natural, he's been riding a scooter since he was about 18 months or so and has quite the foul shot, and by the age of 4 he already has a driving record like his mom, taking the durango through the neighbors yard and rolling the dodge pickup down the driveway over the stop sign. uugghh!! scotlyn is just a happy baby. she is the laziest of the 3 though. she barely crawled by the age of one and is still not walking at 14 months! oh well, we'll keep her the baby as long as we can. even though life is good, with good friends, jobs, great kids and opportunities, our small town hearts keep us wondering if we'll ever 'make it back' to the place that we still call home! who knows what the next 15 will bring??
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Amy, It was so fun to see pictures of your kids. I didn't remember all of your musical talents! You are a busy accomplished girl!! If you get a chance I'd love to see pictures posted of you and your husband. Take care! Deeanna
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