Amy's Favorites

Our ward asked us these questions and put it on the ward website so people could get to know us.


Name: Amy
Birthday: April 23

Favorite sports team: I care nothing for sports. I never even know what season it is.

Favorite scripture: Adam fell that men might be, and men are, that they might have joy. 2 Nephi 2:25.

Favorite quotes:
"It has changed my life to have children. It has made me poorer and more confused."

"If you have not chosen the kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead." Neal A. Maxwell, April 1974.

"The purpose of life is to matter---to count, to stand for something, to have it make some difference that we lived at all." Leo Rosten

Favorite food- My favorite dessert is a brownie with vanilla icecream with hot fudge sauce. Favorite main dish is about any kind of “chicken with pasta”. Favorite sodapop is Root Beer. Favorite candy is KitKat or SugarBabies.

Favorite band/music: If my list on itunes is any indication, I have the most songs from the Beatles, Alan Jackson, and the Dixie Chicks.

First kiss- on Valentine's Day, engaged on Mar. 1, married on June 21, 1980.

What is your 5 min pick-me-upper? My favorite thing is to go into my sewing room and just fiddle around with fabric, putting fabrics together and seeing what new quilt I can make. Five minutes playing in there does me a world of good.

Do you have facebook, Ipod-mp3 player, WII? I love my ipod shuffle, I have a blog and website but no facebook, and we have a Wii but I've never even touched it.

Hobbies through the years- I started sewing clothing when I was 12, and sewed extensively all through high school and college. When I had 4 little boys in a row, I switched to making quilts because sewing clothes for boys was boring. I became a quilting instructor about 10 years ago, and changed my focus from "hobby" to "business" and travelled all over the nation teaching quilting at quilt guilds for about 7 years. Now I am too busy teaching early morning seminary, so I am on sabbatical from my business for a couple of years. However, now I am sewing as a hobby again, and really enjoying it.

Another great hobby of mine is reading non-fiction, I have delved into some subjects very deeply, such as the Civil War, World Wars 1 and 2, natural disasters and calamities and the last days, LDS books, the Beatles, and (when I was younger) motherhood and parenting skills.

I also enjoy writing. I have kept a daily diary since 1971, and in 1981 wrote my life story up to that time. (Now I am overdue for writing Part 2). I have had two friends die, and have written both their life stories as well, and given them to their families.