Amber Observations

Hello again internets: It took a good book to bring me back to my blog. I just finished Who Says It's a Man's World: The Girls' ...

When you were a kid, did you participate in the summer reading contests the local library sponsored, where you could get free pizza or priz...

Sadie, Matt & I's dog, loves to swim, so much so that a pool was a requirement when we bought our house in Tempe. As we were just si...

Well, my blog has sat dormant with a Christmas 2010 post at the top for far too long. This year has been hectic, exciting, mind-numbing, and...

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays, because it means lots of time with the family!! I took a brief video for my Grandma Dixie in Illin...

As is customary on a holiday weekend, I invited over our friends and family for a BBQ and pool party! We had a great turn out this year, wit...

My parents grew up in Hillsdale, Illinois, a small town in the Quad Cities area of the state, near the Iowa border. My dad's mom lives i...