Missing Amanda

Where or where has Amanda Gone?
Or where or where can she be?
Tell me where or where has Amanda gone?
Or where or where can she be?


This is the most frequently asked question of the summer. Where has Amanda been all summer? I ask you-where hasn't she been this summer? The list of travels and adventures for Amanda include:

-trip home to Illinois-She flew home alone to spend time with family and friends. Her time included:
**time with Grandma Candy-great fun! She took two sewing classes and a cake decorating class. She rode the train to Chicago to see Wicked. She had a sleepover with lots of her cousins. She stayed up late to scrapbook, watch movies, and play with her cousin, Mackenzie.
**time with Grandma and Grandpa Fligge in their new Nauvoo house, eating Nauvoo fudge, and playing with the animals.
**time with Big Abby and Bobby swimming in their pool, getting pedicures, going go-carting, etc.
**time with Ethel and Steve Applegate cooking fudge, touring the Lincoln museum in Springfield, watching the critters in their wooded backyard, and early morning breakfasts out with Steve and his friend.
**time with Cris and Jeff Braun eating out and playing mini-golf. Way to go Jeff for beating Amanda at golf! What a great host!
**time with other family and friends doing fun summer stuff. She attended the Nauvoo temple with her friends and cousin. Amanda spent the most time of all at Culver's eating yummy custard ice cream.

After her trip to Illinois, we spent the week in Anaheim playing on the beach, at a science discovery museum, at Downtown Disney, and goofing off as a family.

She was home for about a week, and then we went to Anaheim again for a family reunion.

She was home only long enough to repack her stuff for girls' camp this week.

So when people ask, where has Amanda been, I grin and think, where hasn't she been? I want to thank everyone who has made this a fantastic summer for Amanda. This has been her most memorable summer of her life. THANK YOU!!!

As for me, I do miss Amanda. She is a great daughter and a wonderful friend. I can't wait for her to be home so that we can do some fun summer things together, too. Love you, Manders!!! See you on Saturday!!!