I’m Amber!

I am a wife, mother and photographer among many other things!

To say I am a people person wouldn't really cover it! I love meeting new people, having great conversation and growing friendships.

Photography for me started out as a way to capture my own family but quickly grew into so much more. I am a lifelong learner and enjoy advancing my style and perfecting my skills. To see more about all that jazz head on over to Why Amber.

As an adult comfortable in my own skin, i realize what a blessing being extroverted is. I make a point to cheerlead my children on each and every day. Their little quirks are a blessing that will help them succeed as an adult.

My life is just like yours! Full of love, happiness and completely crazy. I am so thankful to have the full life I do.

Every day I take care of, clean up after and try my hardest to enjoy my beautiful 4 children (ages 4-10). As the afternoon grow to an end I am filled with excitement! My husband will be finished with work and we get to spend time together soon! After 18 years together I still miss him whenever we are apart.

Side bar, just so you know... we are high school sweethearts and yes we totally met in the marching band (for real!). I play the clarinet!

My favorite days are where we decide to put aside the responsibilities and pack a picnic and go hiking, biking or boating! Leaving the house together ensures we don’t get too distracted by chores and work.

We all love being active! Summer is filled with camping, fishing, tubing, water skiing and exploring every chance we get.

Our home is on 19 acres so we also need to spend a fair amount of time working doing things like: caring for animals, cutting down trees, doing lawn maintenance and finishing up our whole house construction renovation (darn water damage… it has been hard).

I love tacking new projects. It’s so fun to create things, perfect them and of course organize. I often burn out and leave projects for ridiculous amounts of time until my amazing husband helps me finish them so we can enjoy the final results. I am an organization nerd and proud of it. There are easily over a hundred totes in our home (28 currently in the office)!

Favorites. Here we go. I love Harry Potter, I’m LOVING reading the books to my kids and watching the movies. I am secretly freaking out knowing that someday I we can bring them to Universal Studios because I loved it so much! A few of my favorite foods are: bacon wrapped scallops, sushi, fudge brownies, peanut butter Kashi cereal and salads with cranberries on them.

I’ve seen more television shows than I care to admit but cuddling and snacks is definitely a favorite past time for hubby and I.

I serve on Nerstrand Elementary School Board as secretary, Northfield Nursery School, as a 4-H Club Leader and as clerk at Northfield Community Church.

I enjoy giving back to the community and getting involved. It’s a way to teach the kids to take on responsibilities and pushes me to continue learning and growing too.