All About M

M here! Welcome to A.M.P.L.E. Ideas!! For my first post I couldn't help but think that there was any better way to start then to begin by telling you a little about myself. I am M, younger sister to E,A, and L, older sister to P. And then there is also our brother, (I don't think we have a letter for him quite yet...) We all grew up in a home full of creativity, there was singing, dancing, acting, running, painting, reading, sewing, laughter and much more. As I went through middle school and high school I fell into the footsteps of my older siblings and was definitely burning a candle at both ends with all the different activities I was involved in. Come senior year I began to get frustrated because all my older siblings had their "thing." E with anything related to art and literature, A with her beautiful singing and acting talents, E with her amazing ability to push her body to new limits through soccer and running, and P was still figuring out high school and hadn't quite found her "thing" yet. As for me, well I was just sort of a mix, until I realized my love for food! I loved going out to eat with my father and seeing his face grow in happiness with a perfectly cooked piece of fish, a tender piece if beef, or a chocolate dessert with just the right amount of bitterness.  I wanted to be able to do that for him. I wanted to be the one that made his face light up at something cooked just the way he liked it. So off to culinary school I went. I picked up and moved across the country to Utah Valley University. A whole new world was opened up to me that I couldn't even fathom. I loved it.  I baked, cooked, served, and ate my heart out! Now after living in Utah for the past four years I have had some wonderful experiences both in and out of the kitchen. In those four years, I increased my knowledge and love of food, gained and lost about 25 pounds, married the love of my life (R), and have found a new love for life and creating!  I hope that my experiences and ideas that I share can help inspire you in your own projects, or in the ones the Jones sisters have to share with you! Until next Tuesday!

Look forward to next week when I share something new for your kitchen table!!

 -M-