Meet The People Of Benton County - Amanda Smith
By:
Benton County Enterprise Staff
NAME: Amanda Smith
BIRTHPLACE: Independence, MO
YEARS IN WARSAW: My whole life!
FAMILY: Husband, Payton; 2 kids, Kase and Kallie.
THE BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN WARSAW IS: The community and knowing everyone.
OCCUPATION: Barista at Redwing Coffee.
WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP: A daycare owner.
FIRST JOB: Hardee's.
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Building igloos in the snow with my dad.
THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN: I married my husband and had my children.
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Accidentally falling while leaving a packed movie theatre.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS: Honestly.
MY GREATEST FEAR IS: Losing my husband or kids.
I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO: Bury my husband or my kids.
I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO: Tell a lie.
IF I WON THE LOTTERY, I WOULD: Adopt all of the stray animals.
MY DREAM TRIP WOULD BE TO: Bora Bora.
HOBBIES: Reading and scrapbooking.
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSICIAN: Morgan Wallen.
FAVORITE MOVIE: Clueless.
FAVORITE DRINK: Banana Chai from Redwing Coffee.
FAVORITE SNACK: Gummy Nerds.
FAVORITE CANDY: Gummy Nerds.
FUTURE GOAL: To be the best parent that I can be.
WHICH PERSON DO YOU ADMIRE MOST: My husband, Payton.
ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR YOUNGER SELF: Your time in high school isn't going to be the best time of your life.
WORDS TO LIVE BY: "If it's a job worth doing, it's a job worth doing well."