Where Are They Now? — Amy Carter (Ashton)

After high school I began working at NuSkin Int. while attending cosmetology school at Mary Kawakami College of Beauty on Center Street in Provo (Nicole Crossett was there too!).

Brian Ashton (PHS ‘87) and I had been dating since the beginning of my senior year, so we decided to make it official and were married in October of 1989. We made our first home in Orem. I quit school (because Brian and I couldn’t see enough of each other if we were both working and going to school!) and went to work as a receptionist at IION Inc. in Orem.


Our first child, Alex (16) was born in July of 1991. Brian had been working at his Dad’s service station as a mechanic (Tony Abbott would remember this) and decided it was time for a career change. He attended Real Estate school and went into business with my dad and brother in-law. I also changed jobs and went to work at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center as a receptionist. We purchased our first home in the Provo River bottom area in 1993. While in Provo we were blessed with two more children, Drew (13) and Cooper (12). After the birth of Cooper I decided to quit work and be a stay at home mom. I feel very blessed that Brian worked very hard so that I had the opportunity to dedicate this time to our children.

In 1994 Brian started a development in Payson. He made friends with many of the people he was selling homes to and we began to really like the area (I know, I can’t believe it either!), so in 1997 we built a new home in Payson and moved from Provo.

Brian earned his General Contracting degree in 1998 and began building a new development on the east bench of Santaquin (even worse right?). After much persuading on his part we moved to Santaquin in 2002. We love it here!! (Dale Bair and his beautiful wife Whitney are in my ward).

After Cooper started the 2nd grade I decided to go back to school and finish my Cosmetology degree (I was really sick of hearing my family sing “Beauty School Drop Out”). After graduating, I taught at Image Works academy of Hair Design in Spanish Fork while Brian went to work on building me a salon in our home.

I now own and operate “Amy Ashton Hair Design” and love what I am doing! My kids are very involved in sports and activities, so I enjoy the flexibility of working from my home.


Our family enjoys spending our summers at the beach in Southern California and traveling to my parent’s home in St. George every weekend we can possibly get away. We have an English bulldog named “Olie” (Go Bulldogs!) which I continually find my kids dressing up as a “Lion” for school events.


My kids are great! They keep me busy and bring such happiness into my life. Alex (16) is a junior at Payson High and is currently serving as Jr. Miss Santaquin. She plans to start cosmetology school this August and is saving her pennies to tour Europe next summer. Drew (13) is in the 7th grade. He is very involved in all sports and is currently playing accelerated baseball for the Payson Lions, which takes us all over Utah every weekend. Cooper (12) is in the 6th grade. He loves his dirt bike, skateboard and surfing. He recently won the Jr. Jazz fun shot for our region and was recognized as one of the top 24 participants (ages 12-18), out of the 60,000 who play Jr. Jazz, during a Jazz game at the Energy Solutions Arena. I am very proud of each of them.


Brian probably stays in contact with more people from our graduating class than I do, (he has recently been working on Dan Knight’s beautiful new home) and he keeps me caught up on some class mates but I am really looking forward to seeing and catching up with everyone again.

Our daughter, Alex, attended the Payson High Prom with
Michelle (Crossett) & Todd Sorenson’s (PHS ’85) son, Tyson.