HELLO!

When I was a girl, I could usually be found either buried in a book or doodling through endless scraps of paper. I grew up to go to design school, where I majored in Interior Design and practiced as a kitchen and bath designer for several years. These days, while I can still often be found with my nose in a book, my creative muscles are most often stretched by putting my own words to paper. (Or, um, screen.)

My husband Tyson and I have always been overachievers so we kicked off this whole parenting thing with twins (Caden and Brooklyn, born February 2014). Because apparently that wasn’t enough, we added a third exactly two years and two days later (Nolan, born February 2016). Tyson and I do what we can to survive and wrangle three small children, while also carving out time for each other and ourselves.

This is my spot to scribble about motherhood and life, about things I'm reading and recipes I’m making, a sprinkling of faith and politics, and anything else that might pop into my head. I hope these pages inspire, encourage, and even give you a laugh, if only because you glimpse a photo of our living room so strewn with toys, Cheerios, and children that it looks just like yours right now. (Please tell me your space is also strewn with plastic crap and breakfast foods.)

I'm a born-and-raised Minnesota girl. We moved back to the Twin Cities a few years ago after spending five years in Ames, Iowa (Go Cyclones!) and another five in Madison, Wisconsin (Go Badgers!).

Besides writing, I enjoy reading, cooking and baking, coffee (preferably iced with a healthy dose of cream and sugar), fashion, documentaries, pedicures, a good beer, exploring our beautiful cities, singing along to Hamilton, hot yoga, and the season of fall. I’m an Enneagram 1 (with a strong wing 9) who is learning to wholeheartedly embrace the shades of gray. And I still enjoy exercising my interior design muscles when given the chance.

Thanks for reading!

Shannon

All words and photos on this site are original content created by me, unless otherwise specified. Please link back to any words or photos, or ask permission before using them. Thanks. Shannon