Growing up I had several Catholic friends who would give something up for lent. We were Lutheran, so my parents never asked us to go without...

Hello strangers! Matthew and I accompanied Allan on his business trip to NYC. He is here for an Über fancy  Target photo shoot while M...

Lately my body has been yearning for yoga. The week of Christmas was my "rest week" between Stages 3 and 4 of New Rules of Lift...

Allan created this wonderful video to serve as our Christmas letter this year. I am so proud of it that I wanted to share it with all of you...

I have been completely in LOVE with pumpkin lately. The other day I made these lovely pumpkin donuts . AMAZING! We gobbled these up w...

A perfectly crisped waffle covered in strawberries and a light drizzle of pure maple syrup For the last few days I have been craving wa...

This morning I woke up to the dreary, damp, gray weather that can be common as Fall transitions to Winter in Minnesota and I was reminded of...

This weekend Matthew is getting baptized. As you can imagine, we are super excited and cannot wait for the service. Afterwards, we are host...

Most nights I get completely ravenous around 8:30 PM. Usually Allan grabs a bowl of Panda Puffs and organic 1% milk  and sometimes I follow ...

On Sunday after church, my parents and sister came over to watch the Vikings game, make applesauce, bake apple crisp and eat chili and cornb...

In honor of the official start to the Vikings regular season, Matt and I made the following super simple smoothie, which I quickly gobble...