Have you ever wondered how to capture authentic moments of your kids without them running toward you with a handful of dirt, or holding still for two seconds? Do you feel guilty for taking too many photos because in the back of your mind are all the dang Facebook news […]
Hiking is such a wonderful thing to experience with other people. Having conversation while climbing through the forest, sharing sandwiches on top of a mountain, sweating and working hard with someone in unison; all of those things are important. Being able to reminisce with a hiking partner about that killer […]
Today we are so happy to welcome Autumn to NW Healthy Mama. Autumn, a PNW native is a stay at home mama to two little blonde firecrackers. She’s muddling through motherhood, marriage, natural parenting, and homeschooling in her 100 year old quirky dream home. She strives to be thankful, mindful, and thoughtful in the day […]
There are no shortage of fantastic trails to choose from when you live in the great Pacific Northwest. I think I’ll be able to live in this magical corner of the world my entire lifetime and never meet them all. If you’re like me, my hiking list is long! The […]
Today, the weather is rainy and gray, and just a touch depressing. Needless to say, I’m dreaming of sunnier days ahead. We are definitely a ‘play outside in all the weather’ kind of families, but there is something special about adventuring and enjoying nature during those sweet summer months. You […]
In the late summer of 2012 I was hugely pregnant with my first child, the view of my feet long gone, the ache in my hips a constant throb. I had decided not to go back to teaching 5th grade that fall and spent my time obsessing over baby things […]
We live in houses separate from one another, living our lives and taking care of our children, maybe meeting up a few times a week with other people. That’s our modern society. But I think somewhere in there, we have the memory of what it should be like. Where we […]
You know those meals that come together easily without a recipe? In my kitchen those meals are more commonly known as ‘I haven’t been grocery shopping and need to throw some random ingredients together for dinner.’ I digress, this dish turned out fabulous, is simple, and is the perfect side for […]
Three years ago I uploaded my very first instagram photo; a cheery yellow sunflower sitting on my kitchen table. I added a filter and thought it was the fanciest thing I’d ever done on social media. I didn’t know about hashtags, and I only had maybe 30 ‘followers’. So when […]
Remember way back, before you had kids, you thought for certain you would do things better than all those parents you saw shoving their kids in shopping carts or bribing them with treats if they would just please, for the love of all things holy, stop crying in the restaurant? […]
My husband and I grew up in a small coastal fishing town, and consider fish, especially salmon, to be a regular part of our diet. I admit, it does kill me a little inside to buy fish from the store, when I was so spoiled to have it hand-delivered to […]
My breath floated out in front of me, small tufts of air freezing in that deep, dusky, indigo sky. Adrenaline pushed and weaved and coursed through my body, my feet crunching along the ice, matching the pace of my fellow climbers. The top of Hood seemed like a stone’s throw […]
If you’re a native Northwesterner, you know blackberries grow wild and rampant! In fact we have blackberry bushes as huge as trees on our little homestead. Blackberries are delicious, they are good for us, yada yada yada…you know what else? They are FREE. Grab a bucket and head out a […]
Here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s prime berry pickin’ season! It’s been so hot the blackberries are ripe earlier than usual, the raspberries are teaming off the vines, and U-Pick blueberry farms are busy busy busy. What better use of berries than to mix them all up in a mouth-watering […]
