Author: Mary Helmes

I’m a sucker for seasonal produce. This week, cranberries came home with me. I’ve been trying to branch out in the paleo baking world and it seemed fitting these […]

It’s been a solid year since I joined Industrial CrossFit, claiming my fitness and adopting a Paleo palate. I remember walking into the gym the first day – so […]

So, this morning we had our son’s first basketball game of the season. We love basketball. Huge Blazer fans (Let’s Go, Blazers!!). One thing we don’t love -- […]

Let’s not fool ourselves. Everyone has an inner chef. And everyone likes to light things on fire. The beauty of this dish …. You get to do […]

I love this time of year. I love the brilliant colors that cling to the trees and litter the ground with fiery reds and canary yellows. I love […]

Every year, around this time in October, my girlfriends and I pack it up and head to the beach for a long weekend of chillaxing. We spend our days […]

There is no mistaking fall has arrived in Washington. Smelling the season’s first day of rain, cast a spell on our family and sent us straight into hibernation. […]

A few years ago, I headed up North to visit my lifelong BFF, Melissa. She had just given birth to her second child, my God-Daughter – Miss Maggie Dee. […]

I love that having your own chicken coop has become so mainstream. Everyone has chickens these days. Portland hipsters have chickens. Your average family from The ‘Couve […]

Ok. Don’t laugh. Alright, you can laugh a little – only because I am. Maybe you’ve done this too? Back in the day, when Aaron and […]