Meet the fellow Valley moms who add their stories, wisdom, and ideas here. You can read about Steph and Joy, the co-founders of SMB, here. Want more quirky, fun facts about our awesome contributor team? Check out our Contributor Corner posts.
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Abbi Williams never wanted to be a stay-at-home mom! Now with four young kids, she is kept on her toes from dawn to dusk and wouldn’t have it any other way. A former project manager in corporate America, she has long since traded in high heels and power suits for flip flops and PINK sweats; but still tactfully applies those hard earned skills managing her chaotic household. When inspiration strikes, her creative outlet results in decorated shoes that will often be seen adorning the feet of family and friends. You can also find her sporadic ramblings on her blog, Blessed Beyond Measure
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Adrianne Lentine is slightly obsessed with her hubby Jeremy, of 4 years. Together they have found a love for DIY design, and soon will be adding their own little DIY baby boy to the world {coming in May}. By day Adrianne is a pimple popper {aka Esthetician}, and by night a blogger for Dream Book Design. Her main dreams for life are to be the best mom she can be, be surrounded by the ones she loves, to constantly have a creative outlet at her fingertips, and to continuously grow deeper with Jesus.
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Angela Barako has loved living in Scottsdale for the last 11 years with her husband, Tom, plus a dog Eddie. They have twin five-year old daughters and a two-year old daughter who thinks she is five. She currently serves on the Board of Paradise Valley Mothers of Multiples (or PVMOM), a local not-for-profit multiples club. She also likes to read lots of books, is a big college football fan (Go Big Red and Sun Devils!), tries to keep up on scrapbooking, is training for a half marathon in this brutal heat, attempts to garden, and loves reality TV.
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Beth Wand is an Arizona native who made the shift from full-time professional to full-time momma two years ago. She found writing about the struggles, joys and disgusting parts of motherhood therapeutic and so started The Goon Room – a little of everything and nothing, all in one blog. She hopes to someday write for a living and in the meantime is enjoying running the family business and chasing after her beautiful daughter, Baylor. Here at Scottsdale Moms Blog, Beth writes mostly about all things crafty and DIY.
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Cate Johnson has been married to her best friend, Sean, for 10 years. She is the mother to their three Haitian princesses who came home forever in 2008. They also brought home a son domestically in March. She is passionate about Jesus, adoption, and attachment. She also loves coming alongside prospective adoptive parents as well as those struggling through transition and attachment. Cate blogs about all of these topics and more at Gathered From Afar and Attaching Hearts.
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Jenn Delekta is a working mom, a wife to the love of her life, Bob, whom she has been married to for 8 years and mom of a very vibirent 2 year old little girl, Lexi. She currently serves on the board of Angel Mamas, a local not-for-profit charity and is co-chair for the Arizona Humane Society CWF event. Jenn has a passion for life and works hard at making the little things perfect around her. She loves to cook, craft and travel when she can fit it in her busy schedule. Jenn is active on Twitter, Pinterest, and on her own blog DesertMommas, where she writes on parenthood, working Mom rants, crafts and recipes.
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Kirsten Dunlap can’t wait to find out what she’s going to be when she grows up, but she hopes it somehow involves writing. In the meantime, she enjoys driving around Scottsdale looking for large construction vehicles and any sort of Lightning McQueen-endorsed merchandise with her two boys. She is so grateful to be married to a wonderful man who is not only ridiculously handsome, but agrees that an occasional moms-night-out is absolutely essential! Kirsten has a degree in journalism and before she was promoted to “mommy”, she worked in television news as a reporter and an anchor. She worked internationally a foreign correspondent intern for the government of Finland. Kirsten and her reporting have been featured nationally on CNN.
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Noelle Larson is a mom still searching to find the “balance” between her spiritual journey, family, ambition, inner peace, world peace…all while trying not to blink so she doesn’t miss one minute of her beautiful, messy life. Noelle writes at metromom.org where she journals her crazy days chasing after her kids and husband, deep thoughts, and captures her latest adventures.
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Sarah Powers is a freelance writer and Scottsdale mom of two. She came to the valley from Southern California by way of Chicago and would take Arizona summers over Midwest winters any day. A perfect day for Sarah starts with coffee, ends with chardonnay and includes lots of baby giggles and sticky-fingered kid kisses in between. She loves high ponytails, showtunes and using her kids as an excuse to stay in and go to bed early, which she would do anyway. Sarah serves as Managing Editor for Scottsdale Moms Blog, and is also active on Twitter and her own blog, Powers of Mine, where she writes about the messy, tender, fun, funny and irreverent moments of parenthood.
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Tracy Carson is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor, a wife to her Prince Charming whom she has been married to for 9 years and a Mom of two precious boys, 4 and 2. Tracy has a passion for helping women feel beautiful inside and out and works hard in her faith based counseling practice, Professional Counseling Associates, to encourage her clients to feel the freedom to be comfortable in their own skin. She specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and counts it a privilege to come alongside of women as they overcome the stress that can come with new life transitions. You can contact her at tracy (at) scottsdalemomsblog (dot) com or find her on the web at http://www.pcaaz.com
Photography (except Abbi, Adrianne & Jenn) by Dream Photography Studio
