Meet Dallas Moms Blog’s Newest Contributing Team:: Jennifer, Sarah, Kristi, & Emily

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Dallas is growing and so is our team! One of the unique aspects of Dallas Moms Blog is our ability to continually add fresh faces and new voices to represent our ever-growing city. This past January we held an open call for new writers. With over 135 applications, our team had the toughest decision of narrowing it down to 10. 

It’s with great excitement that we can now introduce them to you!

Throughout the weekend you’ll get a glimpse at the newest faces of Dallas Moms Blog before they officially get started on March 1st. Yesterday, we introduced three, and today we meet four more through a few fun & personal questions. . .

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Meet Sarah

IMG_8074Sarah and her husband Brandt live in Dallas and have 3 boys that are 3, 2 and almost 1! She is a RN and works from home for an aesthetic laser company. In her “spare” time she and a friend/neighbor have started a business called All Out Celebrations. In this new venture she started blogging and realized how much she loves to write, make people laugh and help fellow moms with everything from baby care to maintaining your sanity with toddlers. She may look familiar?? If so that’s because she won season 7 of The Bachelor years ago!

Originally from: Shreveport, LA

What’s your Go-To Restaurant with Kids: Village burger bar

What do you find is the most difficult thing about being a mom? . . . the most rewarding? Most difficult: Mom guilt. For any and all reasons. 3 kids under 3, working mom, you always feel guilty about something. Most rewarding: watching my boys and knowing that I have given them the best gift they will ever have. Brothers. They are so close in age and it is hard as hell at times but watching them together is simply the most rewarding thing in my life.

What do you enjoy most about being a mom in the Dallas? Well I don’t really know yet. With the 3 kids, restaurants scare me. We spend a lot of time at home, at friends houses, at our neighborhood park, and Tom Thumb. They are just now at the age where we can take them out. Or at least 2 of them. I will let you know as we start venturing out more 🙂  This sounds horrible but it is so true. We used to do things before the 3rd but now we can barely get 3 car seats in the car much less have them all at a public location. 

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Meet Jennifer

img_8661 copyJennifer is a native North Texan, and lives in Murphy with her husband and two daughters. Jennifer has over 15 years experience planning events, and also has a passion for real estate. Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family, planning girl’s nights out, and getting fabulous massages. 

What’s your Go-To Restaurant with Kids: Chick-fil-A…duh! Or Spin in Richardson.

During a Cowboys Game, We’ll Find You: Not watching! I hope I don’t get my Texas card revoked for this but I could honestly care less about NFL football. A Dallas Stars is a completely different story though!

What do you find is the most difficult thing about being a mom? . . . the most rewarding? The most difficult thing about being a mom for me is practicing patience all.the.time. I will admit patience is not my strong suit, so having children has definitely magnified that for me. The most rewarding thing about being a mom is seeing the love my girls have for one another, and watching them master a new milestone or skill.

What do you enjoy most about being a mom in the Dallas? I love living in Dallas with my girls because there are so many fun things to do, and so many sweet mamas out there! One of my favorite spots in Dallas to bring my girls is the Children’s Garden at the Dallas Arboretum.

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Meet Kristi

IMG_1682Kristi was born and raised in Dallas, moved away during college and graduate school, and came home to land 7 miles from the house she was raised in.  She is a fitness instructor by trade and lover of chocolate and Jesus by choice.  She has been married to David, a Dallas firefighter/paramedic, for 16 years and loves having the bed all to herself every third day when he’s at work.  She is mom to 3 boys – Ethan (15), Chris (14) and Sam (12), and thinks she won the lottery of life in that deal. 
 
Kristi writes about family, faith, and things like that unfortunate home perm incident at Angels Pirates and Thieves.
 
What’s your Go-To Restaurant with Kids: Our family lives for Mariano’s Mexican restaurant…. not cheap, certainly… but everyone eats their food and that’s  kinda huge.  But we’re also big cafeteria people too…. except on Sundays after church when you could starve to death before you reach the front of the line. 
 
During a Cowboys Game, We’ll Find You: During a Cowboys game you would find me either shopping at the nearby Marshall’s store that is temptingly too close to my house…. or taking a nap. 
 
What do you find is the most difficult thing about being a mom? . . . the most rewarding? The days when I feel like I can’t do this job anymore and pray for God to show me why in his infinite wisdom He ever thought I could.  Yes… in my almost 16 years on the job, I’ve had my fair share of these days.  The most rewarding thing about being a  mom?  Watching my boys becoming the men God wants them to be.    And then saying a giant thank you prayer for giving me the chance to be a part of it.
 
What do you enjoy most about being a mom in the Dallas? I think the best part of Dallas is that it really has such a small town feel when you find your spot.  I love the sense of community that we have here and how many life long friends I’ve made along this path of raising our kids together. 
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Meet Emily

familyEmily, her husband and their toddler son moved from Northern California to Dallas a little over two years ago. Shortly after their arrival to the Big D their daughter was born—the first Texan in the family! Emily worked as a middle school counselor in California, and misses the daily drama of adolescence, but is enjoying being a stay at home mom and exploring Dallas. She is quickly adjusting to Texas life, and can be found escaping the summer heat at the amazing Children’s Adventure Garden at the Arboretum, thank you shade and splash pads! You can read about her adventures in parenting and Dallas life by visiting her blog, Fresh,Pure,Sweet.
 

Originally from: Palo Alto, California

 
What’s your Go-To Restaurant with Kids: Any taco place- my kids consume guacamole by the buckets!

During a Cowboys Game, We’ll Find You:
Watching a Saints game 🙂 I am from Northern CA, so it would be logical for me to be a 49ers fan. However, my husband made it clear f I married him, I marry the Saints… So, go Saints!

What do you find is the most difficult thing about being a mom? . . . the most rewarding?
The most difficult part of being a mom is living far from family. The most rewarding has been finding a wonderful support system here in Dallas. The wonderful moms I have met make Dallas feel more like home than I ever thought possible.

What do you enjoy most about being a mom in the Dallas?
I love how kid friendly the city is. Discovering places like The Lot and the Arboretum have been a lifesaver!
 

Come back again tomorrow afternoon to meet a few more of our newest Dallas Moms Blog Contributor Team! 

You can also get to know our current writers & their stories HERE.

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Krystal Hurst
Krystal is a Dallas-native who began her career as a fourth grade teacher in Richardson RISD, but quickly changed paths to became a stay-at-home mom in 2011. Through a happy coincidence, she stumbled upon (what was then known as) Dallas Moms Blog in 2012 and found a community she’d been looking for since coming a mom. Shortly after joining the team, she gratefully accepted the “baton” passed to her as new owner of the site, and took off with it running full speed! Krystal not only helped to grow Dallas Moms into a large parenting resource, but also launched Collin County Moms in 2016; providing those in the north Dallas suburbs their community resource platform. While building a community, uniting the moms, and growing a business around this passion was a dream come true, after almost 10 years, Krystal officially stepped down as owner, and is now focusing on raising her 4 boys with her husband, Tim, and rediscovering old hobbies.

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