I have been blessed to call Minnesota, and particularly Edina, my home for the vast majority of my life. Growing up as a middle child with an older brother and younger sister and being raised by a single mother had its challenges though I always had my best friend Amy at my side, until, that is, we went our seperate ways in middle and high school. Fast forward a decade and that long lost best friend (now Amanda), through a chance meeting, came into my life once again. Then, seemingly on point with the old school yard chant, first came love, then came marriage, then came baby in a baby carriage, then another baby, and then a pair of babies and a much larger baby carriage. Twenty-four years later, I am so very blessed to call them my family.