Lauren Kunde

I would honest to god love to be barefoot exclusively. However; I cannot be. I can respect that but I, in turn, am super specific about my shoes. I like comfort, I like versatile, I love for it to be cute, and above all; I like them to last.

We’re a snack house. I honestly don’t love to cook every day - I love being able to piece things together. I am also a mom to three kiddos and I want them to feel like they have access to food whenever, but also in moderation. We have some dietary restrictions - because of a fructose sensitivity - but we have everything from favorites, fructose free, to what we call short or fun fuel.

I’m actually not a huge Lego gal myself. I don’t really have the patience, my depth perception is kind of shit, and I’ve never met a direction I wanted to follow. BUT my husband does love them and I like to see them, so these are some that I love, some that he’s built, and some that I’d like him to build.

“Welcome to Toys” has been a long standing joke in our home. For each birthday, we take our kids to have an experience as a family. When my oldest turned three, we went to an aquarium. It was an excellent experience and we had an absolute blast. At the end of the aquarium, there is a gift shop. My sweet three year old walked into the gift shop in amazement, opened her arms, and said “Welcome to Toys”. We all thought it was a hoot.

I’ve always loved reading and as an adult I’ve gone through reading “phases”. Sometimes I’ll read every free moment and sometimes I don’t pick up a book for months - that’s definitely the ADHD in me! I will also read just about anything!

I moved to Moorhead for college in 2016 and fell in love. I went to college there, fell in love and was heart broken there, I turned 21 there, I met my now husband and became a mom there. We moved to our now home in 2020 and I am so incredibly nostalgic for the Fargo Moorhead area still. I’d move back in a minute if it were closer to family.