Bethany Farnsworth
Bethany Farnsworth is a human jungle gym, napkin, and personal shopper to her kids Peter, 4, and Lydia, 2. She met her husband at Baylor and moved from Waco to Houston to Dallas before finally settling in Austin in October 2019. She loves podcasts, iced coffee, uninterrupted bathroom time, traveling, coming home after traveling, and spending too much time planning activities that hold her kids' attention for 30 seconds. On a good weekend, you'll find her and her crew on a hiking trail or at a brewery -- you'll recognize them by the table full of toys and snacks. Read more at bethanyfarnsworth.com or @bethanyfarns on Instagram.
5 Things I Wish Women Would Share About Motherhood
The picture we often get of motherhood is either one of rosy homesteading where children are nothing but a joy, or one of constant sacrifice where children are nothing but a burden until it’s...
Best Hiking With Kids In and Around Austin
I’m being surrounded. Noise assaults me from all sides. Exhaustion overwhelms me, and tension rises up threatening to explode. That’s when I know: I’ve got to get out of the house with these kids....
Social Media Doesn’t Show How We Each Struggle With the Pandemic
Social media has become one of our main windows into others’ lives as we’ve isolated ourselves this past year during the pandemic. We’ve seen the car parades, the road trips, the masked outings, and...
Local Mom Rallies Neighborhood Network of Support in Winter Storm
When winter storms blew across Texas, many people had a big problem. Luckily for the residents of the Rattan Creek neighborhood in Northwest Austin, they also had Christine Newman. When neighbors were without power,...
25+ Must-See Christmas Movies
We’ve made it to the end of 2020, we’ve done the Thanksgiving thing of finding the few bright spots in a crummy year, and now it’s time to amp up the Christmas spirit to...
I Didn’t Know I Needed Play Dates as Much as My Kids
Ah, the magical yet illusive pandemic play dates. It serves many purposes: proof that other people still exist in the world, practice taking turns in conversation, time to laugh and play with someone the...
A Bright Side of Being Stuck at Home? Growing the Sibling Bond
If you’re like me, you’re looking for silver linings these days as hard as you’re looking for the morning’s abandoned cup of coffee at nap-time. We all know the struggles and anxieties we have...
Buying a House During a Pandemic? Here’s what it’s like!
You’ve been in your house for four months. The walls are closing in. The projects are piling up. Your wish list of things to change is endless. It could be time to buy a...
To the mom on the brink of a burnout
To all the unpaid chefs, personal assistants, teachers, inventory specialists, personal shoppers, hair stylists, child psychologists and life coaches. To all the people trying to make life as normal as possible for everyone else...
Austin’s Best Local Beers To-Go for National Beer Day
As if you needed more of an excuse to drink than by being cooped up with your kids for the better part of a month, April 7 happens to be National Beer Day. What...