Your MOM team
We are moms who live, work and raise our children in Oregon. The decision to leave the corporate world and dedicate our home and professional lives to motherhood was easy. Our goal is to make MOM Magazine a place where you’ll feel comfortable connecting with the community and we both possess the drive and heart to make it successful.
We know nothing more about parenting than the average Sally or Jane and believe me, we make our share of mistakes. But we love to laugh at shared experiences and hear stories from other local moms. It is nice to know that we are all in this together. What better place to connect than MOM Magazine?
Barb Thompson
Mom, Co-editor and Creative Director
I have always been a runner, whether on the soccer field or along peaceful trails in McDonald Forest. But now it’s my three-year-old son Hayden who’s running circles around my husband Eric and I as we race to keep up with him and baby daughter Ella. We live in Corvallis, but escape as often as possible with our dogs to hike or go play at the beach. As an innocent instigator, I like getting friends together for white-water rafting trips, play dates and even Naked Lady Parties.
Raeann Van Arsdall
Mom, Co-editor and Business Development Director
My husband Jefri and I are raising our two children in rural Linn County, along with our horses, ponies, dogs and cows. I am a sports fan and faithful Beaver Believer as an alumnus of Oregon State University. College graduate? Yes. Educated? Not until Laney turned six and taught me the birds and the bees via our horse pasture or when I learned that no amount of exercise will help me keep up with three-year-old Mason.
Stories are written by Barb, Raeann and a variety of local moms (and a local dad in the case of Mr. MOM). Credits are given under each article and contributors are listed in our contributor section of the site. We welcome you to share your wonderful MOM stories as well.
