For those of you caught up in the whirlwind of work and/or school, don’t forget this Sunday, May 12, is Mother’s Day. As grateful offspring nationwide reach for their phones to order beautiful bouquets for their moms, I recently reached for my pen to transcribe conversations I had with the moms of Frause. In our Seattle and Portland offices, we have a total of six working moms: Erika Schmidt, Jennifer Werdel, Lauren Kriegler, Lisa Smith, Susan Lamb and Natalie Price.

Frause moms devote countless hours on weeknights and weekends to their children’s activities. Sports seemed to be a common thread for the Frause kiddos. T-ball is literally a big hit with Lisa’s son Bohdi, 4, and Susan’s son London, 4. The boys have practices during the week and games on the weekend. Erika’s children Nathan, 14, and James, 9, have been bitten by the sports bug as well. Nathan plays — read more