We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Edmonds mom and writer Lara Alexander, who this week will launch her new Edmonds Family column, with ideas for low-cost and free family activities around town — from holiday events to arts activities to school happenings.

Edmonds Family will appear exclusively in My Edmonds News each Friday morning, giving Edmonds parents and grandparents ideas for the weekend as well as early warning for upcoming events.

A Pacific Northwest native, Lara keeps busy chasing after a toddler, growing and cooking good food, and writing about it all. You can find more of her writing on her blog at www.food-soil-thread.com. If you have Edmonds-specific family activities for possible inclusion in Lara’s column, email them to family@myedmondsnews.com.