Baking & Design Hero: Cydney Knaust

Have you ever met someone who just makes you smile? Well, Cydney is just that person! Whether she's cheering you up with her carefree attitude or bringing in loads of monster cookies (the bin is gone by noon), Cydney is sure to bring a little sparkle to your day. Cydney built with us a few years back and fell in love, eventually landing her job here as Design Assistant! You'll be lucky to have her on your team and maybe she'll even bring a cookie or two for you! Get to know Cydney below!

1. What’s your favorite movie of all time and why? Beauty and the Beast. My mom and I would watch it together all the time and she would twirl me around in her arms while the end credits played.
2. Speaking of movies, what is the current title for your life? Three Men and a Lady (I live with all boys ?)
3. If you were a character on a TV show, which one would you be? Leslie Knope
4. Look at your last played song on your phone, what is it? Truth Hurts by Kidz Bop Kids
5. You’re up next at karaoke. What’s your go-to song and why? Shoop by Salt-N-Pepa – because it really doesn’t require singing well!
6. Chess or checkers? Checkers
7. Beaches or Mountains? How about a beach by the mountains? But if I have to pick I’d say mountains because I’d rather be active and go hiking.
8. What is the craziest thing you’ve done?Those who know me well know how extremely crazy I am ? I would say the craziest thing I have done is close on a new house, get married and travel to Iceland in three consecutive days.
9. If you could time travel, where would you go? I would go to the year 3000 to see how accurate the Jonas Brothers were when they sang about it. And then I would travel to whichever year the Vikings win the Super Bowl ?
10. What’s your proudest achievement? Being a member of the NDSU Women’s golf team that won the conference championship for the first time in program history and advancing to the NCAA regional at Stanford.
11. Best piece of advice you have been given? “Never get in a pissing match with a skunk.” Thanks, dad!
12. What one topic/person do you wish you knew more about?Carol Baskins – did she kill her husband?!
13. What are some small things that make your day better? Prayer, a green light, fresh sheets, vanilla candles, puppy kisses, Asher (my baby) giggles, my husband’s cooking
14. What does your daily life look like at Thomsen Homes? A typical day for me consists of coordinating meetings with clients, assisting on design meetings, processing addendums/documents and some data entry in our software system.
15. If you could try another role here at Thomsen for a week, which one would it be? Drafting, but I’ll leave that to the pros.