One of my main goals when it comes to our homeschool is to give the children lots of opportunities to be creative. I believe that strengthening their creativity skills will pay dividends when they are older because creative people are better problem solvers in my opinion. And to me, that’s a large part of life […]
July is our celebration month. It starts with Jade’s birthday, then Colter’s, then my anniversary, and ends with Fletcher’s birthday. This year is Fletcher’s “golden/magic” birthday, where he turns 12 on the 12th!! Normally we make breakfast birthday cake to celebrate birthdays, but Fletcher asked for donuts instead. Nothing like a “head lock hug” to […]
Colter turned 15 this year! Colter is very patriotic and is a little bit jealous that his sister, Jade, was born on the 4th of July instead of him. I told him that it was his fault for taking so long. I thought he was going to be born on the 4th too (after all, my labor […]
Jade is our Fourth of July birthday girl! We start our birthday celebrations at breakfast with breakfast birthday cake. Normally everybody has a special birthday placemat, but they have not been unpacked yet, so we made do with dish towels. Waiting for breakfast birthday cake: After birthday cake, the birthday person goes around the family […]
The Jonases are all about working hard. If you look at all that we do, that’s fairly obvious. But we also like to play hard when the work is done. But working hard and playing hard don’t have to be mutually exclusive. The best way is when you can work hard and have fun while […]
Our new house is not yet finished, so we’ve been commuting back and forth from Charlestown to Scottsburg every day. It’s about a 25 minute drive and while we’ll be happy when we no longer need to do it, the commute isn’t too terrible. But during kidding season, being 25 minutes away was outside of […]
Jade is the baby of the family, but doesn’t let that stop her. She is very feisty and holds her own amongst all her siblings. Get to know Jade better and what she does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching her video:
Indigo is the princess of our family. She was the first girl after 5 boys and she is definitely all girl! Get to know Indigo better and what she does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching her video.
I love the sunshine. Sunny days just make me happy and put a big smile on my face. One of the reasons we go to Florida every winter is because I really need to escape to some warm weather and sunshine to make it through the winter or I get very cranky. This winter has […]
Hewitt is the youngest Jonas boy. His full name is Hewitt Quinn, which means “little, smart fifth son”. And he is that! He is not only smart, but extremely loving as well! Get to know Hewitt better and what he does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching his video.
Very rarely do I ever complain or whine here on my blog. But I confess, I feel the need to do just that because… I am overwhelmed!! It doesn’t happen to me often because I work really hard to maintain margin in my life and not do too much. But life has some how gotten […]
Having just spent time at Disney World with my 8 children, my wife, and her parents, I decided it was high time I alerted the public to the greatest hazards to be found at the “Most Magical Place on Earth.” Sure, there are parade floats to avoid, high-speed rides to hang on to tightly, and […]
We regularly receive supplies deliveries that contain a lot of packing materials such as bubble wrap, peanuts, foam, and paper. Most of those packing supplies we reuse to ship out our soap orders. But for some reason, one day Emery decided to use some of the foam paper we received to make Indigo a complete […]
When Greyden was a baby, his nickname was “fat and happy” because he was such a jolly, chubby baby and toddler. I’m so pleased that even though he’s outgrown most of his baby fat, he remains a jolly, happy kid. His happiness is infectious – he has a giggle that makes me smile every time […]
I’m a bit late posting Brett’s birthday photos. She turned 16 in December. I still can’t believe my baby is 16. It really is true what they tell you about parenting – don’t blink or your baby will be all grown up and turning 16. But no matter how old she gets she’ll always love […]