PJ Jonas

Category: The Jonas Life

  • Ocean Love

    Ocean Love

    I didn’t have my new camera when we went on vacation (bummer).  But I did manage to get some fun videos of the children riding the waves. Jim helped the younger children learn to ride waves and even got to ride some himself: Did you like Hewitt’s wipeout? The few times they weren’t in the…

  • Jade Loving the Ocean

    Jade Loving the Ocean

    Everyone absolutely adored being at the ocean. But Jade was beyond cute playing at the water’s edge. She was just so happy: So happy that she couldn’t help dancing: She keeps asking me when we’re going back!  

  • Fishing with the Crew

    Fishing with the Crew

    I grew up on an island and did all sorts of water activities – boating, water skiing, fishing, clamming, crabbing. It was great and I miss it a lot. So, when we went on vacation to the ocean, I had to take the children fishing. Since they’re still young, I didn’t want to take them…

  • Colter is Twelve!!

    Colter is Twelve!!

    Colter had a great time celebrating his birthday at the ocean. But he still had to hug all of his siblings: He had to hug me too: I think he also enjoyed eating his cake: (Notice the gun and sword from the Pirates buried treasure earlier in the week!)   I have a feeling it…

  • Pirates

    Pirates

    My sister-in-law planned a huge thing for all the children while we were at Topsail Island. She made a treasure map, stuffed it into a bottle, and planted it in the sand for Colter to find. (He was SO geeked out by it. LOL)     It directed them to different clues:   It was…

  • Blowing Bubbles

    I never finished blogging all of our vacation photos, and the children have been asking for them, so I’m going to try to get them up. My mom had gotten all of the children bubble wands and we broke them out on a windy evening. They had so much fun with them.      …

  • Healthy? or Not?

    Healthy? or Not?

    I generally feed my family very healthy food. In fact, the whole reason we got dairy goats in the first place was so that we would have healthy, raw milk for the family. I do believe that it’s ok to have some unhealthy food occasionally, as long as it’s not the norm. So if we…

  • Work Hard…

    Work Hard…

    When we first started Goat Milk Stuff and needed a “tag line”, Jim came up with: “Work Hard. Get Dirty. Use Good Soap.TM“ Sometimes I think our family tag line should be: Work Hard. Play Hard. Sleep Hard. You may remember this blog post about the results of Jade playing hard at Disney.  And then…

  • Where’s Emery Going to Sleep?

    Where’s Emery Going to Sleep?

    In general, I love almost all aspects of having a large family. There is one aspect that I intensely dislike, however. And that is the semi-annual clothes changeover. Managing clothes for 8 children is never easy, but when it’s time to switch from summer to winter clothes (or winter to summer) – ugh, what a…

  • I LOVE my Daughter

    I LOVE my Daughter

    For those of you who have met Brett in person, you’re aware of what a special young lady she is. She is so capable and intelligent. She impresses everyone she comes into contact with. Her sisters absolutely adore her.  And although she may annoy her brothers when she bosses them around, they turn to her…

  • Odds n Ends

    I have a few random photos leftover from the air show, so I thought I’d post them all here. Hewitt and me admiring the corvettes: Greyden all scrunched into the stroller and watching the airplanes: Emery getting a video: Colter: Indigo and Grandma: Grandma watching the planes: Me and my baby brother: Hewitt resting in…

  • The Blue Angels

    The Blue Angels

    Of course, the most amazing part of the air show was the Blue Angels.  I had seen the Blue Angels when I was a kid – they’re as awesome as I remembered them being! When the air show was over, we asked the children what their favorite part of the air show was.  Everybody agreed…

  • The Air Show Planes

    The Air Show Planes

    I’m not very good at identifying airplanes, so I asked Jim to help.  Also be prepared for something of a homeschool lesson with this post. The first plane is the F-4 Phantom*. It is a twin engine, all weather, tactical fighter-bomber.  The  F-4 Phantom II could carry twice the normal load of a World War…

  • The Mighty C-130 Hercules

    The Mighty C-130 Hercules

    Our favorite plane is the C-130. That’s because it’s what Uncle Adam flies. Unfortunately, by the time we went to check it out, they weren’t letting people inside of it. But we got to pose with it: And Colter and Jim got to “start” the propellers:         Yep, it’s still their favorite…

  • How Many Jonases Fit in the Cockpit?

    How Many Jonases Fit in the Cockpit?

    We have a friend who flew the KC-10 for the Air Force. So we decided to go and check it out. First, we all crammed into the cockpit: Then we each got to be the pilot:   The children are all now talking about becoming pilots. I told them they were going to have to…