For a farm family, we do a lot of traveling. Jim and I put a focus on this because we want our children to realize that the world is a much bigger place than the small hometown in which they live. As you can imagine, it’s a bit chaotic getting a family of ten on […]
Grandma and Poppy are here for a visit. They’re a great help to us when they’re here. This week, Grandma has been helping me a lot with the garden. Today we harvested yellow beans, tomatoes, celery, onions, carrots, beets, peppers, green cabbage, red cabbage, brussels sprouts, watermelon, pumpkin, and blackberries. While we were working together […]
There comes a time in everyone’s life when we face another milestone. The Jonas family has reached one. We have the pleasure of announcing our daughter, Brett’s, engagement to a wonderful young man, Mason. For those of you who watch us on Facebook Live, you’ll know that Mason has worked with us for almost two […]
Our family is a bit atypical in that we don’t drink soda and we don’t drink juice. Instead we drink lots of water, goat milk, and smoothies made with either goat milk, goat milk yogurt, or water. Occasionally we’ll drink coffee or tea, but that’s it. While we do drink quite a bit of goat […]
I know she doesn’t look like she’s 19, but I keep telling Brett that she’ll appreciate looking younger than her age when she’s 30! Happy Birthday, Squirt! We’re super proud of you! Mom
It’s that time of year again! Another child gets another year older! Happy, Happy Birthday, Greyden!! So proud of the young man you’ve become. Mom
Have you ever had a difficult decision to make? You agonize over it. You pray about it. You don’t sleep well thinking about it. And finally you make a decision. If you’re at all like me, the relief you feel is tremendous, simply because the decision has been made. What you decided isn’t as important […]
I have some difficult “big picture” decisions that I have to make regarding Goat Milk Stuff. Nothing earth shattering (things like retail room hours and whether or not to do Farmer’s markets next year with our cheese), but they are decisions that will affect the family. They’re difficult decisions because I’m feeling very conflicted about […]
I can’t believe that my baby brother just turned ELEVEN. While we usually have breakfast birthday cake, occasionally we are too busy to make it. Sometimes the birthday person insists that they want breakfast birthday cake, and we’ll do it, but most of the time the birthday kid will let us substitute birthday donuts instead. […]
Since we live on a farm where the children run through fields, woods, work with goats and chickens, (and of course play hard) they tend to be hard on clothes and shoes. Especially the boys. After getting them new shoes, it seems like no time at all, and they come to me like this: I […]
This year we had one of the best 4th of July celebrations we’ve ever had – because our family was here! Grandma and Poppy, Uncle Mark and his family, Uncle Adam and his family, and my friend Rachel from New Jersey were all here with us to celebrate Jade’s birthday – and the birthday of […]
Sunday was Fletcher’s 14th Birthday! We had a wonderful relaxing Sunday with him. He is growing into a strong, capable young man. When doing his birthday hugs, we found that Fletcher and Emery are the EXACT same size! Happy Birthday Fletcher!
I can’t believe my oldest son is 17! He has become a very capable young man. Colter’s birthday is the 5th, so we still had family from out of town visiting for 4th of July. He did his birthday hugs with all his siblings: Happy Birthday Colter!
I can’t believe my little fire cracker is 8! Since Jade’s birthday is the 4th of July we had lots of family visiting, which meant lots of breakfast birthday cake! Looking back at the last few years, you can really see how she has grown. Jade’s 7th Birthday (2014): Jade’s 6th Birthday (2013): Keeping our tradition, Jade […]
During the spring, summer, and fall, we spend a lot of time swimming. The other day, while I was the lifeguard, Hewitt and Jade were lowering the ladder in the deep end of the pool into its proper position. I wasn’t paying any attention to them – until Jade wailed, “my fingerrrrrrr.” “What’s wrong?” I asked, […]