PJ Jonas – Page 120 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Magic House

I have amazing cousins. And I love visiting them. Do you know what I like even more? Going to their birthday parties. Do you know why? Because my Aunt Heather and Uncle Adam pick the coolest places for birthday parties. Last year for the boys’ party, (they do one birthday party for all of the…

May 16, 2011

Suspension Bridge

During our entire visit, Colter had been begging for us to hike to the Suspension Bridge, on the Sheltowee Trace Trail. Sheltowee Trace is a 282 mile trail. And Colter wanted us to hike to the suspension bridge on it. 282 miles. I was not that thrilled. But Dad did a little research, and found…

May 15, 2011

Chimney Top Rock

After we did Princess Arch, we went across the parking lot to do Chimney Top Rock. It was a very pretty trail, with a good view. When we got to the rock, this is what we did: After we left, we drove by Chimney Top from the road, down on the bottom. And this is…

May 9, 2011

Meet Emery

Emery is the most artistic in the Jonas Family. He loves to draw and grow flowers so he can arrange them. Emery is responsible for milking the goats and they all respond to him very well. You can learn more about Emery and his Goat Milk Stuff responsibilities by watching his video: Emery fills our…

April 25, 2011

Princess Arch

On the second day of our vacation, we went to Princess arch. We went around on top, and then we tried to find a path to the bottom, so we could go underneath it. When we got to the bottom, this is what we saw. Yes, that is my brothers. Did you know that Colter…

April 23, 2011

Surprise Vacation, Day Two

After our exciting day, most of us slept well. Actually, everyone except me. LOL So when we all woke up, we ate breakfast and unpacked. The night before Mom had promised the boys that she would teach them to play pool, since there was a pool table in the cabin. So Mom and the boys…

April 22, 2011

Another Surprise!

My Mom is an amazing Mom. She loves us, takes care of us, and even manages to find the energy to cook up, not only one surprise, but two! (Here is the first surprise) On Dad’s birthday, we all woke up at about 8:30. Mom called Ms. Gretchen and she picked up donuts for us…

April 21, 2011

Castile Soap

People often ask me about our castile soap. The first thing they ask is, “How do you pronounce it?” In English, it is pronounced, (cass – teel’). The second thing I’m asked is, “What is a castile soap?” Castile soap is made with just olive oil (as the oil portion). It is one of my…

April 21, 2011

Small Family Business

Long before I started Goat Milk Stuff, I began praying for a family business. At the time, we had recently moved out to Indiana and Jim had left teaching to work for a friend’s garbage company. I had six young children (ages 8 and under) and an entire new lifestyle. Five of those children were…

April 20, 2011

Avoiding Disease

I always tell people new to goats to spend the time and money it takes to ensure that they purchase CAE free goats. Unfortunately, they often get caught up in the excitement of getting goats and tend to settle for the first goat(s) they can find. I’m going to share our story of CAE.…

April 18, 2011

Prevention is Key

When it comes to raising kids (both human and goat), the key to success (and sleeping well) is preventing the bad things from happening, not trying to fix them once they have occurred. With human children, teaching them is much easier when they’re four than when they’re fourteen. For example, It’s super difficult to teach…

April 15, 2011

The Cousins Arrive

Dear Diary, Remember how I was upset because the cousins were coming to visit us, but we had to move it back two months because of a wedding? And then after we postponed the cousins’ visit, the wedding was changed? (And Mom didn’t even tell me?) Yeah, I was a little upset. Well, on Friday…

April 10, 2011

The More Things Change…

… the more they stay the same. I was digging around trying to find some old pictures the other day, when I came across these. In August 2008, we were at a friends house for dinner. And since they have a pool, we just couldn’t resist swimming in it! As I was looking at these, I kept…

April 10, 2011

Let’s Run!

We love baby goats at our house. Well, that is probably an understatement. We LOVE our baby goats! We also like to blog about them! We like to blog about them in the winter, (when we can’t wait to have them) we like to blog about them when they are born (because they are so…

April 4, 2011

How To Build A Pole Barn 101

When we have a barn/building that needs to be built, we call Mr. McNew. Not only is he a great hunter (he has brought us up to 4 deer in one day), but he also builds great pole barns. So when we need a new goat shelter, or an addition to our barn, all the children know that…

April 4, 2011