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2010 Things We’re Thankful For

It’s the end of 2010 and this is what the Jonas family was thankful for from 2010: Holiday World Season PassesOur week at the oceanBeing with all our cousinsFletcher quit sucking his thumbThanksgiving holiday at our houseThanksgiving playFletcher is reading very wellJade stopped wearing diapersBrett’s NookEmery’s paint setColter’s chess setUncle Pete getting marriedGetting 5 new…

December 31, 2010

Thoughts on our Hotel

We stayed at the Country Inn & Suites for almost a full week while we were in Pennsylvania selling soap at the PA Christmas show. We’ve stayed at lots of different hotels since we started doing shows and festivals. The children decided this was their favorite hotel. They loved the pool and hot tub (of…

December 31, 2010

Being an Entrepreneur

I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur. To create something. To grow something. To be in charge of something. I never had any idea that the business I would start would be based on soap (and certainly not goat milk soap). That was purely God’s idea and His timing. But during high school, I always…

December 30, 2010

Meet our Goats

Because we so often get asked about our goats, we put together a video to introduce you to them individually. All of our goats have their own names (which they know and answer to). They all have their own personalities. And they all have their favorite Jonas child. Aren’t they cute? We love our goats!…

December 29, 2010

Circle of Influence

One of the questions I’m asked all the time is, “How do you do everything?” I wish there was an easy answer for that. But there isn’t. There are a lot of pieces that make me able to run my family & my business while still enjoying them both. One of the things that I learned…

December 28, 2010

Pizza Challenge

Remember the pizza place my brother took us to that had the huge pizzas? Well, when we were there, the boys saw this sign: They talked about that pizza challenge for an entire year. So when we went back, Colter and Emery talked Uncle Adam into doing the pizza challenge with them. They took it…

December 27, 2010

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2010

Recording Audio

We had a bit of difficulty with the audio recording of our Christmas video. We had three different recording sessions to try to get it right. I thought everyone would get a kick out of watching some of the bloopers Jim managed to record:

December 25, 2010

A Good Back Rub

I recently ordered the Five Love Languages of Teenagers by Gary Chapman. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I read the original Love Languages book years ago. It really helped my relationships with Jim, my children, and my family. I decided to order this book because I’ve entered the teenager phase…

December 24, 2010

Almost Christmas

We love the fact that our business is growing. But it has interfered with some of our Christmas traditions. At the very least, it has pushed many of them back from the first half of December to the second half of December. For example, we finally got our tree up this week. We could have…

December 23, 2010

Goats In The Winter

I love to see our goats in the winter. They get these furry coats, that make them look like they’ve turned into these bear-type things. Especially because they’re pregnant and getting chubby. Their faces get so chubby, and they look super warm. And that is more than anyone else can say in the middle of…

December 22, 2010

Do You Make Use of the Space?

I’ve been re-reading a book that I haven’t read in a decade. It’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families* by Stephen Covey. I read something that struck me this time that I don’t remember striking me the last time I read the book. Maybe it’s because I’m older and wiser?? Either that or it’s…

December 21, 2010

A Momentous Occasion

It’s finally happened… The moment that every mother dreads hopes for… Colter is now taller than me! Jim decided you may not be able to tell for sure, so he took this picture: As I keep telling Colter, being taller than me, isn’t a very big accomplishment. LOL But still it’s a milestone in a…

December 20, 2010

Indigo Has a Crush

Indigo is in love… with her cousin Sage… and our friend, Samuel. It is pretty funny watching her with Samuel. She jumps on him, gives him hugs, begs him to carry her everywhere, and cries when he leaves. She is always asking me when he is coming again. Sam is very musical and plays the…

December 19, 2010

How NOT to Get Ready

I had a great idea for our family’s Christmas video. We’d prepared for it for a week… Writing lyrics (yep, it’s our musical debut)… Getting props… Assigning parts… The day the videographer was supposed to come out, we were all sick – coughing and runny, drippy noses. Not really attractive in a Christmas video. So…

December 18, 2010