PJ Jonas – Page 131 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Last Night at Topsail Island

Our last night of vacation we decided to celebrate Fletcher’s birthday. Even though it was a couple of days early, the whole family was there, so it seemed like a good idea. Fletcher certainly thought so: I think what he liked best was the Carvel ice cream cakes that we got for him: The sugar…

October 7, 2010

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…

October 6, 2010

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!

October 5, 2010

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…

October 4, 2010

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…

October 4, 2010

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…

October 2, 2010

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. …

October 1, 2010

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…

September 30, 2010

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…

September 30, 2010

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…

September 29, 2010

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…

September 27, 2010

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…

September 26, 2010

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…

September 25, 2010

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…

September 24, 2010

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…

September 24, 2010