If you are a long-time reader of our blog, you probably know that Emery and I used to play violin. In 2008, we were a part of the band/orchestra for our Christmas carol sing. We had a blast doing that, and I still remember it VERY well. Although, I remember all of our Christmas Sings […]
Why do boys like to do things the uncomfortable/difficult way? For instance… Why do they like to wear the footy pajamas that have holes in them? (Even though Mom told them they should be put in the trash…and they have others that they could wear). Why do they like to lie down on the bottom […]
Have you ever wondered what it would take to get a family of 10 packed for 3 weeks? When you have to pack for playing in the snow in New Hampshire? And playing in the pool in Disney World? All in the same trip? It looks something like this (yes, we had to buy more […]
Here is our to do list before we leave for Disney… Clean the goat stall out completely. Get the kid stall ready (take all the grain that was stored in there, and get it out). Give the goats their shots. All the boys need haircuts. We still need to be making soap. We still have […]
Colter got a countdown clock for his birthday. Since then he has set it for every big event that has come along. The end of his fiction fast, Christmas, and most recently, our Disney World vacation! So this past couple of weeks, every morning the boys will announce to the rest of us: “only 21 […]
I asked the children what they wanted to do in 2011. Here’s what they said: Visit friends moreGo skiingGo to DisneyGo to the BeachGo ice skatingGo to Holiday WorldGo hikingGo mountain climbingRide motorcyclesRide horsesGo to a dude ranchGo the Golden CorralSurvive Jim turning 40 (that was Jim)Get into great shape and lose weightGrow tallerBuy horsesPay […]
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 […]
We’ve had a lot of family staying with us for the Thanksgiving weekend. All together there are 17 cousins staying here. We took everybody into town today to watch Disney’s Tangled in 3D. The children were all so excited about the movie (and their glasses): I had fun getting them to pose while Jim took […]
We needed to clear some soaps off the curing racks because Jim was making a bunch of soap. Normally the bagging tables are spread throughout the soap room, but the children decided to bring them all together for a bagging party. They set everybody up with an individual station, put on music (Disney songs and […]
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 […]
When we were at Disney over the winter, we went into one of the gift shops. Brett was looking at books, the boys were looking at pirate stuff, Indigo was looking at pretty, princess dresses. And Jade fell in love with what she called her “scary hands”. We left without buying anything. A couple of […]
After spending the night in Atlanta, we drove on to Orlando. My brother was getting married right near Orlando, so we had made reservations to stay at Disney’s All Star Sports Resort. Unfortunately, once there I got sick and spent two days in bed. The was a silver lining to me getting sick there. First, […]
Our last night at Disney, we had dinner at the Liberty Tree Tavern. They normally don’t have character dining, but since the Crystal Palace is being renovated, they moved the characters to the Liberty Tree. So we got to share our dinner with some good friends: Mom and Dad’s favorite part was that the […]
This was one of the the kids’ favorite things to do at Disney: Here they are accepting their mission and Secret Agent status and receiving their Kimmunicator: They’ve been sworn in and are now officially Spies (they look it, don’t they): Getting their first assignment: Their mission is going to take […]
Our absolute favorite restaurant of our entire Disney vacation (and this is unanimous) was: It had the most amazing family buffet you can imagine. We didn’t take pictures of the food (because we were too busy eating it), but they brought around huge skewers of the tenderest food ever. My mouth is watering just […]