About a year ago, Jim and I went to San Francisco without the children. I have always loved sourdough bread, so while we were there, we purchased several loaves to bring home with us. The children adored it. I looked into purchasing sourdough around here, but couldn’t find a good source. Then I looked into […]
When they painted our bedrooms, we were that much closer to living in our bedrooms. We still needed carpet, lights, switches, trim, doors, and a whole lot more, but the rooms were very colorful. Which made all of us beyond excited!
Fletcher turned 13 on July 12th. With that momentous event, I now have as many teenagers as I have non-teenagers. Yikes! Good thing my teenagers are all pretty awesome! Normally, we have breakfast birthday cake to celebrate birthdays. But the day before Fletcher’s birthday was a bit crazy, so Fletcher said he would be very […]
Since we did our handprints in the concrete at the soaproom, Mom wanted us to put our footprints on the barn’s porch. (Mom also suggested we do butt prints on the porch of the house, but Dad said no. LOL) First, Ramblyn put the “broom finish” on the concrete – basically, going over the concrete […]
Most mornings, the children make their own breakfasts. One of their “quickie” breakfasts is instant oatmeal. It became even faster and easier for them to make once Grandma bought us a Keurig*. They take their instant oatmeal and a bowl: Add the oatmeal to the bowl: And add the hot water from the Keurig*! The […]
Jim and I met at The University of Virginia, so Thomas Jefferson is very important to us. Here is an interesting fact – Thomas Jefferson was born on Jim’s birthday (April 13) and died on Jade’s birthday (July 4). I always post the children’s birthday photos, and they insisted that I post Daddy’s birthday photos as […]
While we were in Disney World, we decided it was time to do something we’d never done before. The Wild Africa Trek! Indigo and Jade were too young, so while we were doing it, they went off and toured Animal Kingdom with some of Grandma’s friends. I can honestly say that this is one of […]
Since it’s been so cold for the past couple of weeks, our creek is frozen solid. (Yes, completely solid.) So the kids decided that they wanted to have a little fun. What started as tossing an empty water bottle around on the ice turned into ice hockey, using an old water bottle and some sticks. […]
All of the videos we have been recording lately have provided lots of material for bloopers. I didn’t even realize they had some of this stuff on tape, but it’s pretty funny. Which is your favorite blooper?
I am a big believer in eating healthy foods. Whenever possible we grow our own food and we do it without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. One of the hardest parts of leaving our old home was leaving our orchard and brambles. We loved harvesting our own pears, apples, peaches, cherries, elderberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and […]
I admit it – one of my absolute favorite dessert combinations is chocolate and peanut butter. If I’m going to indulge (or over-indulge), chocolate and peanut butter is definitely my weakness. Fletcher, it seems, also shares my weakness because his favorite dessert to make is homemade peanut butter cups. He loves to make them and […]
This is the first year in our new house and the children had their heart set on a HUGE tree. So we went to a local tree farm where we first found a huge pile of geodes. We took a hay wagon ride to the field. And started looking at trees. Indigo kept picking out […]
Now that construction is complete, we have been able to offer Farm Tours. Our main tour guide is Fletcher. He is responsible for our tours unless we have very large groups and need everyone to pitch in. The tour starts in the retail room. And continues throughout the rest of the soaproom. Then you head […]
Hiking has always been one of our favorite family activities. Our local park was Charlestown State Park, but since we’ve moved, it’s over half an hour away. We decided to go back one last time for a farewell hike and barbecue. Indigo had to stop and look at the moss: After the hike, the children played […]
I’ve wanted to get an updated family photo for many months. But as you can imagine, getting everyone ready is quite an endeavor. We were supposed to do the photo last week, but with the accident, nobody was in the mood. All the girls need hair cuts, so I was going to do that […]