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 […]
Goat Milk Stuff makes a solid shampoo bar as a natural alternative to most store bought shampoos. We do not add any harsh chemicals such as SLS to our shampoo bar because we believe that using fewer chemicals benefits your health and your hair. My boys regularly get “buzz cuts” and have very little […]
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 […]
Hewitt is getting so big and capable! He has a lot of responsibilities around the house, barn, and soaproom, but I think his favorite chore is to take care of the chickens and the rabbits. He is super cute in this video (but don’t tell him I called him cute LOL). Pretty impressive, huh?
Many of you know that we have been through a difficult time dealing with the trauma from being on the scene of a fatal accident. I may write more about it later, but right now I just wanted to share with you these photos. There is something about a rainbow that just reminds me of […]
Remember when we brought baby goats to our local nursing home in the spring? The same facility contacted me to see if I could come speak to them. Unfortunately, I had a conflict, but Jim and some of the children were able to go. The children were going to do some of the talking, but […]
Hewitt is the youngest Jonas boy. His full name is Hewitt Quinn, which means “little, smart fifth son”. And he is that! He is not only smart, but extremely loving as well! Get to know Hewitt better and what he does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching his video.
We went to the Olive Garden for Emery’s birthday. We don’t go there that often, because it is so expensive. But Emery really loves Italian food, so we decided to splurge and make him really happy. He always gets the Tour of Italy and then brings the leftovers home for lunch the next day. When […]
I am very thankful that we have been having an extremely mild winter here in SE Indiana. It was so pretty out the other day, that the older children all asked if they could go running. The boys headed toward friends of ours. Brett didn’t want to run with them, so she drafted Hewitt to […]
We love living in the country. There is only one problem – the lack of high speed internet. Right now we have satellite internet, which is better than dial-up. Most of the time. The biggest problem is when we have several days of stormy weather, like we’ve had. So what’s an entrepreneurial family with a thriving business that requires […]
My camera keeps disappearing. And then I find all sorts of photos on the disk that I did not take. Recently I discovered this group of flag football photos. Brett is actually taking some really good photos. Unfortunately she takes hundreds of them to get those good shots. And guess who gets to sort through […]
The day after Thanksgiving, we had a choice to make – go shopping for Black Friday sales or… Go hiking in Sugar Creek Metro Park in Dayton, Ohio with my brother and his family. It was a very easy decision. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day spent with family. It was a day that […]
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that every year we go apple picking! We have gone every year that I can remember. We always have a lot of fun, as you can see in this post from 2010, and this post from 2007. I could not find blog […]
A couple of weeks ago, the family went apple picking. When we got there, I took the little girls to the bathroom and Jim sent Colter to find out what kinds of apples were available for picking (fuji apples are our favorite ones to pick). Colter returned with the news that there were no more […]
We have a great garden in Indiana. One of the things that grow very well for us each year is watermelon. As much as we love our watermelons, I admit I was a little surprised when Jim decided to bring one of our homegrown watermelons with us on vacation to North Carolina. But I didn’t […]