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Today is Rory’s birthday! He is a champion for f Today is Rory’s birthday! He is a champion for family, for holistic living, farming and good food, for his deep faith in the kingdom work of Jesus. And for kwik trip donuts.
My mom comes out every year to help us braid onion My mom comes out every year to help us braid onions. We all have our jobs- hers is to prep very onion, take pictures of each kid with their onion strands and bring motivating snacks. 🥰
I think we can all agree that photographing my pre I think we can all agree that photographing my preserves in rainbow order was a very good use of my time.
We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New p We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New pledges go towards making a better book, printing in color, producing audio book etc. All backers of the printed book receive every “stretch goal” upgrade. Spread the word!
Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding goal!! If you thought about backing this project please head on over to Kickstarter and push us over the finish line! (Link in profile) Now… will somebody go find this boy a pair of pants?
Today is Hattie’s 10th birthday and she has plan Today is Hattie’s 10th birthday and she has plans a plenty! But I wanted to share this picture that I have taped to a cupboard in my kitchen because it clearly was Hattie’s 7th birthday, and I clearly stuck a candle in a carton of tag-alongs. Which weren’t even Girl Scout name brand- just the Aldi knock off. And that was good enough to get this smile from her and that smile from me.
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What we do with all of our Pumpkins

  • November 11, 2022
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I started this blog post last year! Took the pictures, wrote some text. But then I never finished it, because I wanted to post all my pumpkin recipes in one…
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Kid Quotes

  • November 11, 2022
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I have started keeping this page open on my laptop so when my kids say something worth remembering, I come to write it down verbatim. Elias woke up grumpy and…
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For the Birds

  • October 28, 2022
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I wrote in the fall newsletter about our twice-a-year visit from thousands and thousands of birds. The birds are all black, the size of robins. They fill every tree in…
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Newsletter — Fall 2022

  • October 28, 2022
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“There’s Just So Much to Learn…” Becca aptly puts it in her article Patience over Panic. This is what we are reflecting on ten years into this homesteading adventure, but…
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Some Goat

  • October 27, 2022
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Darcy was the very first mammal we got on our farm. Well, her and her daughter Precious. But Precious was not actually very precious in the way of being well-loved.…
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Braiding Onions with Grandma

  • October 20, 2022
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I have always said my favorite days on the farm are when all sorts of family show up to join in the fun. This happens especially at harvest time and…
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