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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.
Like the values it represents, Henry and the Great Like the values it represents, Henry and the Great Society is a book lost to time. Help us bring this story back into print for a new generation. Link in profile to preorder!
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The Farm and Family Fair 2025

  • May 29, 2025
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I’m going to start with these two pictures below because when I think of this fair I simply think, “I had such a good time.” And I think these pictures…
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MACHE in Duluth

  • May 18, 2025
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We pulled back up our lane last night around 10:30, hearts full after an incredible two days at the Minnesota Association of Christian Homeschool Educators (MACHE) conference. Rory was invited…
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Awesome and Wonderful, part 2

  • May 13, 2025
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It was 2019 when I took Ivar to A&W and told him right then that I wanted to take him to A&W once a month. We had such a fun…
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The Homesteading Conference in Texas

  • May 3, 2025
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We hit the road right after Easter. Just one road, really. Highway 35, to be exact. We stayed on that road right into Texas for a wonderful weekend at the…
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A Day at Blissful Bee Pastures

  • March 30, 2025
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Two years ago we hosted a maple syruping workshop at our farm, teaching the basics of tapping maple trees and evaporating maple syrup. One of the families that attended this…
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Field Trip to Seed Savers

  • March 26, 2025
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We took a beautiful two-hour road trip, south on highway 52, and found ourselves at Seed Savers in Decorah, Iowa. As a garden-loving family, this was basically our family’s idea…
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