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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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June on the Farm

  • September 10, 2020
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  • Rory
Here’s our latest home video for the month of June. It’s a busy farm in the summertime! Hence, why this video is three months overdue. But it sure is fun…
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Sword Casting Guy coming to The Grovestead

  • September 2, 2020
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We are excited about a special event for kids coming to our farm: Sword Casting! We had originally planned to host this event back in July during our Knights of…
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How We Homeschool

  • August 13, 2020
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I have been getting a lot of texts and emails from friends from all parts of my life wondering about home school. They never thought they’d consider it, but coronavirus…
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The Cistern Project

  • July 28, 2020
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This spring there was a Sunday when we woke up and our water was out. Ironically, it was raining cats and dogs outside. (And likely, this is why our well…
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Director of Adventure

  • July 26, 2020
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It has been a whole month since I posted here. I actually have been writing off and on and have a few posts nearly complete, so get ready for a…
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Nine State Parks in Three Days

  • June 25, 2020
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I spent my three days off driving all over the state scoping out State Parks. I sort of stumbled on this use of my time that first day, visiting three…
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