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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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The Farm Calendar

  • December 11, 2019
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  • Rory
Last year about this time I wrote out a Farm Calendar with all the tasks for all of the animals and buildings and equipment we have to accomplish in each…
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Santa Lucia Day

  • December 6, 2019
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I have blogged for over a decade and as a result have written many, many words! We decided that if it feels fitting, on Fridays, we will share a favorite…
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Ode to the Wood Stove

  • December 2, 2019
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A few weeks ago Rory was gone for five nights in Colorado and I ran the farm while he was away. The crazy twist was that the furnace had gone…
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Our Favorite Family Farm Books

  • November 28, 2019
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  • Becca
I have wanted to write this post for so long! And I want you to know I have no affiliate links and make no money off of sharing these books.…
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Life with Five

  • November 26, 2019
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  • Becca
I know I’ve shared this before, but I still love this question. I once read a blog post where the writer had been to a wedding with her husband and they had been seated with three other couples they had never met. It soon was discovered that each couple had four kids and so one mom asked, “what’s your number?”
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Farm Camp Registration Now Open!

  • November 21, 2019
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We are so excited about all that we are planning for the summer ahead! Rory and I are in a season of big imagination and creativity and if you keep…
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