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Kids Cooking – Quinoa Black Bean Stew
We have a lot of friends who are vegan. So I try to have some good vegan recipes on hand for when they come over. One of our favorite vegan meals is a black bean stew with quinoa (pronounced “keen –...
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Backyard Chickens for Healthy Eggs
In my quest to feed my family healthier food, one of the hardest things to consistently source is healthy protein. Organic vegetables have been easy to grow in the garden and are fairly easy to...
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Blooper Reel
All of the videos we have been recording lately have provided lots of material for bloopers. I didn’t even realize they had some of this stuff on tape, but it’s pretty funny. Which is your favorite...
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Naming the Goats
Each of our goats has their own name and their own personality. They are registered, so having a name to put on their papers is important. But their names are more than just the title for their...
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Ice Hockey
Since it’s been so cold for the past couple of weeks, our creek is frozen solid. (Yes, completely solid.) So the kids decided that they wanted to have a little fun. What started as tossing an empty...
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Getting Eggs The Fun Way
Here on the Goat Milk Stuff farm, we got a lot of snow this winter. A couple of months ago, it was particularly nasty. There were 3-4 inches of snow that had frozen completely solid, a sheet of ice on...
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Disney Wild Africa Trek
While we were in Disney World, we decided it was time to do something we’d never done before. The Wild Africa Trek! Indigo and Jade were too young, so while we were doing it, they went off and toured...
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Building Forts in the Woods
My children tend to be very creative and make use of existing materials when they want to build something. So what do we have in abundance around here? Dozens and dozens of empty coconut oil buckets....
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Happy Birthday, Jim!
Jim and I met at The University of Virginia, so Thomas Jefferson is very important to us. Here is an interesting fact – Thomas Jefferson was born on Jim’s birthday (April 13) and died on Jade’s...
View ArticleWe’re Home!
We’re back from our awesome Disney Vacation. I’ll post photos later, but wanted to list our favorite moments while it was still fresh. Fletcher: Test track in the dark Indigo: Seeing Mickey Mouse and...
View ArticleWrestling Mania
It’s that time of year again… wrestling season is here. My boys are good wrestlers. I think it’s because they’re genetically wired for it. And fortunately for us, it’s one of the few sports where being...
View ArticleClimbing Mount Everest
Ok – so it isn’t quite Mt. Everest. But it was the closest thing the boys could find. This tree was one of the victims of Hurricane Ike – and the boys just couldn’t resist conquering it. My boys will...
View ArticleBack from Disney World
We’re back from our vacation. We had wonderful park weather (mostly 70′s) and still managed to get in a lot of swimming time. Thanks Grandma and Poppy for working at Disney World to make it possible!...
View ArticleAnimal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom was the one day we went into the park that it rained. Which was a bummer. Or was it… Normally we just get to watch the Lion King Show (our favorite section to sit in is the Lion...
View ArticleNorway
Norway (in Epcot) had a little ride and a movie about the country. Afterwards they let you out through their gift shop. Hmmmm…. not sure that was a great idea: Do you know what it took to get the...
View ArticleSo, Children, Why Do We Celebrate?
During dinner last night, I asked the children why we celebrated Easter. When I ask questions like this, I always start with the youngest and go up. Mom: “So, why do we celebrate Easter?” Jade: “Cause...
View ArticleFlying to Africa
We were having dinner at Boma’s restaurant one night. I was very excited about it because it was an African buffet style restaurant and I couldn’t wait to try some of the food that I’d heard about from...
View ArticlePool Time
Swimming is always a highlight of our Florida vacations. Here Brett is trying to explain to the girls that it is too cold for them to swim: The older children all had a great time: Hewitt put on a...
View ArticleHaving Dinner with the Gang
Our last night at Disney, we had dinner at the Liberty Tree Tavern. They normally don’t have character dining, but since the Crystal Palace is being renovated, they moved the characters to the Liberty...
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