Work Hard. Get Dirty. Use Good Soap.
Our new house is not yet finished, so we’ve been commuting back and forth from Charlestown to Scottsburg every day. It’s about a 25 minute drive and while we’ll be happy when we no longer need to do it, the commute isn’t too terrible. But during kidding season, being 25 minutes away was outside of [...]
Jade is the baby of the family, but doesn’t let that stop her. She is very feisty and holds her own amongst all her siblings. Get to know Jade better and what she does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching her video:
Indigo is the princess of our family. She was the first girl after 5 boys and she is definitely all girl! Get to know Indigo better and what she does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching her video:
I love the sunshine. Sunny days just make me happy and put a big smile on my face. One of the reasons we go to Florida every winter is because I really need to escape to some warm weather and sunshine to make it through the winter or I get very cranky. This winter has [...]
Hewitt is the youngest Jonas boy. His full name is Hewitt Quinn, which means “little, smart fifth son”. And he is that! He is not only smart, but extremely loving as well! Get to know Hewitt better and what he does at Goat Milk Stuff by watching his video:
Very rarely do I ever complain or whine here on my blog. But I confess, I feel the need to do just that because… I am overwhelmed!! It doesn’t happen to me often because I work really hard to maintain margin in my life and not do too much. But life has some how gotten [...]
Having just spent time at Disney World with my 8 children, my wife, and her parents, I decided it was high time I alerted the public to the greatest hazards to be found at the “Most Magical Place on Earth.” Sure, there are parade floats to avoid, high-speed rides to hang on to [...]
When Greyden was a baby, his nickname was “fat and happy” because he was such a jolly, chubby baby and toddler. I’m so pleased that even though he’s outgrown most of his baby fat, he remains a jolly, happy kid. His happiness is infectious – he has a giggle that makes me smile every time [...]
I’m a bit late posting Brett’s birthday photos. She turned 16 in December. I still can’t believe my baby is 16. It really is true what they tell you about parenting – don’t blink or your baby will be all grown up and turning 16. But no matter how old she gets she’ll always love [...]
The reason that I first got dairy goats was so that we could have a source of healthy, raw milk. Later on I would use this milk to create our goat milk soap and launch Goat Milk Stuff. But in the beginning, the goat milk was simply a food source. We drank it, we made [...]
Construction has been underway at the new house for several months. We asked our builder to “switch gears” and get the barn done because we wanted to move the goats before they got too far into their pregnancies. Because of that, the crew is just now getting the roof on the house. The other [...]
In a previous post, I mentioned that I do a lot to manage my stress level. But when things gets crazy busy, I tend to stop taking care of myself when it is most important that I do so. To prevent this, I’ve learned to build some systems into our lives. When my workload explodes, [...]
Let’s face it, most moms today are overwhelmed and stressed out. I say moms because I am one, but this applies to everyone – men, women, and unfortunately even children. Most people know how bad extreme stress is for our health. Yet we still live with it because making big changes (to remove the stress) [...]
We normally try to have our goats freshen (have their babies) during the end of February and the beginning of March. Because Indigo’s birthday is February 23rd, for the past 2 years she has had baby goats born on her birthday. If you ask Indigo who her favorite goat is, she’ll tell you, “Valley is [...]
This morning we brought Thor and Baxter to Scottsburg with us. Although we’ve brought them before, it has always been on a weekend, when there was no active construction. So all the activity was new for them. Colter, Greyden and Brett took them for a walk around the house construction. We wanted to see how [...]
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