We decided to finally make some farm fresh pickles. Lots of yummy cucumbers and fresh ingredients like garlic and dill and you have a mason jar of goodness! I definitely played around with the ratio but this is what we have decided that we love best! This recipe makes 4-5 mason jars about 12 oz size. Make sure to sterilize you jars and have them ready. Let's make the brine and while the brine is boiling you can cut your cumbers and fresh ingredients. This part is great for the kids to help too! For the brine you will need the following. Just mix all together … [Read more...]
Happy Tenth Birthday
Happy 10th birthday to this amazing little girl! Your so full of compassion, joy, personality, fun loving, passion, wild and crazy yet quiet and still, attentive, caring, big dreamer, and full of life! You love animals, your family & friends, slime, books, crafts, baking, cupcakes, mint chocolate chip ice cream, salads, and fruit! You make our family complete with your smile, laughter, dance parties, and silly faces. You are so loved and make us all feel so loved and we wish you the happiest tenth birthday!! We love you to the moon and back! We celebrated with … [Read more...]
Facing Tough Encounters
Since the beginning of our homeschooling journey I have been at peace with decisions that I made to provide an environment for my children that embraced their over all well-being. An environment of interest, creativity, strengths and weaknesses, love, joy, kindness, and yes even disagreements with brother but healthy disagreements. Healthy disagreements where we can learn at a young age to control ourselves, our emotions, and our reactions. I know as an adult there are some that we will face that are challenging and everything seems to be a constant battle but as an … [Read more...]
Homeschool
It has been raining for like the millionth day but the rain has forced us to stay home more than usual and allow us to really focus on some things around the house. So even though I miss the sunshine I am thankful for the rain too. We started a whole new adventure since the last time I really blogged on this space. When I first started this blog years ago it was such a time of healing for me and flourished into a space of writing about my faith, love, loss, and motherhood. I haven't been able to focus so much on this little space for quite some time but there are … [Read more...]