Author: Martha

Making an Ancient Scroll

Making an Ancient Scroll

In one of Logan’s history books, it taught him how to make an ancient Scroll. He wanted to make one for McKaylee for her birthday, with Psalm 113-118 printed on it. It was a fun process. First you make a strong “pot” of tea. Then 

Roasted Root Vegetables

Roasted Root Vegetables

Sharing a recipe that Lexa has learned that she loves! Any recipes that, like this, are easy, whole foods, allergen friendly, we are LOVING! 😃 To fill 2 sheet pans, I used: 1 onion, 2 sweet potatoes, 2-3 parsnips (depending on size), 3 carrots (I 

Cleaning the Instant Pot

Cleaning the Instant Pot

We discovered a neat trick the other day. We had cooked some meat in the instant pot & it had a lingering smell. We wanted to make some applesauce in it without the smells mixing. We put about 1/2 – 1 cup of vinegar in 

Weekly Gratitude Post 8/23/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 8/23/20

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Logan! “I’m grateful for family & family-friendly games such as Monopoly, The Farming Game, Uno Flip & lots of other games that I have found. Last week we were playing RISK & I had never won a 

Quinoa

Quinoa

I wanted to share my favorite way to cook quinoa. Quinoa is very underrated, not very popular. However, it’s very high in protein & fiber, has iron & other vitamins, is better on your blood sugar (glycemic index is very low). Nutritionally a lot better 

Celebrating McKaylee

Celebrating McKaylee

McKaylee celebrated a birthday this week! 🥰❤💙 We enjoyed celebrating with her. We played Uno Flip, had caramel pound cake (thank you Lexa & Lizzy for making it!), Chick Fil A for lunch after our Dr appt the other day & we are looking forward 

When Taking 7 Kids to The Dr Takes 6 Hours

When Taking 7 Kids to The Dr Takes 6 Hours

We had an important Doctor’s appointment yesterday. An appointment we’ve been waiting almost 6 months for, thanks to Covid. An appointment to have the other 7 kids (I say kids, but McKaylee really isn’t anymore…you know what I mean.) tested for Lyme & other tick-borne 

Butchering Chickens

Butchering Chickens

**A note before you read further: I did try to be on the conservative side with a lot of these pictures & not show anything graphic, but there are pictures below, mostly of our kids.** Since we’ve been incubating eggs to try to increase our 

The Power of Sleep

The Power of Sleep

I was reminded recently how important & restorative sleep is! Ellenor has been sleeping very well lately, but for some reason she was up for 3 hours the other night (during a very busy week). I woke up feeling like I had been run over 

Preparing to Butcher Chickens

Preparing to Butcher Chickens

As we were getting ready to butcher chickens, we realized there is a lot of prep involved! We were blessed to have a friend who has butchered before come over & help us. That was such a blessing! He also told us what we needed