And so it begins!!

I am sure a lot of you are wondering how our dairy is coming along? Well, we are finally in business!! After working and waiting for many months for different people to get this estimate together or this paper work done, so on, so on... we finally settled for plan B. The funds to starting a dairy up the quick way kinda fell through, so we had to go with a different plan, herd share(s)! Ever hear about that? Well, you are welcome to go over to our website www.goldenruledairy.com and learn all about it! It is a bit slower than plan A to get things going, but in the end it all works the same. Micah and I spent over a week building the website. Building a website was a new experience for both of us. Thanks for some helpful tips from our Uncle, we finally got it up and running. It isn't completely finished yet, but it's getting there! I am now secretary of Golden Rule Dairy!! I have been staying busy taking all the calls, emailing, scheduling and going along with Joanna to the milk deliveries. Micah helps in the office with the billing etc... The rest of the family keeps busy milking, feeding, bottling, etc. We are so excited to finally be able to share our milk to the public legally! 

Hand Turned Pens / Creations Class

Joshua recently did a Creations Class for the boys. He helped them all make a wooden pen. 

Dad put together a lesson for them on how the men of the Bible wrote things down and how it is important to write down the Word of God.

The boys listening to their lesson.

Joshua did a great job of showing everyone how they were made!

Getting ready to turn their pens.

Brother Ricardo brought another lathe along to help the process go a little faster.

All the boys did a great job!! Good job on the class, Joshua!! 

Checking more items off my "To Do List!"

I found this really cute sign on Pinterest and decided to give it a try.

I took four old pallet boards and hooked them together with slats on the back. Next I stained them, picked out a font, used carbon paper to transfer them and then painted the words on with a light cream colored paint.

It turned out to be the perfect wall decor for our dining area. Joshua also stained the tray on the table the same shade.

Bless the food before us,
the family beside us,
and the love between us.



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Lots of shoes come with a big family. Since we don't really have a mud room, all our work shoes get placed outside in crates. Well, they are supposed to stay in crates, but that doesn't really happen. We got tired of seeing our back porch like this, so we decided to do something about it. 

Shoe shelves!! Just what we needed! Joshua jumped in and helped me and we got it built in about an hour.

It's amazing how much a small improvision can make such a difference!

It not only saves space it also looks so much more neat and tidy!

              Before...... &....... After