I love to cook. It is one of my favorite hobbies. But I don’t like to cook every day. Therefore, the fact that I can tend to be extremely busy, unorganized lazy means that our family has been eating out way too much.  With a family our size eating out is just not that practical. Eating out is...

My family prefers this recipe over all others that I have tried. I have adapted it from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Better Homes & Gardens Plaid). 4 to 4 1/2 c. all-purpose flour (you can also replace 1 cup whole wheat for 1 cup of all-purpose) 2 1/4 tsp. yeast 1 cup milk 1/8 tsp...

We are so excited about adding a new baby to our family this summer. It seems like perfect timing as far as staying on track with our lessons without it all being too stressful. It also made me wonder how other homeschool moms do it all during the summer. Do you school year round? Do you choose just...

I have been seriously neglecting my blog. And now I don’t even know where to start. Big things have been happening in the Baker home. Most notably our decision to consider having a home birth for our 6th child. I have been searching the internet, asking friends, nurses, pretty much everyone if...

I am officially 14 weeks pregnant today. For those of you who don’t know, this will be our 6th child. I have been wanting to post weekly updates but I have also been a little nervous about it. I didn’t want to feel like I was jinxing myself or something. I think infertility and loss tend...

Our menus will be changing a little over the next few weeks. There are couple of reasons as to why, the first as a New Years resolution we decided to try harder to move from our “somewhat vegan” status to a “very vegan status. We have all been suffering from low energy, stomach issues...

Every year when I make New Years Resolutions, I vow to keep a better record of our money. Every year I do a little better than the last but honestly I am no accountant. I know what I need to do but was just not sure how to do it. My husband took over taking care of the budget and bills last year when...