NEWSOME 2024 YEAR RECAP
2024 is gone. Wow. 2024 was an amazing year. We achieved a lot, learned a lot, and changed a lot. As a way to catch up on alllll we’ve been up to since my last post, let’s break down the 2024 year by season to see what we’ve…
Newsome Family Farms: Year 1 Chicken Edition
Last year was one for the books. After living on the mountain for about 5 months, we began working on preparing the property for our first year of homesteading/hobby farming. For those of you that don’t know, we moved back in 2020 to a house on the mountain…
Is God Really Good?
As I start this blog, I’m so excited to be back writing. I know the overall direction of the topic I want to write, but I honestly have no plan. I feel quite rusty, actually. I haven’t written in so long (and I’ll write more about that in…
Mommy’s Having a Meltdown
A few days ago I sat outside my house at midnight. In the gravel driveway. I was sobbing uncontrollably, gasping for air to somehow calm my mind, heart, and body. “You’re ok. You’re ok” I kept whispering to myself as I tried to calm my tears. This isn’t…
How Homemaking Changed My Life
I’ve written about homemaking, hospitality, and hosting many times on my blog before. Its become such a focus and passion of mine since becoming a mom, but my view of it has really developed and changed my view on things since moving out to the mountain. I always…
Practical Parenting
Parenting is really hard, but I assume I’m not telling you anything you don’t know. My kids are only toddlers (I say that in both seriousness and sarcastically) and I already feel the weight of parenting. It’s such a heavy responsibility. Don’t get me wrong- being a mother…
Its ok to not be ok…
Back when we had our miscarriage, I remember a friend telling me that phrase. It had been weeks later, and I was really struggling. I felt as though I should have been over it by that point… as if there is such a thing. But I remember this…
Tips for Teaching Your Toddler About the Bible
I saw a quote today that really spoke to my soul. “Once a teacher, always a teacher. No matter where you go or what you do. You can never truly get out of teaching. Its like the mafia- you know too much.” I read it and chucked… and…
Surviving Motherhood
There’s no “job” in the world that I’ve ever loved more than being a mom. As cliche as it sounds, being a mother is truly a life changing experience. It’s an incredible blessing, but also a huge responsibility. On top of that, being a mom is just plain…
The End of a Chapter
Wow. It’s been a minute. Life has been hectic, amazing, busy, overwhelming, wonderful, and… well… beautifully imperfect. Let’s play a little catch up. I promise all of this information is important in understanding the meat of my post. In May of 2019, Simon turned one and Joel got…
