Homemaking & Some Big News...
We've got some exciting news to share as summer winds down and we head into my favorite season (basic, I know) but fall really is beautiful and delightful in every way here in the Midwest. Even on "slow days" on the homestead, the family still needs to eat. I worked around the house today but still had to tend to some bread that was proofing and make dinner. On the menu was a family fave that included some homestead contraband - good ole red dye 40-filled Doritos! Now is probably a good time to let you all know we aren't purists.
These are the knobs I found for super cheap for our old armoire in the entryway: www.handicraft.com/products/d...
Brod & Taylor Proofer: amzn.to/3PrTHoU
Miele Vacuum (best ever IMO): amzn.to/4621xv1
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Congratulations!!! I’m glad people like you are mothers in this crazy world. ❤
Congratulations on baby number 5! My grandpa was a number 5, my father was a number 5, I am number 5, I married a number 5. There is something special about number 5s. And of course, my husband and I had a number 5. So special. God is good.
As a mama of 6, you are absolutely right in that you learn to manage your time better. Each child has taught me so much and made me a better person. Congratulations on baby number 5! So exciting. ❤ I always look for quilts, wooden utensils, and glass dishes when I’m thrifting. :)
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
They really do sanctify us and keep us accountable, such blessings!! And thank you! ❤️
Your bread going on a field trip to town is about the best thing I’ve ever heard. 💕
@danas2056
8 ай бұрын
Yessss
A very noticeable addition over the past few videos, just waiting for the announcement ❤
That’s something….taking your bread with you to do errands so you can stretch and fold on schedule! That’s dedication!
I'm a relatively new subscriber and have watched a few of your most recent videos and I wondered if you were expecting! How wonderful for you and your family! God is amazing!! Wishing you a peaceful pregnancy!
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@wendy3437
10 ай бұрын
I was wondering if it was Catalina dressing. I love taco 🌮 salad yours looks awesome. A quick way to cut cherry tomatoes 🍅 from Rachel Ray is to take a container cover and put it over the top of a bunch of them and you can cut them easy. Congratulations how far will it be between Earnie??? It will be nice for him to have a sibling closer in age. I know he must love the older ones and want to be a big kid to. Family treasures past down family history.
@thesolagratialife
3 ай бұрын
Yes God is amazing! :)
I rarely comment even with close friends... today before beginning my day I want to tell you... You really surprise me at every turn. And, I'm not at all surprised that you've been a success on social media. Congratulations, so very well deserved!!! I've become memorized when viewing your wonderfully crafted videos, and now have found your shorts. This morning, I've just checked out your home page. You have wonderful content at a glance. I'm a complete stranger, and yet I feel warm and uplifted upon discovering a new part of the sequel of yall's lives. Your day to day, wow! Most importantly, I respect your love of God. How you’ve expressed your wish to place him first. Your wish to follow His Will is so very strongly expressed that it pulls me into the rest of your lovely life and how well you've been giving examples of how to live as close to His principles as humanly possible. It's so refreshing not to see the ugly side of life protrad. We as humans have our responsibility to strive to live it as best we can. The only source truly is from God's Word. So thank you for staying steadfast. I dare say we are set a part in our doctrine, but His truths work through to give unity in our actions, and it shines through to loving others as He has first loved us. If we try our best. And you are the real deal, such a strong woman, and yet so tender as we all want to be. God Bless You Today and Always! I will keep watching, but I will need to pace myself... lol. Again, thank you! 🤗🤟🥰
This is the first video of yours I've watched and I subscribed within the first 3 minutes 😂 you're adorable and I love everything about your channel, vibes, ethos, etc etc. I'm nearly 40 with 2 boys and a Bubba on the way and building a legacy home for them to enjoy and inherit is vital! I also learned to quilt from KZread and have made 2 bed sized ones on the last 5 years and some adorable lap sized quilts... Be warned it's addictive! But solo therapeutic ❤ oh and congratulations! Xxx
I watch many you tubers make sour dough bread. You are a first....taking it to town. Thats dedication. Congrats
Contraband... Love it lol 😂 congrats!!
Congratulations, I already thought so from the last two videos. You have the glory on your face that only expectant mothers have. All love and good. I only found your channel 2 months ago, since then I've been sharing your videos like crazy, I hope you get a lot of subscribers from Germany too. You're doing so well, I admire you so much. greetings from Munich
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! ❤️
Congratulations on your sweet news!
Your house is just fine as it is !! It's lived in..a lovely family lives there. There is no decor or shelf trinkets that could make a family home more lovely than one which is obviously lived in by a healthy happy family. That decor cannot be bought. Lets just step over toys & socks and get to canning & making butter and cheese & coconut pie. 😁😉😘
Congratulations! Also those quilts are beautiful! My mother is a quilter so I've been around them all my life (she sews by machine). Definitely an art form worth learning!
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Love that!! I need to just dive in and learn!
@danas2056
8 ай бұрын
That rainbow knot one was gorgeous
You sound like my hero, you took your bread dough into town and did the stretch n folds! 😮 btw congratulations on your pregnancy!
@HopewellHeights
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 😊
Oh, and your sourdough recipes are how I found you... I've baked very little, but found success through a sweet lady who had the rep of the Queen of sourdough...😊 she gave me some newly fed starter. I have since paid it forward, and shared some as well. My mom loves sourdough, but my hubby doesn't. So, during times when mom is with us, I bake for her and myself. I really like the bread loaf pans you use, hope to buy some. Thanks for all the wonderful pointers you give as you go about your day! See you later when I can watch some more... 😊
Ok, I need to see a video of how you work the dough in a car! You are magical ❤
Congratulations to such a beautiful and blessed announcement of a new little bundle of joy🎉🎉☝🏾🙏🏾 love the knobs you put on the coat closet very pretty. You really have an eye for some nice pieces for your home.
Congratulations!!!! So happy for you!!!
Congratulations!! I recently found your channel and of course I subscribed ☺️ You have a beautiful family and I must say, I am learning so much from watching your videos 😊 God bless you and your family and thank you for all the great videos 😊
🎉 congratulations!!
Congratulations to you and your family!
Awe, congratulations! So happy for you and your family ❤
Congratulations! Children are such a blessing ❤
Congratulations 🎉 also you have a wonderful home.
Oh my heart!!! Congratulations! I am so happy for y'all! You can tell you truly enjoy all aspects of motherhood and I am grateful you share the journey with us. I so enjoy your content and how simplistic you are. It doesn't seem fake or for sure which is rare to find. All your videos are also very inspiring as well.
Congratulations! God Bless!
Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your life... I love everything about your channel :)
CONGRATS, how exciting!!!Blessings to you all!!!🙏🏾💜😊
Congratulations new life is beautiful ❤
Contraband!! 😅😅 uou are a doll! Also, can’t wait to listen to all things baby!!!! Yea!!!!!!! Love this channel so much!
I also love the quilts they are beautiful and cozy looking. Nothing like items to pass along through the family.
Congratulations! That taco salad looks amazing!!
Thanks for sharing your cute farm life, house, etc. I'd love to see how you make your sourdough - your dough looks incredible! I make some bread, but I am intimidated and many of the recipes out there seem daunting! Thanks again :)
Congratulations! Your videos have been such an inspiration as we switch to a slower self-sufficient lifestyle. You are such a pleasure to watch and can’t wait to follow along for baby #5💛
So so thrilled for you and your family of the new blessing coming! And I just loved this video. The nursery right off your room is just a dream ❤
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!! We are so so excited!
Congrats 🫶🏻 I love seeing little snippets of your daily life. You are so encouraging for a young mom like me!!
@palomino5223
10 ай бұрын
She is so encouraging to an older gal like me, we are talking 66 years old. LOL
Congratulations! May God bless your beautiful familY!
I just discovered your channel and started watching your videos. I am so inspired and just love how you bring us along through all your meal prep. I’m new to homesteading and at times it feels overwhelming. Thanks for the inspo! Looking forward to your healthy pregnancy tips in future videos 😊
Love the cup! I have the same set of dishes ❤️
The mugs are part of a whole dish set. They are gorgeous and very sturdy!!
Congratulations!! ❤
Your living room floor is AMAZING!
Congratulations..for baby number 5. That's fantastic Love your house and the antiques. Love watching you thank you for sharing
I’m also a newer subscriber. I love your channel. You are so pretty! Love your glasses, your home, & things you teach us!
How wonderful it is that you are having a baby! Dorito taco salad is so good!
Congrats to you all xxx
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Congratulations on your growing family! Very interested in your sourdough techniques! Please share.
Learning to quilt is not hard at all... And it's so relaxing! ❤
Great news, congratulations! Love your channel and yes miele vacuums are the best! I currently have 3, one which is very old, you just can’t kill them!!! Oh and btw, you are just glowing, your skin is amazing❤
I have been wondering if you were expecting, watching some of your last videos. Congratulations to you & your family. What a blessing!
Congratulations! Verybhappy for you. All of your cideos are so inspiring and i wish i could live this way!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations 🎉
Ok, so my mom and sister are both quilters. My mom's mom (my gma) is a quilter too. I LOVE that you have a descriptive note to go with each of the quilts. What a treasure!!! I'm so thankful they were gifted to you becuase you seem to understand the value in these sweet pieces!!
@HopewellHeights
9 ай бұрын
Quilting is truly such an art!! What a blessing to have a couple of quilters in your family!
Congratulations and God bless
Congratulations! From one homebirth big-family-seeking mama to another :)
Congratulations on your news. I love those quilts. Your attitude and the lifestyle you’re living is so refreshing. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos and for sharing with us. Oh, a tip for labeling your lids on your tubs, use that sharpie on a piece of masking tape on the lid. Then you can just peel it off when you’re done using that tub for maternity clothes.😊
That is so smart that you and your sister share and collect maternity clothes!❤
Congratulations!
Congratulations
Congratulations!!! This blessed child is so fortunate to be born into your family!! Those mugs you found are German and very expensive. You scored!! Hoping to learn about making sourdough, I have the starter going. Love the story about the traveling bread, I would have thought the movement of the car would cause it to go flat. LOL You have so inspired me I now have a cheese mold... I soooo look forward to your videos!
Fabulous video
Congratulations ♥️
Always nice to hear from you, Steph! Congratulations and all the best wishes to you and your family
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@naominagata1127
10 ай бұрын
Welcome :)
Congratulations!! Also! The quilts made my day! I love quilts and go to estate auctions solely for quilts!
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Oh that’s such a great idea!!!
This is my second video I watched from you, and OMG I you are admirable, COngrats on your new Baby, We do celebrate this news, and thank you for sharing with us.
Congrats! 🎉❤ You are one of my favorite channels ever. I was so so excited to see a “maybe bump” in the last video as you were moving about and got so excited for your family! God is Good! Children are such a gift. Wishing you a smooth pregnancy, and smooth and easy delivery and postpartum recovery. You, baby, and family will be in my prayers!!! ❤
Congratulations ❤❤❤
I recently came across your channel. I think I first watched your video about what homeschool curriculum you were using this year. Congratulations on your wonderful news, and welcome back to the Church! I am absolutely loving every one of your videos, and you’re an inspiration. KZread is a funny thing; you watch total strangers living their lives, and if I may use a quote from Anne of Green Gables, I feel as though you’re a kindred spirit! God Bless you and your growing family! ❤️
Congratulations!❤❤❤ I love your videos! blessings from Québec, Canada.
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
I am a new subscriber, and I loved your video on Cheesemaking. I bought the book you recommended and such a random thing, but the author lives right down the road from me! I thought you might find it interesting. Love your channel and congratulations on the new baby. Hugs from Oregon!
Yay! Congrats🎉 I'm also pregnant, which is so awesome. 🤰🏼 I loved your canning videos, btw. They helped me a lot. 14 weeks, 4 days today❤
I'm a quilter, and I love it. It is an expensive hobby. Beautiful quilts btw
Congrats on another blessing.
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Congratulations mama!! 💙 best blessing on your preg journey!! I bet the little /Big ones are so excited as well!! ✨❤️ I was so excited you linked your vacuum!! I actually go through vacuums allot ! So im currently using a shop vac!🥴 LOL! I been trying to find the perfect one will give this one a try!!👍 Look forward to your bread recipe as well! N your house is just Amazingly filled of beauty n history of your family 💞I love that!! And your nursery with open view 🪟 is gorgeous God Bless!!
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
I’m a quilter and seamstress by profession …. You will love it when you learn !! Very relaxing and gratifying !!
Congrats the the new baby!🎉 Love taco salad! Late July has a great nacho cheese chip flavor that makes a great alternative to Doritos. Def check it out. 👍
I have never "taken a bread onto town". I didn't know that was a thing! So much to learn. I am serious. I admire resouceful women like you.
Congratulations 🎈
Congratulations.
Congratulations beautiful ❤ I noticed the bump a few times but didn’t want to comment❤ so exciting
I love pfaltzcraft dishes! I picked out a set for my registry when we got married 33 year ago. And I inherited a different set from my grandma:)
Congratulations and many blessings to you and your family. I just purchased the bread proofer and used it for the first time yesterday-I love it! I had been looking at it and pondering purchasing it for years :-) the price and me questioning “do I really need it” stopped me from purchasing. The price kept going up and my family’s bread needs increased, so I figured it was now or never. I’m so glad I did. They also make what they’re calling a Sourdough Home-I’m not so sure if that’s a “need”. I keep my starter in the refrigerator until I’m ready to bake with it.
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
The proofers are so great when you bake all of your family’s bread!
Aw congrats 🤗
I’m a new subscriber from England I have been married since 1992, we have 2 grown daughters and 2 adorable grandchildren. It’s lovely to see young wives and mothers carrying on the domestic arts! Congratulations on your pregnancy! I am so happy for you!
Congratulations on the new addition! We can’t wait to join in on the journey! ❤ Side note, Aldi has dye free knock off doritos! Lol we treat ourselves with those every once in a while and they are just as tasty! Gonna have to try this taco salad with those, as you now have me craving it! Yum!
Congrats! So excited for you. Our lives have so many parallels so its fun to watch your channel. We live on my family's farm...built our own house here....my parents run beef cows which we help with....We have a dairy cow, pigs, chickens, all the critters. I homeschool and have 5 kiddos (Lord willing maybe a few more will come along as well!), homebirth, gardening, canning, preserving, cheesemaking, homemade whenever possible. Our husbands even have the same name I realized during this video haha! So fun to follow along!
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness that really is a parallel life! We would love to have a few more too, Lord willing!
Great video!! Everyone share her channel, I want to see her grow in leaps and bounds ❤️ congratulations on the baby 💞
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
Your an amazing woman enjoy all your videos happy to hear the good news.God Bless
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Lovely Home!🫶🏻
Congratulations! I am a new subscriber and actually a master quilter. After watching you move through your days, I am convinced you will be an exceptional quilter. Once you get the time to sit down and do it. You are truly an inspiration! I’m surprised you didn’t make the Doritos from scratch 😂…. many thanks for your content!
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Oh that is so encouraging!! Haha ya never know maybe I’ll master the scratch dorito someday 🤣
Congratulations! How exciting!!! That taco salad looks bomb diggity!! My husband agrees, it's not a taco salad without doritos! 😊
Yay!! Congrats on baby #5!!! It wasn't that long ago that I watched the video of you saying you'd like to be pregnant again, so so exciting. And yes! Mini house tour lol we love it!! That fire place ughh 😍😍 gorgeous! And the floor planks!!!! But also, 🤣 doritos is contraband lol. We do the same, I've really started making my own snacks the biggest is Graham crackers.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. I'm a brand-new subscriber. I enjoy the content on your channel.
Congratulations! I know you'll be able to handle 5 just like you handled 4 so far :)
I live in a super small town (pop. 1257) and I found a two quilting groups in the newspaper; one hand quilting group and one machine group.
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Love that!
Awh I knew I saw a bump in the last few vids 🥰 congrats!
CONGRATS!
@HopewellHeights
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!