The magic of fire calls me deeply... come join me for a day of cooking over the fire on the farm. This is GOOD EATING.

@marieke74

3 жыл бұрын

How Lovely , How many kittens are there ? soooo, cute ;-) Have a nice christmas .

@18chris0089

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, the magical comfort that comes from a wood fire has no comparison. The warmth that feeds your soul, the smell of smoke reminiscent of many fond bonfire memories and the mesmerizing flicker of the flames and twinkling of the embers. Gazing into the fire is meditative for me, it takes me to a whole other mindset and level of inner reflection. I've spent many nights growing up sleeping next to our fireplace and many nights sitting by the fire and under the stars throughout our Canadian seasons. I believe fire should be respected, and when respected can become a comforting refuge.

@juliecarns

3 жыл бұрын

Shaye, Inspired to cook our bacon and eggs over the fire Saturday morning. Thank you for sharing details & inspiration!

@heathercollins6464

3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful video ❤️❤️ I love your family’s way of living. Simply lovely ❤️

@marirose19

2 жыл бұрын

@@18chris0089 Excellent comment. Agree wholeheartedly. ✌🏼

You have the rare gift for being able to extract the goodness out of life and for appreciating that goodness once you have found it. You are both practical and poetic. I think that many will look to your example in the years ahead.

@jlmnlugo1

3 жыл бұрын

Amén to that!

@krystalgarcia3397

3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful! How blessed your babies are to be building these memories and life skills that can carry them into adulthood. I’m so grateful to have grown up in a similar way and those memories get sweeter all the time

@karenhibberd9426

3 жыл бұрын

Well said❤️❤️❤️❤️

I am only 16, but I love to cook and garden, I also love cast iron so much and I collect them and chef knives too! I also inherited my great great grandpas cast iron skillet that is over 150 years old! cooking is so much better when the simple tools you use have a story

@gelwood99

3 жыл бұрын

I am 66 and feel the same way cooking in my Grandmothers' cast iron and using family bowls and platters to serve it on. History of seeing their food on the plates and the memories that come. 💞

@justpatty7328

3 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring to hear that!

@heatherwilliamson9232

3 жыл бұрын

😱 They do exist.

@jenniferj6580

3 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing that beautiful story.

@jkdurden

2 жыл бұрын

Jack I'm happy to hear they're are young people like yourself in the world! Keep up the great work.

I get it, I’m so glad I insisted on a wood burning fireplace when we remodeled our old house. It soothes me on cold winter days.

Will you do a full home tour at night? I think homes are so magical at night with the lamps and lights and fire and candles!!!!!

@shannonyang3651

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I love going for walks at night looking at all the lights and glancing into the homes. It’s so mesmerizing to see lively homes, and people just going about their routine, having dinner at the table. It just makes you feel like what you are doing at home with your family is so special too.

@amcooper0042

3 жыл бұрын

@@shannonyang3651 this is just the sweetest little comment 🥰 and so true..

Shaye, I've said this before if KZread was giving out Emmy's or Oscar's your channel would definitely win one!! Because of the content, the poetic flow to the story and the characters are just the most adorable family :) Blessings to your crew:) And it's your daily reality that the rest of us get to see in Realtime!!

Beautiful morning. I’m the same way, “Let’s have a bonfire!” And by the way I go to the beach at least 4 mornings a week and sit outside or in my car depending on how cold it is and knit.

@cherylT321

3 жыл бұрын

How lovely! I live by the beach. I might just try that!

Nothing cooks like cast iorn over an open fire. I have my granny’s cast iorn skillet set. It’s still the best pans I own. I love watching you cook. It’s so relaxing. Your voice is so calming.

Deep in the human DNA is the urge to levitate to fire and water. Whether a open campfire or a roaring fireplace, each invites gatherings of social interaction while soaking in the warmth. Just as fire invites, so does water. Pools, fountains, and even the water cooler are congregating places of relaxation and interaction amongst people. Life is all about the basics and the basics are all about life. Blessings!

@0_rags936

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

My husband just got mad I watched this without him 🤣 we are obsessed and trying to simplify and enrich our 5 acre piece of land

I love this. I enjoyed your thoughts about cooking, fire, family and homestead. I grew up on the edge of a medium sized city, Salt Lake City, Utah. But, I’ve always felt more comfortable in the wilderness, the mountains and the canyons. And, I’ve always been fascinated by fire. And, I love cooking on fire. I have a cast iron skillet that my grandmother used to make meals for my dad when he was a kid. And he’s 89 years old now. One of my most prized possessions. And a Lodge Dutch oven that I have owned since it was new over 20 years ago. So many meals. So much history and tradition. And so delicious. Now, I live in a beautiful log home in the Uinta mountains of Utah. With the sweetest woman I have ever known and our four amazing dogs. We use those cast iron pans every day, and life is so good. So much gratitude. Thank you. 🙏

That was one of the most beautiful things I have ever been captivated in. Absolutely felt this in my soul ❤

There’s something specifically about the fire-side squat, lol.

I absolutely long to smell the first wood smoke from a fire when the weather gets cold. It completes the season for me. Here in the South I have to wait a bit longer.

I watched this while my warm 8 month old was laying on my chest. So calming. I want a fireplace and a home with a backyard so badly to do just this. One day! Thank you for this video you guys. ❤️

Oh my goodness! Those kittens! 💕 A house cannot be a home without a fireplace, at least in my opinion. Thank you, Shaye, for another inspiring, beautiful, and heart warning video. May God bless you and your beautiful family.

Oh girl...let me tell you what, you're speaking my love language! Cozy fires, seasonal, slow living, fantastic food and family. What more in life could anyone ever possibly want? ❤❤❤

Cannot thank you enough for inviting us in to enjoy a perfectly serene world... I feel such a peace while enjoying these gifts you share, and that is not small thing! Yes, I borrowed that phrase from someone.

We didn't hear your husband play the guitar. Well, maybe in a future episode. Great video!

@laurah6381

3 жыл бұрын

If you go back to her video titled “get creative with me” there is a snippet of guitar playing around the 8:15 mark 💗

If I so much as take a deep breath my kids wake up and swarm me. I can't even imagine being able to wake up 'before' them. 😂😢

Omg tears when Stu carried the little boy to bed 😭

@DansonforJoy

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too!

I feel this too, just the smell of smoke from a fire brings me peace. It’s so hard to explain to people that don’t get it. Your videos are a work of art! Thankyou!

Another absolutely gorgeous video Shaye. Im feeling the Outlander inspiration here too. 😉 I just started book 3

I love cooking over coals... thanks for reminding me that it's not just for camping season!

Such pleasure having a fire outside or in our fireplace!! I miss the days we did that. Thank you for sharing ❤️

Yes, tucked in on a cozy winter night inside by the fire is beautiful. Grateful for all the beautiful Seasons god gave us too. hugs

I understand what you mean about fire, theres something so deep and primal, soothing and calm. We don't have a fire in our current home and it feels like I've lost something important, something I crave. We'll be having a Christmas bbq with my parents though, it's a family tradition rain or snow. Sitting outside as long as we can stand in front of the chiminea then coming inside to the open fire in the house.

The videos you make really bring up emotions in me. I catch myself smiling and often times teary eyed too! I don’t know, but I think it’s your gentle reminders in each one of just how beautiful life truly is. This was so lovely! ☀️ ♥️ love the music! 🤩

@alisamcdaniel2385

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't have said it better I feel the same.

@laurah6381

3 жыл бұрын

Same for me! Betsy, maybe you are an HSP 💗

@0_rags936

3 жыл бұрын

Same here...it brings me up to my childhood

@alisamcdaniel2385

3 жыл бұрын

I know I am for sure ❤

@betsy3473

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurah6381 ♥️

Oh beautiful - been looking forward to this video since heard you were doing a month of fire cooking over on Instagram! ❤️🔥

I watched as I sat by my fireplace. Merry Christmas all!🎄🎅❤

It’s that ancestral connection. Once upon a time all humans used fires in this way. I feel like it’s a way to look back and connect with our great great great (etc) grandparents.

Your channel is my anti-stress pill ❤

Pieces of log set around your fire would good to sit on. Loved this video's. Thank you

The love you guys share as a family is inspiring and encouraging! Thank you for letting us be a part of it.

OMG YES! Cooking outdoors over fruit wood is the best. I always set aside my cherry, apple & plum wood specifically for cooking in my fire pit. Lesser woods are used for just plain fire, but I only break out the fruit woods when I'm cooking.

I LIKE THE WAY YOU COOK, BEAUTIFUL FAMILY

That little orange kitten ❤️

@jessieelliott3157

3 жыл бұрын

All the little white footed kittens climbing over the chair made me smile and one tumbling off. So so sweet.

What a work of art this video is! I was fighting back tears by the end.

I absolutely LOVE your videos. When I was raising my children, we used to watch the Beatrix Potter videos. They were so nice, and your voice reminds me of them. Your voice when you are narrating the videos is so soothing, I so enjoy them. God bless you and your family and your homestead. Thank you for sharing!

Simply beautiful ❤ Thank you for sharing. You are such a great narrator. Blissfully sweet and soft spoken.

This video was extremely wholesome! I have been telling my husband that we should get some firewood and finally make a bonfire outside, and now this is just confirmation and reason. Fire is pure magic! thank you so much!

We love cooking over fire so much ❤ camping cooking has played SUCH a huge role in my journey, so cooking over fire feels so right.

"The missing part of the puzzle" , seeing your video's, I've asked myself when you will step out of your gorgeous kitchen and try the legendary iron cast outside! And there we go 😊 , exactly what I expected!! Good job , a very nice touch of a heart there . Something tells me that the iron cast is the grand, grandfather of those Michelin stars.

I think you create a wonderful home and environment for your beautiful family. When I look back on my childhood being outdoors, building camp fires, running wild was the most happiest time.

its definitely the perfect time to set around the camp fire and enjoy your favorite meal before the snow flies

We love cooking outdoor the food taste so much better.

Everything you said about how fire changes moods to food is so true. I love eating food cook over and open fire.

You are so right about the mood-adjusting affects of a fire. At times in our 30-year marriage when a fire has not been possible, my husband and I have had an oil hurricane lamp burning on the breakfast table each morning. It's very meditative. It's centering. It starts the day off right.

Love your style...life..family values

You have such a beautiful story-telling voice ❤️

As always I enjoy walking with you through your lives.It takes a certain kind of family to live like you do. You work hard and enjoy life full. I have been following you for quite sometime. Your children have really grown. My daughter home schools my 2 granddaughters. Not planning on it but things work out. They are now 12 and 14 . They have such an all rounded life. Plus the outdoors has been something they have all enjoyed. It doesn't hurt to be married to a teacher (: Thanks again Joyce

Fire is very fascinating, the colors and shapes, how it feels and cooks. I also am in love with fire!

Food always tastes better cooked outside over a open fire! What wonderful memories your making with your children. Blessings

Just wonderful!

When my kids were in elementary, on the last day of school they would roast hot dogs for lunch....on the playground. 2002-2011 ish.

Even the video of the fire put me in a super cozy, thankful mood.

I'm ready to move in! My favorite place in the whole world was aunt and uncles home. The lived this way and a peace just washed over you every time you crossed their threshold. You are truly blessed.

@Karen-lo5oi

Жыл бұрын

What a compliment to them. And they probably never knew it.

Fantastic! Loved it from start to finish. Outdoor cooking....ahhh, there's nothing like that flavor for some reason.

19 and planning out this lifestyle for my husband and children.. I can't wait for this. ♡

You have such special way of bringing goodness into the world and for that, I thank you!

We have been blessed to have found and bought a Kitchen queen wood cook stove last year. Love it, still learning even at 55 years old.

Your family videos brings me Joy, Shay Elliot!🙏🎄Happy Holidays to you all!🙏💚💜💙

Is that the dress you had made? It's so flattering but still looks comfy, love it ❤.

Love the outdoor cooking over coals. The fire is always inviting and I can look into it for the longest of time while my memory runs like a wild stallion! Mesmerizing, compelling, inviting, so much I don't understand? Thank you for taking the time to put this video together!

Yours and Angela's videos are my favorites on KZread!

Simply beautiful way of living and raising children. We are going to start a new tradition in our family. Bonfire on Christmas day. So much inspiration from you, thank you so much.

Oh, i've been watching this over and over again the last days... So calming, so simple, such divine meals - i can only imagine the taste and aromas! Delightful! Inviting! ❤️❤️❤️🌟

Shaye I love to watch your videos of you and Stu and the kids. U have an amazing life and so blessed. Thank u for sharing. I've always loved cooking over a fire and the outdoors. But the best is the end with the kids listening to their dad reading and moms cooking and then just u and Stu just wonderful. God bless u and your family. ❤

I’d love a video of you and Stu talking about marriage and your experiences, how you keep love alive, etc

You feel about your fireplace the same way I feel about my wood burning stove. I finally closed in my old, drafty, massive, heat sucking fireplace (I know newer ones might be better) and purchased a wood stove. I've wanted to do this for decades. Very expensive but worth EVERY. SINGLE. PENNY. The beauty of fire AND it heats the cottage instead of sucking the heat out.

I’ve watched this several times the background is breathtaking! One of my favorites cooking outside more please! 🥰

So peaceful and magical, I love your family life. Great job.

Beautiful, I have had a wood burning fireplace for the past two years since my husband I moved into our first home. I always wanted a fireplace as well, maybe it's time to start a nice calming fire. Thank you for the lovely video.

I’m rewatching this video in July bc I loved it in winter when you posted it originally. it’s too hot to cook over a fire right now and I’m longing for cooler weather, crocheted things and enjoying our fires. I’m looking forward to more fires, smiles and good food next season. Thank you for this beautiful video to remind me. ☺️

So, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us.

Such a warming scenes of your day with your family, I grew up on a farm in Brazil and we cook a lot over the fire, lots of meat and your video brought lovely memories! God bless x

Thank you for inviting us in & sharing! Soooo cozy!! I just invested in a bunch of lodge cookware pieces & have been having so much fun!! ❤️ merry Christmas to your family!

I LOVED THIS TO MY BONES!!! Shaye, this was a beautifully, romantic way to have meals!

Your videos are sight for sore eyes. I always enjoy your way of living and your relaxing voice narrating it. Greetings from sunny Greece💕💕

Beautiful and heart warming as always. So inspirational. Thank you for sharing

Cooking by a camp fire is the BEST! Fire seems to smooth peoples inner beast don't you think? For me it brings my heart and soul into a warm and cozy place. Your country side is absolutely fantastic. I have a pot from my brother like that and have used it many times making stews and soups on the camp fire. Like you said it does taste and look better. While outside you get your lungs full of fresh air and in turn your appetite gets bigger or at least it does for me.

The fireplace is stunning! I wonder if you ever considered adding a wood stove insert? With a wide glass door, you’d have all the ambiance but get to keep all that good warmth ✋🏻🔥🤚🏻 😌

Such a warm and cozy environment! And your narrative was perfect!

You really have a wonderful life. To step out of your home and see those beautiful mountains is just precious. Your children will have so many wonderful memories because, you have made so many days so special for your family. May God continue to Bless your family an have a wonderful Hoilday.

reminds me of grandmas kitchen, small but so warm and welcoming. watching her mill and cook was the best. we helped of course. Great times and memories.

such amazing colours!

I love the way you tell your story! I too love fire... and although I have been cooking in the wood cook stove with fire for years, I am really wanting to learn more about cooking out on a fire. We tried a little of it last summer and I absolutely loved the feel....how time just slows down, how relaxing it is. Great video!

Simple, elegant video with practical tips. Thx.

I’m pretty sure women from the 1800’s would think you are nuts 😂 they would give anything for the modern conveniences of today, don’t get me wrong I love your ideals and the romance of it all, but I think I’ll do that at our camping trips! Beautiful video 😊

Oh so beautiful, cozy in and out🥰

I love listening (and watching) to your storytelling. It's always so magical :)

I so look forward to your videos!!! They warm my soul and make me wish for simpler times.

Love, love your videos, thank you so much, what a lovely family.

Does your hubby do music for your videos? I loved the inclusion of the sounds that played through your home last video!

i absolutely love this all natural

It is wonderful really because I go to ancient Israel in my mind and imagine a woman's daily life and she prepared flat bread and poured goat milk for her family and maybe got some dates and cheese out to go with the meal. How they stored food in ancient times too in crocks. Its amazing! History comes alive for me before a fire. It allows you to contemplate things. Love it! Shalom.

I love this so much. You are raising those kids right

This might be my favorite video ever! This was the perfect way to start my day. I've been dreaming of having a fireplace for years, too. One day. One day.

I have already been wanting this kind of life. busy,but productive. Peaceful and meaningful at all the right moments. filled with good quality family time. youre vid just made me long for it even more. cannot wait to be able to buy our own bit of land and start a homestead! What a BEAUTIFUL life yall have!

Beautiful 🎄❄️⛄️❤️