Homestead Day In The Life | [HOMESTEAD TOUR] 

CHAPTERS IN DESCRIPTION! In this video I have an Azure Haul, cook with me recipes including a GLUTEN FREE angel food cake, Sourdough pizza crust, taco soup, Italian zabaglione, Godly Mothering and heart training clips (so you'll know you are NOT THE ONLY ONE dealing with all the mom things), family laundry solutions I found, a devotional for overworked mama's, and home decor on a budget (thrift scores).

Your teaching moment during laundry with your kids made me cry. It was really touching and beautiful to see an everyday situation turned into a teaching moment on gratitude and scripture. I have a 2 yr old and you have officially helped me set a new goal for my parenting. ❤

loved the laundry talk part.. I deal with bad attitudes around here a lot and it's often tempting for me to say "just do it and quit complaining", instead of the Biblical way.. thank you for the reminder!

This is my favorite one of yours yet. Love the simple and transparent interactions with your family. I have Hashimotos and thyroid issues too and I am exhausted all the time. Then guilty for feeling so worn out all the time. Your videos are lovely and so encouraging. Thank you for letting us into your special world 🧡🙏

Thrift stores are the BEST because you find one of kind type treasures that match your style and tastes. Your home won’t look like anyone else’s when you decorate from a second hand store and it’ll be super personalized. 😍 When we get out of our remodeling/rv stage, I can’t wait to pull out what I have in storage. It’s been two years at this point, and I know I’m going to love it!!

This was by far this best homemaker RU-vid video I have watched yet!

I love your open, cozy, ecclectic house with all the nooks and crannies filled with thrifted things.

What helps me so much is that most of my kids started doing their own laundry around 10 or 11, could have even been 9. I help my younger ones now when they bring their laundry down, but am teaching them what to do now.

You are a sweet Mama🥲 I love how you explained to your kids how ti have joy while forking laundry.

I really love your channel! I just love how real and honest you are many other youtube moms make me feel bad and exhausted because it looks so perfect but then I never can keep up with them. You give so much peace and wisdom and real advice. Love from Spain❤

I really appreciated you including the training of your kids. First time mom, so it helps to see how other moms do it

You are doing such an amazing job and raising a beautiful family. God is blessing you and each of us. Even when we can’t see it. The most beautiful, beneficial blessings grow through the dirt. Thanks for sharing your life.

I had two young sons while in nursing school so everyone had to pull their weight at home. They had two laundry baskets, clean/dirty baskets and also 7 days of underwear. When dirty basket was full, then time to wash. They were taught to wash their own clothes and have done so since then. Paid off when they went off to college and they taught everyone else on their dorm floor.

This is such a wonderful video! I loved seeing more of your home decor and the views of your property! It really is such a dream of mine to be out in the country. I especially loved how you spoke with your kiddos about the laundry. I try to speak to my littles like that. My oldest 2 are only 4 and 3 though… This was the perfect way to end my day. Your family is such an inspiration ❤

Your life is a lot like mine. 6 kids, lots of meals, lots of laundry. I'm inspired by your dedication to healthy eating.

I like to buy outdated planners on clearance and white out the dates and relate them. I just bought 4 real nice planners at hobby lobby for 1.50 each ;) or if you’re picky you can use date dots to cover the dates. I’m not picky lol. Put scrapbook paper around the tins and fill them with homemade candy or treats for Christmas gifts.

So glad I found your channel. I can set it going and zip from one thing to another while watching you do all the things. I love the music too! G’day from Australia 🇦🇺🦘

My heart has been completely encouraged by your videos! Thank you for providing sweet soul renewal thru your love for Jesus and mountains and wholesome foods and family and homemaking! You would be such a wonderful friend to have!

I LOVE THIS VIDEO! The lifestyle of this family is incredibly wholesome and devoted to the Lord. I really enjoy lengthy videos sharing a day or weekend in the lives of Christian families. They are so hard to find these days; how discouraging. Thank you so much for blessing me and your You Tube family with this!

❤❤❤I’m so grateful to have found your channel!

This is absolutely a jammed pack full of "great ideas" video and so ❤ devotionals.🎉

Thank you so much! Homeschooling my grandson turned into 2! I needed your words so much! !! 😊

I love tins. You can use them for do dads. You can use them for sewing. You can use them for arts and crafts putting beads in that kind of thing. I am totally addicted to tins I have quite the collection and I'd offered to take some off your hands but I'll probably get in trouble lol. I'm really enjoying your channel. I don't have any children. I'm retired so I'm really enjoying it

Enjoyed seeing the great laughter and silliness in your home. My oldest is going to be in high school the coming year and then I will have one in middle school, two in elementary, and a preschooler- It was so great to see all of your family doing things together. We are like that too, we don't really see that. I am really enjoy the variety in the videos. The cooking along with lots of other things is really wonderful. I know that the cooking from scratch is making a difference for our family too. There are many times that it overwhelms me...but I wouldn't change it. I feel so good knowing what my family eats. I find a lot of joy baking and cooking for them (and myself)!!! Its great to see you so happy. You are looking very settled in your home

I’m only 15mins in so far, but I just have to take a moment to comment on how beautiful and aesthetically pleasing your home is! Your style is beautiful and peaceful…thank you for sharing it with us now instead of waiting for your home renovations to be completed. It is so encouraging for me…you are a blessing to us all.

What I did for our socks...two colors only, black and white. No matching needed. 😁 My sister and I uses the same size while e my son has a bigger size socks.

💕I just love having many plants everywhere whether inside the cabin or on the back patio. 🪴 I love your channel so glad you popped up on my home page. ☺️ Blessings, Linda

Just going to tell you that after much study and hearing online advice from homesteaders, a milk cow is much easier than goats. We went with a cow. She's our easiest Homestead addition. So far we have chickens, layers and broilers, meat rabbits, a puppy, and the cow and her calf. Next animal to add will likely be a lamb.

I love the tea tins you have. You could collect elderberries, dry them and store them in the tins for tea to be used at a later date. The same with cone flower, mullein leaf, lemon balm leaf and much more. I also reuse tins like those for buttons, straight pins and other sewing notions. 💞

I cook from scratch. Because I enjoy cooking and baking, but I also have fibromyalgia, arthritis and nerve damage. I really notice when we eat out I’m in so much more pain it’s crazy. My husband had a heart 6 years ago so he has to eat healthy also

Love your videos! I wanted to mention in case you didn’t know, that with reverse osmosis water, it’s really important to add minerals back in - humid, Fulvic, salt, etc. It removes the bad stuff but the good stuff too! Mineral deficiencies can really effect your health, your thyroid especially.

I absolutely love the intention you've set in your home, your decor is lovely. Thank you for sharing your weekend with us ❤️

We love to shop at thrift stores for our home. God has blessed us to find exactly what we were looking for so many times. You could use the tins for dried herbs, homemade teas, or my favorite… buttons😊

I intentionally buy fun colors and mismatch my socks! 😂 My daughter does the same - except for her chicken feet socks - she always wears both of those. But our boys only keep simple socks and so are always matching. As for your littles and finding joy, sometimes we add music or other sensory stimulation while we are doing the not-so-fun jobs. I loved your talk though. I need to practice working on my patience.

Favorite RU-vidr! Blesses my soul so much❤️

Beautiful, Shayla!!! Thank you for sharing a glimpse into your life!

thanks for sharing your life with us. was especially neat to see another mom how to handle chores with children. God bless all you guys. so glad you have arrived at your dream property and all the good things that have come with that. just really neat to see your life goings on. hope you are having a great day round your place :)

I’m all about decorating with Goodwill and plants, too! 😄 Plus wooden floors/walls and gorgeous, green country views out the windows doesn’t hurt. ;) We started with cows when we bought our homestead in 2011. Some years later we switched to goats. We love them! We have 5 in milk now that 2 of our older children take turns milking. I actually just taught our 15 yr old son how to trim their hooves today. :) Awesome and wonderful video, I enjoyed it very much. 😊😊

WOW I’m enjoying your Chanel. I wanted a Christian Chanel and you came up. Thank you so very much for sharing. I like that you talk through your videos. I’m also glad that you homeschool your kids.

Hi, Shayla! I know this is an older video (popped it on this morning to listen/watch as I did some morning chores), but I wanted to say thank you for sharing your sourdough pizza dough recipe! I recently got my own sourdough starter going (it’s almost a month old and nice and strong) and was thinking of switching our weekly pizza to sourdough. I can’t wait to try this on Friday! ❤

Shayla, this was one of my favorite videos!! I loved the ditl, and all the fabulous recipes. Keep up the great work!.❤

I use planners where I can write the date in because I do the same thing, I'll forget to write in it for a couple of days.

Firstly... the can opener segment... really tickled me lol Another beautiful video, thankyou so much for them and the devotional at the end.... ❤❤❤ thankyou xxxx

Thank you for sharing! Such a encouragement to my heart....in the messy middle years.

Just found you. Love everything so far. You are so encouraging and relatable. I am raising and homeschooling my neurodivergent granddaughter and I have thyroid issues that make me continually exhausted. Thanks for your encouragement and sharing your cozy home. Btw.. I use my small tins for tacks, hairpins, ponytail holders, small office supplies etc!

I have a large family and this video is amazing.

Thank you 🙏 for your wisdom and encouragement 🌻☀🌻

Just found you and love your home and watching you make food from scratch, I used to make almost everything from scratch when my five children were young, but now that I am older and am a widow I find myself eating more junk, which is horrible for my thyroid problem. ( I have a goiter) Oh well.

Uh oh! I already started wearing mix matched socks, and I’m only on number 3! 😂 😂 (Making comments as I go through your video since it’s longer and covers so many topics. I know it’s a lot of notifications for you, but the YT algorithm likes it! 😜)

Yes! I have been blessed with finding great things at garage sales this year. I'm saving a ton of money and providing for our family's needs!

By now ,I believe you can do anything

The tins can be made into salt and pepper shakers or spice containers 😅 idk that's the best idea I got...

love your house and your videos!!!

With the tea tins, I'd store home dried herbal tea blends 😅

Thank you so much! You are an inspiration. I feel so uplifted.

I HAVE to brain dump, too!! Otherwise, I’m constantly trying to remember everything I need to remember. LOVE brain dumping!! Haha

Your videos remind me of what’s important thank you❤

Beautiful video! Well done Mama ❤

I LOVE YOUR KITCHEN!! Coziest kitchen EVER

Have a great day my dear. Love you and your videos so much! We have so much in common. 🥰

Such a joy to watch! Thanks 😊

Great video ❤️

I love your videos and the devotions and seeing how you manage and decorate your home and homestead.

Pampered chef can opener is amazing. I love it. Its my favorite kitchen tool!

You do a really good job with your thumbnails and footage.

Gosh this looks simply divine. I know what is seen is not always what is felt but this looks like a beautiful way to spend the weekend.

This is fabulous. I’m really very inspired watching your video. Like to the point of tears. I’m a homeschooling mom as well and we are trying to get our homestead going and this blesses me so much. ❤ thank you!

I'm so encouraged by your videos Shayla. Thanks for taking the time to share so much of your life with us. We too were able to move out to the country a few years back, and I'm so thankful to God. It has been an enormous answer to prayer. We're also contemplating getting goats! 😊

I really enjoyed the video 👍😁

We've done the same with the socks. It's definitely a large family thing!

Get a regular note book and dated planner.I think that will work well for you.

I loooove this video! Thank you for the devotion portion 🙏🏼💖

❤❤❤ great video!!! Thank you!

Those pizzas look so good! Yum!

Love your channel!

Wild roses are amazing!! I’m sure you’re familiar with the benefits of rosehips already. But they were one of our favorite things to harvest along with elderberries in late summer/fall when we lived in the PNW.

Can’t wait to try your pizza dough recipe. ❤

Such an incredibly encouraging video! Thank you!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND! PRAYING LITTLE FUR BABY HEALS QUICKLY...Beautiful family and home. GOD BLESS; Shared To The Burgh(STTB)...

I recently found your channel, and I love it! May I suggest that you start keeping recipes that you talked about, and house hold hints and eventually compile a book; I think it would sell well :)

How you do the joy-talk, is so inspiring. Thanks. This is something that I've also been trying to do with laundry and cooking and diaper changes. Thanks

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You could use the cute tins to hold cotton balls, cue tips, arts and craft supplies, pencils...

I love goodwill!! I buy as much as I can second hand or on super sale

Great video! Love the country setting you live in. I hope to have something like that someday and you are giving lots of encouragement! I was also a student of the school of natural healing. I got the whole program years ago but only got halfway through before marriage and kids came along! I've had to shelf it but hope to finish it one day. What I've learned has been really helpful. I'm also going to check out azure standard. I'm really curious now. Thanks for sharing everything! ❤

I simply love your videos, doing your every day life things. I to have hashimoto's and I would a recipe on gluten free sour dough bread. Thank you for sharing your life and family. God bless you greatly.🕊❤

Depending on your area, yard sales are great too. I've been needing a pet carrier for my rabbits and fb has had them for 10 or more. I went to a few yard sales on a whim Friday and found a great condition pet carrier for a DOLLAR! I'm definitely going to try and yard sale more this summer. I love your decor and plants. I wish my plants would be a happy looking as yours. But we just don't get that much sun in the windows unfortunately

I relate so much to these videos. Thank you! I found the milking jars from azure to be excellent for dry ingredients. I thought they were pretty affordable. You have to buy the lids separate, but our last haul (mine was on Wednesday), I ordered some and our dry pantry on display looks great. Large family here too, if you remember from previous comments on older videos (12 kids so 14 of us). We designate areas or responsibilities, so laundry is done only by 2 of us. Not sure if that would work for your family.

You could buy loose leaf tea and put it in the tins

I have hashimotos and thyroid issues. I have done nothing but gain weight since I was diagnosed. It's hard for me to lose weight and I have just given up and try to be content. The good news is that I don't have diabetes, high cholesterol, etc. which runs in my family. I also don't seem to have the stamina to exercise like I used to. I help my hubby on our homestead and farm and that is a lot of physical work but I don't have a formal exercise routine. My energy is not there. Any advice?

Ferns are so great. We have one that was not in good shape when we got it (also paid hardly anything for it) and now it is crazy. I don't know the names of most of my plants. Good for you getting things second hand. That is the way to go. Love the pizza. I have never made my own (my oldest brother has and is good at it though). I love making things from scratch and love that you do that. I am sorry about the Hashimotos. Haha. I have told my sons to find joy in the things we do too. Nice to hear others giving such a pep talk. I used to quote Philippians 2:14-15 to them if they seemed to not be too thankful to do things to help. Boys especially tend to zone out and half listen. They listen way better now that they are older. Do you find that to be true for you in your experience? Is it bad that I don't use gloves for washing dishes ever? I've been washing dishes for so long, and even had a job where I washed the dishes several times for a few years, that I just. . .like feeling the water and the items rather than having a smell of rubber left on my hands even after washing them. Your gloves look nice going up the arm that way though! My mom used to make angel food cake when I was a kid, but not since. I have never tried it. I should get her recipe. I love that fluffy taste it gives. Do you guys live near the beach? Karaoke is so much fun! How cute! Little House on the Prairie skirts for life! hehe. I'm very much into popcorn. Before being pregnant this time around, I was eating it sometimes 4 times a week! Sorry I type so much (I comment while watching every time).

Loved the laundry lesson for the kids. I actually made my son watch it. What is the name of the book that your husband is reading with your child of Bible stories?

A small solar fence that is attached to your meat chicken "cage"

Could you use the tin to grow herbs you could use in the kitchen? Or as a case for bath salts or potpourri?

Curious, why do you do home church instead of going to church? I love your relaxing videos.

Cooking from scratch is the only way to go...I cook from scratch everyday...and today Memorial day all from scratch...Fast food does not treat us well; so we stay away from it! Not sure what they put in it; however, the only food tolerated is Burger King...and that is far and in between...Cheaper to eat at home too...

Love your videos so much! If you don’t mind me asking, what editing software do you use? ❤

So funny. I’m from the PNW. Renton, WA…and now we live in CDA, Idaho. Are you in Washington or Idaho? Looks like WA. I miss the rain.

God bless you and your family spiritually, mentally, physically, and financially in Jesus name amen.

Where else besides Gopdwill?