Love you so much Kelsey. Your videos are pure peace. My husband died recently under horrible conditions and my heart is beyond broken. You are a balm for my soul sweet girl. I can never thank you enough. Loved the snow and your sofa is gorgeous. Thank you so much. Barb
I am so very sorry for your loss. Sending you a tight hug. I know the depths that grief takes a person to for I have lost a child. Loss is so hard on our hearts, minds and souls. Take care of yourself.
@ColleenH38 Thank you so much for your very kind words and for the hug. It means a lot. I'm so, so sorry for your loss. No one knows unless they have experienced deep grief how it can rip out your heart. Thank you so much. Kelsey's spirit and her tenderness are such comfort. Barb
Barbara, I am so sorry for your tragic and deep loss. Sometimes grief is not straightforward, it is messy and complicated. I hope you have a good support network and are able to allow yourself time to rest and be very kind to yourself. God bless.
I just love the beauty and calmness of your videos! I love the mix of old and new in your living room! It’s so pretty! Love your new couch! I agree house plants, fresh flowers, warm soups, homemade bread and hot cocoa and snuggles, definitely help winter worth bearing. I am going to make focaccia for my daughter, as she’s been wanting it. Definitely making the hot cocoa mix, to have on hand and am going to try making marshmallows for the first time! Happy winter season to you and your beautiful family!
I do agree that flowers are well deserved in the winter. At 69 I decided to this year I will have a small fresh bouquet each week to smell and enjoy on my table .
I'm really trying to prioritize rest! I'm focusing on healing as much as possible now before spring hits. I'm feel my body saying "slow down" so I'm doing just that!
Hello Kelsey!!! Sweet video!!! I love your new sofa!!!! And all your dishes you cooked looked delicious 😋Until your next one take care and God bless friend 🙏 😊❤
Whoot whoot... I am number 21 to like, I will share and now commenting. If everyone could do that, there would be more of us to appreciate all the work you put into these videos. Thank you. Hugs from Esquimalt
I love your videos! They are just so calm and peaceful and inspiring at the same time. Thank you for all of the time you spend, wonderful recipes, and ideas you share. They are so much appreciated. oh and that Cinnamon raisin bread from the previous video...chefs kiss it was a hit!
Love the soup looks so simple but tasty. So many recipes have a ton of ingredients, and take so long to prepare. But as a mom who cooks from scratch you understand, simple ingredients make the best meals. Also will try the hot chocolate, love you can make ahead and have ready to go.😊
Hi Kelsey! I always enjoy seeing the beautiful snow ❄️ in videos. We don’t get much snow in Western Washington. My hubby thinks we’re about due so we will see. Your soup looks so delicious and seemed very fitting as a cozy meal! I hope 2025 is off to a great start! God Bless you.
I tried the making the marshmallows tonight and were they ever easy to make! And the flavor was fantastic! I even licked the beater! It was like eating a cloud and has made a believer out of me. I may never buy marshmallows again. They were perfectly fluffy and not overly sweet even though I did use sugar instead of maple syrup. Thank you for sharing the recipe, again.
I will be making those marshmallows and hot cocoa mix! Plus the soup tonight i have everything but the celery and I made artisan bread last night! Thanks ❤
You are really good at making everything look visually appealing! I love that, as I am a very visual person. Thanks! The hot chocolate concentrate is brilliant! I’m glad you’re taking time to read. I was feeling guilty yesterday about being so lazy, then I realized, this is rest time, summer is for working hard!
Thanks so much friend! I appreciate that. I too, am a very visual person! You are so right, this time is for rest, recuperating, and replenishing! The business will come all too soon. Blessings!
I was wondering if you have thought about creating a cookbook. Your recipes look so delish. I'm gluten free and I'd love your recipes. Your chowder or stew looked amazing too!
Your home is beautiful!! Unfortunately I watched this video while I was hungry. I made it to the end but then then got busy in the kitchen. Love the wonderful Bible verse.
So many great recipes to try!!!! I WILL start focaccia tonight for sure. I grew up in Wisconsin and loved to hear the snow crunch under my feet as I walked. We moved to Florida 63 years ago and I miss that sound so much. Thank you for that in your video and I just knew I was going to see beautiful pictures when I saw your vid up. No disappointment to be had! Where did you get that fantastic wooden nativity - large enough for kids to play with. Mine tried to play with the very small figurines in my set but yours would be a great gift for my granddaughter's children next year. I hope you remember where! Also, never saw forks used to degas the dough but it looked like a great way to do it. Thanks, again.
Hello my friend! I hope you enjoyed the recipes! The nativity was made by my dad, I treasure it and my kids love playing with it! Thank you so much, I appreciate you!!!
Oh Kelsey, love your new couch, but I am single and have a furry and I was cringing. I have a white rug in my 1930 stone and wooden home and I can't wait to get rid of it. Loved the recipe and always the channel. Thank you so much. The sofa is beautiful, but so not in my budget as I looked at website. Enjoy and I need more firm.
Thank you! Totally understand! The sofa was a HUGE blessing, I'd been praying for one for months! I'm so grateful. I've always wanted a cream colored couch but worried about it getting dirty, thankfully this one is fully washable and we have instated some new rules like "no eating on the couch" haha. Blessings!
Thank you so much for these delicious looking recipes! Kind of a random question, but do you have a link that you could share for the turtleneck you are wearing while putting the couch together?
Thanks so much, I hope you enjoy! The turtleneck is old, I apologize I don't have a link. I purchased it from Old Navy 2 years ago so perhaps they have a newer version now!
Oh my, that foccacia bread looked amazing. I do low carb and I miss bread so much. The soup looks amazing too. I dont like maple syrup and I am wondering if honey can replace the syrup in most recipes. Going to give it a try. Good video. The new couch is amazing. Bless your sweet family.
That focaccia bread looks amazing, I have been making a very rustic olive bread, adding three types of olives and rosemary and garlic then baking it in my Dutch oven and everyone loves it when they come to visit. That soups looks delicious, you could also add kale to it, I dehydrate my kale and then I always have it on hand to add to soups. Thank you for all that you do, and bless you and your family. Just wondering, could you add that chocolate mix to cold milk? Our oldest son and his wife bought us a Ninja Creami for Christmas, and I love how simple the ingredients can be adding to it, it says you can add chocolate milk to make a lite icecream, and seeing as we are in a pantry challenge, I don’t have any store purchased chocolate syrup or chocolate milk, and your chocolate mix made me wonder.
Oh my that bread sounds so yummy! You can totally add the concentrate to cold milk, it may be a bitter harder to incorporate but I have done it! Blessings!
How do you get such lovely sprouts? I recently made some and they were very small-not nice big, long ones like you buy or you got. Then when I cooked them they shrunk to almost nothing😀-Becky
I do keep it in the fridge. My kids gobble it up within a week so I can't vouch for beyond that but I would get it would be good for up to 10 days in the fridge.
Be vigilant to watch for your rabbit nibbling on houseplants. Mine were most curious of the ones that were toxic to them. Had to move them up high. They also found it fun to knock them over to dig and roll in the soil. They were great family pets though.
I laughed when you said it’s comical that the bunny does all that cuz that’s actually what a pet rabbit should do… it’s actually terrible to put a rabbit in a cage and only give it pellets and hay. I miss having my home roaming rabbit they are a great pet
I understand that but we never had success with our first rabbit using a litter box! She would use the whole house even after trying all the things and consulting help! I had a good chuckle when Edith hopped away to do her business and then come back to play! It’s awesome!
@ oh wow that’s not very common, rabbits usually are very naturally sanitary and do there business in one spot. But I guess there’s always those random rebels lol
Would you share what foods you've identified as not being good for your gi system? I'm very strictly no garlic (my mom and grandpa couldn't have it either) but I'm trying some more elimination now including onion. I've gluten free for years but still have some things bother me. I know everyone is different and I've looked at low fodmap lists many many times.
It will vary person to person but I’ve noticed a dairy and gluten sensitivity. I can tolerate here and there but not often. “Spicy” foods like garlic, onion and overly seasoned foods are a no no for me. I’ve noticed trouble digesting tomatoes, lettuces and peppers. I keep a high protein diet, choose healthy fats and keep fruit and vegetables to what I’m certain I can tolerate. I keep sugars to only natural types and limit them.
I have a chicken that has decided to take up residence in my yard. I feed the birds and keep water out for wildlife year round and she showed up one day and I noticed that she slept in a tree here last night. My husband made her a makeshift- safe structure in the middle of the night ( we have been getting hit hard by a winter storm and we have around 15 inches of snow and ice ) it was 9 degrees outside but that’s one reason I love him. Anyways, she is still in the tree and I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated? I figured this was a good place to ask.
Can you reach her? We would probably try and go get her at night and put her in the shelter. Make sure she has something to roost on. At night they are usually are a bit easier to handle.
@ I can’t reach her but Kyle should be able to when he gets home. He made 2 perches for her because he didn’t know where she would feel safest and put some clean straw in there and I put a box with shredded cardboard a good layer of straw. Thanks for the advice.
Hi! Mostly meat. I do ok eating hard cheeses but keep most other dairy pretty limited. I'll eat eggs as well as a few fruits and veggies I know I tolerate well, but mostly I just eat meat haha!
Ummm, your children are correct. Is it even hot cocoa if there’s no marshmallows? 😂 I made herbal marshmallows. I recently made horehound and catnip marshmallows for my daughter when she was under the weather.
Adding milk or cream to a soup always weirds me out. I do it, I know it tastes good, but it just never feels right to do. I mean milk mixed with chicken broth, why does it taste good? 🤔
Love you so much Kelsey. Your videos are pure peace. My husband died recently under horrible conditions and my heart is beyond broken. You are a balm for my soul sweet girl. I can never thank you enough. Loved the snow and your sofa is gorgeous. Thank you so much. Barb
I am so very sorry for your loss. Sending you a tight hug. I know the depths that grief takes a person to for I have lost a child. Loss is so hard on our hearts, minds and souls. Take care of yourself.
@ColleenH38 Thank you so much for your very kind words and for the hug. It means a lot. I'm so, so sorry for your loss. No one knows unless they have experienced deep grief how it can rip out your heart. Thank you so much. Kelsey's spirit and her tenderness are such comfort. Barb
Barbara, I am so sorry for your tragic and deep loss. Sometimes grief is not straightforward, it is messy and complicated. I hope you have a good support network and are able to allow yourself time to rest and be very kind to yourself. God bless.
@@cynthiafisher9907 Thank you for the understanding sentiments. Much appreciated. Barb
Sorry for your loss. May God grant you peace during this season.
I just love the beauty and calmness of your videos! I love the mix of old and new in your living room! It’s so pretty! Love your new couch! I agree house plants, fresh flowers, warm soups, homemade bread and hot cocoa and snuggles, definitely help winter worth bearing. I am going to make focaccia for my daughter, as she’s been wanting it. Definitely making the hot cocoa mix, to have on hand and am going to try making marshmallows for the first time! Happy winter season to you and your beautiful family!
I do agree that flowers are well deserved in the winter. At 69 I decided to this year I will have a small fresh bouquet each week to smell and enjoy on my table .
I love that Holly! Sometimes we need that pop of color and floral scent in the air to get through until spring ❤
Enjoyed the video 😊
I hope you get to spend lots of time on that cozy couch!
I'm really trying to prioritize rest! I'm focusing on healing as much as possible now before spring hits. I'm feel my body saying "slow down" so I'm doing just that!
Empty boxes are so wonderful for hours of creative play!
The BEST!
Hello Kelsey!!! Sweet video!!! I love your new sofa!!!! And all your dishes you cooked looked delicious 😋Until your next one take care and God bless friend 🙏 😊❤
Thank you so much sweet friend!
Whoot whoot... I am number 21 to like, I will share and now commenting. If everyone could do that, there would be more of us to appreciate all the work you put into these videos. Thank you. Hugs from Esquimalt
Hugs from Pennsylvania friend! I appreciate you!
That couch is gorgeous!!!!!!!!
It was a HUGE blessing! I'm so grateful.
I love your videos! They are just so calm and peaceful and inspiring at the same time. Thank you for all of the time you spend, wonderful recipes, and ideas you share. They are so much appreciated. oh and that Cinnamon raisin bread from the previous video...chefs kiss it was a hit!
Aw thank you! I’m so glad ☺️ I appreciate your kind words and I’m happy the bread was a hit! It’s a good one! Blessings ❤️
Love the soup looks so simple but tasty. So many recipes have a ton of ingredients, and take so long to prepare. But as a mom who cooks from scratch you understand, simple ingredients make the best meals. Also will try the hot chocolate, love you can make ahead and have ready to go.😊
I'm all about simple ingredients and simple instructions! Some of the best meals come from the fewest ingredients!
The soup looked wonderful. Love the new couch. Hope everyone has a healthy and happy new year.
Thanks so much Cindy! Many blessings!
Love your new couch
It looks so comfy.
Thank you! It was a huge blessing to us and we are definitely enjoying it!
Hi Kelsey! I always enjoy seeing the beautiful snow ❄️ in videos. We don’t get much snow in Western Washington. My hubby thinks we’re about due so we will see. Your soup looks so delicious and seemed very fitting as a cozy meal! I hope 2025 is off to a great start!
God Bless you.
Hey Cheryl! We've had some great snow falls so far, hopefully you get some to enjoy soon! Thanks so much, I hope your New Year is Blessed!
As my grandson calls it “baby Dutch pancake” his all time favorite breakfast
Awww! Its a good breakfast to love!
Love your video, the new couch and all the recipes! I need to try several of them ❤ God bless you and your family, sweet Kelsey.
Hello sweet friend! Thank you so much, I hope you enjoy them. Blessings!
Totally making all of this! Looks so good. Thank you for sharing moments in your home with us
Aw thanks so much friend!
Your daughter's toothless grin is adorable.
I know!!! It makes me smile every time ❤
Can’t wait to try these recipes. Thank you for sharing.
I hope you enjoy!!!
I love your new sofa, and the recipes looked yummy! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Sandra!
Loved the new sofa. It looks so comfortable ❤
Thanks so much! It was a huge blessing we are very much enjoying!
Loved the ending 😊 Bless your family Kelsey x
Thank you sweet friend! Blessings ❤️
Everything looks delicious and I love the new couch.
Also love that wooden ladle. ❤
Thanks so much friend!
Blessings and love from CA 😊 love watching your videos!
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ Blessings
hey girl- loved the video! 😁 Such yummy recipes!😋 That new couch is just so cool!🤗and the bunny is so cute ☺Y'all have a blessed weekend🥰
Hey sweet friend! I'm so glad you enjoyed. Thank you and blessings!
I tried the making the marshmallows tonight and were they ever easy to make! And the flavor was fantastic! I even licked the beater! It was like eating a cloud and has made a believer out of me. I may never buy marshmallows again. They were perfectly fluffy and not overly sweet even though I did use sugar instead of maple syrup. Thank you for sharing the recipe, again.
Woohoo! So yummy and easy right?! I'm so glad you enjoyed them, blessings!
The kids will have fun with those boxes,lol
Lol they sure did!
love the couch and I'm going to try your sausage potatoe soup. Looks yummy. Thanks again. Have a great week. 😊
Thank you! I hope you enjoy. Blessings friend!
I will be making those marshmallows and hot cocoa mix!
Plus the soup tonight i have everything but the celery and I made artisan bread last night! Thanks ❤
Woohoo! I hope you enjoyed it! Blessings!
You are really good at making everything look visually appealing! I love that, as I am a very visual person. Thanks! The hot chocolate concentrate is brilliant! I’m glad you’re taking time to read. I was feeling guilty yesterday about being so lazy, then I realized, this is rest time, summer is for working hard!
Thanks so much friend! I appreciate that. I too, am a very visual person! You are so right, this time is for rest, recuperating, and replenishing! The business will come all too soon. Blessings!
Wow, what a great video!
Thank you friend ❤️☺️
Oh my goodness that soup looks so delicious 😋 I’m gonna have to try it. I love your channel ❤
Hey friend! Thanks so much, I hope you enjoy!
Your new sofa is beautiful!
Your soup and bread look amazingly delicious!
I'm definitely gonna try the hot chocolate soon!
Happy Winter ❄️
Hey friend! Thank you so much. I hope your New Year is blessed!
I was wondering if you have thought about creating a cookbook. Your recipes look so delish. I'm gluten free and I'd love your recipes. Your chowder or stew looked amazing too!
Aw thank you! I have thought about it although I'm not even sure how to go about something like that! Perhaps one day!
Your home is beautiful!! Unfortunately I watched this video while I was hungry. I made it to the end but then then got busy in the kitchen. Love the wonderful Bible verse.
Aw thank you! haha, I have that happen to me often! Blessings!
Chocolate syrup looks yummy! Love all your recipes but I really love your little ones.
Aw thank you Linda!
So many great recipes to try!!!! I WILL start focaccia tonight for sure. I grew up in Wisconsin and loved to hear the snow crunch under my feet as I walked. We moved to Florida 63 years ago and I miss that sound so much. Thank you for that in your video and I just knew I was going to see beautiful pictures when I saw your vid up. No disappointment to be had! Where did you get that fantastic wooden nativity - large enough for kids to play with. Mine tried to play with the very small figurines in my set but yours would be a great gift for my granddaughter's children next year. I hope you remember where! Also, never saw forks used to degas the dough but it looked like a great way to do it. Thanks, again.
Hello my friend! I hope you enjoyed the recipes! The nativity was made by my dad, I treasure it and my kids love playing with it! Thank you so much, I appreciate you!!!
We love a dutchbaby here. I made a croque madam version last weekend. Stay warm y’all
Oh yum! That’s sounds divine.
Great video thank you for sharing I have to try some of your recipes
Thanks so much! Enjoy!
Oh Kelsey, love your new couch, but I am single and have a furry and I was cringing. I have a white rug in my 1930 stone and wooden home and I can't wait to get rid of it. Loved the recipe and always the channel. Thank you so much. The sofa is beautiful, but so not in my budget as I looked at website. Enjoy and I need more firm.
Thank you! Totally understand! The sofa was a HUGE blessing, I'd been praying for one for months! I'm so grateful. I've always wanted a cream colored couch but worried about it getting dirty, thankfully this one is fully washable and we have instated some new rules like "no eating on the couch" haha. Blessings!
Hi Kelsey, i would love to have a couch like that! 🙏❤️
Hey friend! I was praying for one for months! It was a huge blessing, I’m praising Jesus ❤️
Praise The Lord!!@@seedandsparrowhomestead
Thank you so much for these delicious looking recipes! Kind of a random question, but do you have a link that you could share for the turtleneck you are wearing while putting the couch together?
Thanks so much, I hope you enjoy! The turtleneck is old, I apologize I don't have a link. I purchased it from Old Navy 2 years ago so perhaps they have a newer version now!
Wow! You guys are fortunate to have laying hens. I'm in Sacramento, CA. and just paid $8.99 for a dozen "large" eggs.
Oh my! I’d share some if it was possible ❤️
I bought some carnations pink ones,ive also been paint depcleaning,it looks so good
Love that! It feels so good to do all those things!
Oh my, that foccacia bread looked amazing. I do low carb and I miss bread so much. The soup looks amazing too. I dont like maple syrup and I am wondering if honey can replace the syrup in most recipes. Going to give it a try. Good video. The new couch is amazing. Bless your sweet family.
Thank you so much! I too miss bread very much, its a tough one to give up! Most recipes should work out fine swapping for honey! Blessings friend!
Love the couch so cozy and comfy looking. You all are so Blessed to have eggs in abundance this time of year. Do you freeze any eggs?
Thank you! I occasionally freeze eggs but right now I'm totally out of space so they usually just get gifted!
That focaccia bread looks amazing, I have been making a very rustic olive bread, adding three types of olives and rosemary and garlic then baking it in my Dutch oven and everyone loves it when they come to visit. That soups looks delicious, you could also add kale to it, I dehydrate my kale and then I always have it on hand to add to soups. Thank you for all that you do, and bless you and your family. Just wondering, could you add that chocolate mix to cold milk? Our oldest son and his wife bought us a Ninja Creami for Christmas, and I love how simple the ingredients can be adding to it, it says you can add chocolate milk to make a lite icecream, and seeing as we are in a pantry challenge, I don’t have any store purchased chocolate syrup or chocolate milk, and your chocolate mix made me wonder.
Oh my that bread sounds so yummy! You can totally add the concentrate to cold milk, it may be a bitter harder to incorporate but I have done it! Blessings!
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Where did you get your wooden ladle you used for your soup?
Riverwood Trading Co!
@ thank you!
How do you get such lovely sprouts? I recently made some and they were very small-not nice big, long ones like you buy or you got. Then when I cooked them they shrunk to almost nothing😀-Becky
For the chocolate syrup mixture, do you keep it in the fridge, and how long will it last?
I do keep it in the fridge. My kids gobble it up within a week so I can't vouch for beyond that but I would get it would be good for up to 10 days in the fridge.
Be vigilant to watch for your rabbit nibbling on houseplants. Mine were most curious of the ones that were toxic to them. Had to move them up high. They also found it fun to knock them over to dig and roll in the soil. They were great family pets though.
Oh yes, absolutely! So far, she has shown no interest, although she can't really get up to any of them. We shall see!
Hi, I was wondering why your not using your new Dutch oven?
I have two! One had soup already in it in the fridge ☺️
How on earth do you have so many eggs being laid?! Did you do anything different this year?
I laughed when you said it’s comical that the bunny does all that cuz that’s actually what a pet rabbit should do… it’s actually terrible to put a rabbit in a cage and only give it pellets and hay.
I miss having my home roaming rabbit they are a great pet
I understand that but we never had success with our first rabbit using a litter box! She would use the whole house even after trying all the things and consulting help! I had a good chuckle when Edith hopped away to do her business and then come back to play! It’s awesome!
@ oh wow that’s not very common, rabbits usually are very naturally sanitary and do there business in one spot. But I guess there’s always those random rebels lol
I had no clue, that a Rabbit could be house trained! Wow! Seriously?
Its pretty awesome! We didn't have much luck with our last rabbit using the litter box, so this is delightful!
Would you share what foods you've identified as not being good for your gi system? I'm very strictly no garlic (my mom and grandpa couldn't have it either) but I'm trying some more elimination now including onion. I've gluten free for years but still have some things bother me. I know everyone is different and I've looked at low fodmap lists many many times.
It will vary person to person but I’ve noticed a dairy and gluten sensitivity. I can tolerate here and there but not often. “Spicy” foods like garlic, onion and overly seasoned foods are a no no for me. I’ve noticed trouble digesting tomatoes, lettuces and peppers. I keep a high protein diet, choose healthy fats and keep fruit and vegetables to what I’m certain I can tolerate. I keep sugars to only natural types and limit them.
Thank you very much for your reply.
I have a chicken that has decided to take up residence in my yard. I feed the birds and keep water out for wildlife year round and she showed up one day and I noticed that she slept in a tree here last night. My husband made her a makeshift- safe structure in the middle of the night ( we have been getting hit hard by a winter storm and we have around 15 inches of snow and ice ) it was 9 degrees outside but that’s one reason I love him. Anyways, she is still in the tree and I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated? I figured this was a good place to ask.
Can you reach her? We would probably try and go get her at night and put her in the shelter. Make sure she has something to roost on. At night they are usually are a bit easier to handle.
@ I can’t reach her but Kyle should be able to when he gets home. He made 2 perches for her because he didn’t know where she would feel safest and put some clean straw in there and I put a box with shredded cardboard a good layer of straw. Thanks for the advice.
@@Just-Nikki bless you both! Hope it works out! ❤️
I've heard you mention that you are on a carivor diet. What does that consist of?
Hi! Mostly meat. I do ok eating hard cheeses but keep most other dairy pretty limited. I'll eat eggs as well as a few fruits and veggies I know I tolerate well, but mostly I just eat meat haha!
Ummm, your children are correct. Is it even hot cocoa if there’s no marshmallows? 😂 I made herbal marshmallows. I recently made horehound and catnip marshmallows for my daughter when she was under the weather.
Haha! Right? Herbals marshmallows sound great. I was thinking about doing some with slippery elm for sore throats or tummy trouble if needed!
@@seedandsparrowhomestead slippery elm works great in a marshmallow. Lmk what you think if you try it.
Adding milk or cream to a soup always weirds me out. I do it, I know it tastes good, but it just never feels right to do. I mean milk mixed with chicken broth, why does it taste good? 🤔
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??? Haha not sure what you mean! It’s definitely me ☺️