Homemaking Vlog: bagel bar, modest clothing try-on, gardening + a flop? | Mennonite Mom Life
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00:00 Lancaster Co. shop with me
3:47 Look at all my finds!
6:37 Modest outfit try on
10:57 Spring daisy cake attempt
20:07 Date night!
22:03 Mother's Day gift whoas
23:25 A beautiful meal
27:24 Bagel buffet
29:50 A greenhouse adventure
32:42 Flower and vegetable gardening
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Hi Megan, I just want to let you know you're making a bigger difference through this channel than you think. My husband and I are fairly newly weds, first generation Christians, and grew up in dysfunctional homes -- we're trying to live out our married life pleasing to God, but we honesty never had it modeled to us so we didn't even know what that looks like. God led me to your channel to give me a vision of what a godly family and home looks like. You're showing me aspects of a proverbs 31 woman. Thank you for sharing your life with the world! So grateful for you, and to God be all the glory.
WoW! Thanks for your story. I'm so glad I can help you in ways I didn't even know! You can make your home whatever you want it to be, with God's help.
Jacque, I would like to encourage by praying for you and your husband❣️🙏🏻
I would also like to encourage you by praying for you, you have people Brothers and Sisters in Christ that are rooting for your marriage to succeed God bless.
May God bless you. God will keep guiding you through. The bible says--where there is a will. There is a way. God will make that way for you.
I am so touched by the sweet messages of support! I didn't expect that at all. Thank you!
Watching this as my 2 yo and new born nap on me. Being a mom is such an incredible blessing. I love that your channel honors this.
Yes, it is something that I'm so glad I have the chance to do!
I waited and prayed most of our marriage to be able to stay home with my kids. It was my dream. Six years ago, the Lord made it happen for me. My son was 9, and daughters were 16 and 23 when I was able to stay home. I absolutely treasure this time.
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I really like your outfit with the closed toe shoes with the pale gingham dress! Your modest fashion ideas are so inspiring.😊
Loved this style of vlog! Would enjoy seeing more “homemaking” content ☺️
I just love your channel!! I am not a Mennonite, but I am a Christian. Being able to get on TH-cam and have access to a Christian based channel like yours is such a blessing. Thank you for all you do!! ❤️ My family and I are planning a trip next Fall to Gettysburg, PA and I think we are going to make a stop in Lancaster County while we are in the state. I'll have to check out some of the shops that you have recommended! Especially that coffee shop!! ❤️
Hi Megan. I have been watching you videos over the past couple of days. Your videos are so much fun to watch. I am a cake artist and one of the most important things that I can tell you is, no cake is perfect. It is an handmade product, and the most important ingredient is Love. If you want to stabilize your cake, you can use wooden dowels, plastic dowels, our my favorite, straws. This will keep the layers in place. The little flowers on your inspiration photo, are most likely made of fondant (a sugar paste) (with a plunger or cutter). If you don't like (white) chocolate you can replace that with candy melts, they have same effect without the chocolate taste. And if you really want to go all out ;) there are about a billion moulds for sale, that you can use with chocolate, candy melts and fondant (and marzipan). But as long as you had fun making the cake, the cake is as perfect as it can get. Lots of love Leantine
Some gift wrapping ideas for a mom-or any special lady in your life. Use large scarfs to wrap around gifts. It's beautiful & is a bonus gift. I also like grabbing floral canvas bags from Joann's fabric. They are pretty but very utilitarian. Thrifted baskets are nice, too. Add a wired bow to dress it up if you like, or tie a small scarf around it as well. I find lots of gorgeous scarfs while thrifting so they are an economical add on. My intent is to make what ever I use to wrap a gift part of the present. Hope these help. God bless!!!
I know from experience how trying cake decorating can be, but your cake turned out adorable AND I learned a new tip from you. I've never seen anyone apply the dye to the beaters rather than dripping it into the frosting. Very clever and easier to control. Now that you are getting into gardening, many flowers are edible as long as you don't use pesticides. You can have lots of fun decorating with them and berries from the garden too!
Everything you bought goes so well with your new shoes! Cute!
Love those flowers on your table and that bagel bar!💗💗
After icing and layering your cake try using wooden skewers pushed down through your layer cake to keep it from shifting. Snap the skewer into a length that will disappear just below the level of the top of the cake.
Thank you for sharing such special “mom”ents with us, Megan. I always appreciate your positive spirit 💗
Love your vlogs so much! They are so inspirational!
Your videos are so joyful! I really look forward to them every week. I am so thankful you share these beautiful moments in your life with us!
Megan you definitely have a gift of encouragement & I'm so glad you share. Good for you challenging yourself with the spring daisy cake & all the beautiful food you share with others. Stay blessed. Btw, Love Yvonne twirling her dress & fletcher walking with his hands in his pockets, so cute. 💘
Love your bagel spread. Such a beautiful table setting
The flower bouquet is soo beautiful! I love the mix. 🌸❤️
Love this video so much! You put out such a beautiful spread for your play date and you always incorporate so many thoughtful details! Great job on the garden too. Have a great weekend! ♥️
You did a wonderful job on the cakes yet again!! But I used to decorate cakes so hopefully these tips help you - Instead of cutting the rounded tops off of cakes which causes more crumbs in the frosting. After taking the cakes out of the oven flatten the tops immediately with the bottom of another cake pan of the same size. Just press evenly on all sides but still use the bottoms as tops, which I think you did any who. 😄
Freezing the cakes and frosting them while still frozen is essential and your correct that it also prevents crumbs.
Frosting does not need extra liquids unless absolutely necessary and only a teaspoon at a time. Cream cheese frosting is a softer frosting to begin with - So it helps to firm it up with 1 cup of butter (plus your cream cheese) and an entire bag of powdered sugar plus additional if needed. Then it will also be firm enough to decorate your daisies with in a piping bag with tip. If not just pop the frosting in the fridge or freezer until it’s firm enough to do what you need it to do.
It looks like your frosting recipe would be great on bars, cookies or cinnamon rolls thou since it’s so spreadable.
Good luck and have fun with it! Hopefully these tips help you!
This comment was helpful for me! I’m decorating my daughters birthday cake next week. Thanks for the tips!
@@rebekahkerr1723 that’s awesome!! Good luck, have fun and do as much as you possibly can days in advance.
I love my Thursday afternoon Megan videos ! Thank you 🙏🏼
I LOVE THIS VIDEO and I know you went to a lot of work filming it. I certainly enjoyed every bit of it! It will be watched again! Thank you for every part of it! I especially loved watching you plant flowers with the children! Also, I loved watching you decorate the pretty cake and try on your clothes! There are so many lovely parts and I LOVE all of them! Thank you so much!
Evonnie is such a little gardener! Love watching your babies grow😍 Beautiful flowers…and btw, I love the bagel arrangement for your coffee! Such a cute idea!
I’m glad you had a special day out with your friends . Those are the special moments we treasure !
Such a great video! What a great reminder to appreciate the beauty we all have in our lives. God Bless ❤️
Megan, your videos are my highlight of the day on Thursdays. You are such a boost of encouragement. I shared your video with my 25 year old who has a 10 month old, a 4 year old and a 5 year old. She is quite a busy mom and I thought your videos would give her some encouragement. Blessings to you and thank you for your channel.
Pennsylvania is so beautiful! i’m from CT and I am a country girl at heart so the clips you show of the countryside i just love! LOVE your videos megan💜🙏
Your husband's prayer brought me to tears. And the way he laid his hand on little Miller as he prayed was so touching and precious. It just warms my heart to know that there are such Godly young couples continuing to raise children in the fear of the Lord even in this crazy, upside-down, twisted, disgusting society. You are such a normal family, and that is what people long to see. I know God led you to start this channel to share and open your lives to the world. I know it isn't easy to do that, yet there is such a dire need for it right now more than ever. Thank you for dressing modestly and for holding true to what you have been raised in and taught. Thank you for not compromising or giving in to what the world demands and dictates. I truly appreciate you and pray for you and your family. God bless and keep you always, and may you never change.
Enjoyed hanging out with you and the children .. Watching them helping with the planting has been a delight ..
Hey just a tip on your Hanging baskets from this garden center owner. For Hanging baskets you dont want a filler , thriller, and spiller. Thats just for planters. Whats going to happen is your going to get very lopsided Hanging baskets. Now if you would put another of each plant in it would balance each other? you have 2 things in that rather tend to spill. Hey its ok if you dont mind uneven baskets and its not to late to change them!
Also to keep Gerber Daisies blooming, make sure you keep pulling the center leaves out so the sunshine can get in to the middle to the buds. Just leave a row of leaves around the outside but keep all leaves away from the center.
Enjoyed as always! 🌸🌼
It such a delight to watch your videos, Megan, to see your beautiful family and how God has blessed you. Thank you!!
Love these kind of videos!
Love that tablecloth!!
Your smile says it all when your in the Jean jacket. 😊❤
Love your videos and as a mom look forward every week to a new video. They are always encouraging and uplifting and I believe everyone can take something away! Many Blessings!!
I'm so glad! That's the goal!
Hi Megan, love your videos, so much fun!
Megan! This old girl is exhausted from just watching your week, lol. Seriously though, great video. I especially loved the kids helping plant, even Miller watching intently. You’re teaching them so much without them really even knowing the value of those lessons but one day they will indeed know the value :). Hope you have a great week!
Very sweet video. That beautiful baby has the most striking blue eyes that seems to be smiling always. You continue to amaze me with your decorating ideas and clothing choices. 🥰
Gorgeous bagel bar! I love to copy your ideas for having people over. Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, always brightens my day when I’m down in the dumps! I wish you and your loved ones goodness and health! :)
The cake is so cute!
Hi Megan! My mom made cakes (mostly wedding & far too many birthday...lol) for over 30 years and taught me a few things. Here are a few tips for layered cakes...
*Always put the bottom layer flat side down with a tiny bit of frosting in the center of the stand or board to act as a glue to keep the layer in place
*When frosting between layers don't go all the way to the edge. Instead, use a frosting bag with a large round tip (or cut a large hole in a disposable bag) to fill in between layers on the outer edges
*Once the top layer is frosted, use a decorator bag with a large tube that has a ridge on one side & flat on the other. The tube I'm thinking of is about the same height as a single layer. Then you'll only need to go around the cake a couple of times to smooth it out.
*And with multiple layers like this cake buy a skinny wooden dowel rod and cut it into sections according to the height of your cake. Then put the pieces throughout the cake starting in the center then about an inch or two from it going around in a circle or whatever shape the cake is. It helps to keep the cake upright and prevents sliding.
Doing each of these steps helps shorten the time in decorating. When I used to make my own cakes for friends and family by hand like you did it took so long. But using the decorator (frosting) bags and larger tip it cut the time tremendously. When I would make the tiered cakes and even a couple of wedding cakes I'd go borrow my mom's stuff to do them. Ha!
I love that watering can in the shape of a fish!! The best luck I've had with wildflowers is direct sowing them in the dirt. Sunflowers are fun for the children. Can't wait to see the progress.
What a fun video to watch. I just love your children. You are a great Mommy!!!
Lancaster County has the most amazing greenhouses and roadside markets to buy more. Love how you had the children help. I so enjoy your videos! Thanks.
Hi Megan! Love this video! I love to watch your children they’re so precious! God bless y’all!🤚
Love your style and I'm with you when it comes to muted colors.
I love the shirt/jacket. I actually love most of the clothes that you show (I guess we have some similar taste). You're so refreshing & so full of energy that I love watching you.
I think your just amazing momma and just amazing cook as well I love absolutely love watching you!! Make me smile every time I watch you and your family so cute!!
I really enjoy your content 🌿🌸
Put a dowel covered in foil down the middle of your cake. One or two depending on the size. It holds it straight. I loved it. Looked sweet!
Or a plastic straw! Don’t have to worry about the foil!
So enjoy your posts and seeing your beautiful family, and today gardening... it's good to really soak plants with the hose when you put them in the ground, that gets them off to a good start and miracle gro through the summer makes a big difference. There's always something new to learn gardening, I'm like you, flowers please, no veggies. Good luck!
Love playing your videos while I do housework! Who watches your kiddos when you guys go out for dinner/dates?
You are adorable, love the little flowers you made and love your cake .. hope your Mother’s Day was the best like you are the best .. love “hey hey it’s a new day “ xoxo kathy
Sandles with the dress ! Also a tip for planting is pull apart / separate roots not a ton but a little with your hand when pulling them out of black trays they come in.
It took me a few days, but I finally got some me time while the kids are sleeping. Time to watch this 40min long video!! 🤩
I loved the "So Megan Tee" with the black skirt, to me, the denim jacket are too big on the arms, but seeing how exited you are about it made me love it!
Girl, your attitude about the cake... amazing! And please, do try take 2!!
The dress you wore to the greenhouse was stunning! The fact the baby Miller stays quietly on his car seat while you shop...omg, it was a dream of mine when my boys were babies 😅
Thanks for this amazing and inspiring video, looking forward to tomorrows episode of Honey, I'm Homemaker.
OH Megan everything you got is great, all the clothes look good on you!!! Thank you for getting us along and sharing!!! God Bless Hugs liz x
I loooooooove and really want that table cloth!!!!
Great video. I enjoy ones over a few days, it shows real life.
Oh my goodness!! You’re really making me want to visit Lancaster County! Those shops you visited & the coffee, oh boy!
Happy to see you again Megan. I love your videos ... MOTIVATION. NICE VLOG 😀😀😊😊
I'm definitely ordering that denim skirt, it's so cute!
Yeah a Long video 👏 love watching you guys 💚
Y’all have some SERIOUSLY cute shops!!
Every time you mention how you love pampas grass it makes me smile. I remember it was so big in the 70s and then became very unpopular. Now it seems it's back. :)
I love your videos! You are such a refreshing young woman! ❤️
31:50 Miller looking back at u with his angel 😇 face 🥰
Another great video of you loving and serving your family! All of your outfits were beautiful. You’ve mentioned your veils before. On a close up, it looked extra lacy and different. Was that because it was Sunday/Mother’s Day? Love seeing those precious little ones. God bless y’all! 😀❤️
I love Panera Bread bagels! And their flavored cream cheese. That rose cloth is so darling. Love your vlog, Megan. Your children are beautiful and well behaved. God bless them, you and your husband always. 💝
I loved this. It was so fun. I loved your gingum dress. Love seeing the babies. Be blessed.
I love the way you planted all your plants, only to expect them all to die! Have a little more faith in yourself Megan.
Enjoy the time with you and your family.thanx
I like the sandals best with the gingham dress.
hi Megan my name is Tina Froese I am a Mennonite mom too and I always enjoy watching your videos 🙏🏻may God bless you for being an encouragement in my life🫂💗
Lovely video, Megan. So many great ideas here! I think you should try buying a set of Wilton fabric cake strips. They're great for people who make a lot of layered cakes (like you & me)! You just let them soak in water for a bit & wrap them around your cake pans before tossing the cakes in the oven. I get perfectly flat cake layers each time & never have to trim the tops off (which can get crumbs in your icing). I had never made a layer cake until I started practicing my 3-layer cake for my budget wedding... I used the cake strips & my layers were perfectly flat on the tops!
This was a fun video ❤
Wow, what a beautiful video...you always do such great ones....love all that you and your family do .God Bless y'all.
Your cake looks lovely! Don’t underestimate it!! I love your dress! ❤️
Hi, Megan! I enjoyed your video. It was really fun to see what your week involves. A note on your cake: try drawing the daisy on the parchment paper and flip the paper over so you’re not getting lead or ink on your food, then fill in the flower in on the drawing. I thought your cake was sweet! Have a blessed day!
Everything looks great on you 😘
Beautiful cake. And clothing also. Love the denim jacket
Hi from Maryland!! 🌸 I just found your channel a few months ago and I’ve been loving everything! You are such an inspiration! Thanks for sharing so much helpful and fun tips! I have to take a trip to Lancaster next weekend it’s only about 45 minutes from me! 😊😊😊
My mom always direct sowed wild flowers into the ground. Had beautiful fields full!
What a fun video. What was the greenhouse you went to? Always looking for new ones when I'm in Lancaster and enjoy in Ronks. You did a fine job on the cake you made. Fondant would have worked best for making daisies easy to work with kinda like playdough. Your kids are just so cute and Miller just sat there while you planted your garden so well behaved. Good job to you and Josh for raising your kids.Blessings to you.
Love you and your channel ❤
The cake turned out so cute. Third grade project (not!), its so sweet and made with love. 🥰
I love when you share little drives through Lancaster and all the fun shops in Lancaster. Calico Creek is a beautiful shop. I live in NJ so we go to Lancaster 2-3 times a year and I love it there. If I did not live on NJ, I could see me living in Lancaster 💕💕
Your video brought me a little joy today as we wait on baby #4 to make its arrival! 41 weeks tomorrow and our longest pregnancy ever! Praying for a healthy little one ❤️
So glad you didn't have a preemie or anything, but yes, that waiting feels eternal! Praying for a safe and happy delivery!
You are so fun to watch. When I was an at home mom I always felt stressed out, you make it look so easy. I sure wish I could have had you to watch all of those days so I could have relaxed a bit. They are teenagers now. I sure miss them when they were little they grow up so fast! Curious how did you get your box cakes to rise so much? Mine always look flat and yours looked amazing. Do you have any tricks that you can share?😊
Yay for Thursday!
I know! My favorite!
Do you hang out with non- Mennonite friends? Thrifting is so fun! You never know what you’re going to find! Very Megan clothes❤️ as much fun as you have baking sweets-cookies/cakes you should see if there is a local community college or shop that has cake decorating classes- just for fun with your friends. Once upon a time JoAnn fabrics would bring in Wilton professionals to do like a 3 week cake and cookie decorating classes! I went with friends and had a great time! Oh my goodness your baby girl is so fun!!! The boys are so sweet too ❤️
Megan, you are such a blessing to me 🤗 . Gad bless you 🤗❤❤❤
I always connect my layered cakes with toothpicks. Can help with the “leaning”. Good luck 🍀 it does look super cute and probably tastes great too! ✨
Hi Megan! I love to bake so much that is what I am assigned for family gatherings, Birthdays, and holidays. Something I taught myself when icing a cake already on the stand... I tear pieces of wax paper and lay them around the outer edges of the stand so only about an inch or so will be under the cake. Place the cake, ice, and decorate. Any extra icing on the stand is easily removed by gently pulling the wax paper away. No need to wipe and wipe and wipe. Just a tip from one baker to another. I also always bake a brand new item to take to events, risky right!
Hello. Love the stuff you got. Looks like you made out well. Have a blessed week
I appreciate your videos! I found you searching for modest winter clothing. I’ve learned so much. I am girly and have few places to go online where I can enjoy girly content & it be clean. Thank you!
I love Modest clothing, I am groomed into dressing modestly by the teachings at church, and I'm so convicted about a woman respecting their body and honouring God with what they wear too. Really what we put on really matters!... your ideas and your style is so inspiring to me. I fell in love with ur vids 2 years ago n have been attached to u since. Love ur family n ur lifestyle. keep Going n God bless u n ur family Meg... much love watching from Botswana
Looks like good times! I mostly did tomatoes for gardening this year! Hopefully I can put them out soon! It's still chilly here though...so now I have 60 tomato plants hanging out on our table! 😆
I love the acid wash jacket. You're so stylish, you can pull it off easily!
I feel like i was stepping out of my comfort zone, but it is so ME!!!
I came home from the hospital early this morning after being treated for heat exhaustion and dehydration, and now I'm binge watching your videos.