Thanks for the update Janine, what precious family moments with Zander and Lexi! They are adorable, good luck with the potty training!🙏 Nolan was great with the little pigs! Coming from a farming background, I really enjoyed that!!😂. Take your time getting back to work in the new year Janine, we will all be here for you wherever you are ready.👍 The very best of luck with all your plans, projects and health and happiness for 2025. 🥰🙏xx
Happy New Year!!! I was squealling with delight watching Nolan carrying half grown pigs around. Good luck with your potty training, it will all come naturally very soon!! God bless your new year!!
I so enjoyed this video. We need to remember to slow down, laugh and you will enjoy the moment. This farm girl from years ago literally laughed out loud at Xanders pig squeals. Wishing you and your family a very blessed New Year. ♥️
Happy New Year, to you, Jeannine, and your beautiful family! That was hilarious!! Xander definitely has the pig squeal down! Lexie is so sweet with her rum pum pum pum! I love FK&C’s version also! Xander is such a good big brother to dance around with her! I’m so sorry about the loss of the calves. I know it’s farm life but it’s still hard. I hope you and your friends have a wonderful time! Thank you for the update! Looking forward to y’all’s next q&a. God bless you!
Hey Janine i really enjoyed watching your video. Lexie was so adorable singing ❤ I laughed so hard at your husband Carring the lil pigs hahaha Xander sounded just like them 😅 love your sweet family have a happy new year ❤
This was fun to see. Thanks for sharing it during your busy day. Loved the sing along and dancing. At 76, I don't recall my three and potty training. I do know it wasn't stressful. Don't know why. We had a little potty chair and they seemed to just be ready one day. May have selective recall though. 😄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Jeanine, Nolan, Xander and Lexie!!! Glad you had a nice Christmas and some good laughs along the way. Sorry to hear about your new calves. Enjoy getting your pic albums together and God bless you with the potty training!!!🙄😏🙃Love 💕 and hugs🤗
I"m glad to read that you had a wonderful and peaceful Christmas. We had a quiet Christmas to and that was perfect for our family. Wishing your family a very Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas (8 day feast for the celebration of God becoming man!) and Happy New Year. Kids look like they are flourishing and have great admiration for you sticking with making the yearly albums. Love the pig squealing and Xander's great imitation! Sorry about the little ones that were lost. Mom must be sad.
Lexi is so precious her and Alexander singing too cute. Love the song you do what you have to do and take care of your needs. Will always be here waiting for you. Thank you for all the joy you bring to us merry Christmas and a happy new year now I’m gonna get back to watching your video, your friend Kathy.
Welcome I'm honored to have you here! I did a farm tour video, if you search for that it should pop up... but I haven't done an in depth tour of the barn. We don't know a lot of ours history sadly. We've been trying to find out more.
I Had Baby Boy And He Let Me Know About 2 Year's Old He Was Ready To Be Poty Train By Taking His Diapers Off And Saying I've Got To Poty, Drummer🥁 Boy Is Just One Of My Favorite Christmas Song's It Has Alot Of Good Memories Attached To The Song. Lexi Sound So Great Singing Her Little Heart Out, So Amazing To See Zander And Lexi Dancing And Playing So Well Together ❤️ My Question Is Did Y'all Know That Having To Children Would Be The Way They Play Together So Well And Get Along So Well, And Does Zander Love Being A Big Brother To Lexi.
I'm glad potty training went so well for you! I thought Lexi had it and then she went backwards and I just can't be her past a certain point. Oh well. 😀 thanks for the questions!
So precious!! Do you go see the England house in shippensburg on chestnut drive? I think that is in their display at Christmas time. We do! It’s become our regular the last couple years.
Pigs always sound like they're being x'd when you do anything to them! LOL So funny! Your kids are adorable. Glad you had a lovely Christmas with your family. Happy New Year to you all! Sorry you lost the calves. You said the cow had twins and I was already worried. Twins are tough for cows. What program do you use for your scrapbooking?
Yes! Not sure I'll ever get used to pig squeals 😅 you are familiar with cows. Our hearts dropped when we saw the second one 😪 for scrapbooking i use Artisan 6 software
Very funny - pigs can be such babies! I guess that's why people don't mess with them too much. Shame about the calves - poor Momma cow - it is good to warn people that cows with calves at foot can be dangerous to humans, and they especially don't like dogs. It seems every year more people are getting hurt or worse as they blithely cross cow-filled fields - no one seems to tell people cows can be very protective. So keep a safe distance, know where the exit is and be prepared to run! Glad you all had a lovely Christmas - so sweet with the kids singing & dancing. Here's to the great times continuing well into 2025! Take care.
Oh my goodness….poor piggy!! He sounds like someone is trying to murder him!! It’s a good thing they don’t speak English!! 🤣🤣. That was hilarious! So sorry to hear about the calves. 😢. Happy New year to you and your family! Love from Pennsylvania 💕🌷🐻
I hope your Christmas was perfect. It looked like it was! God’s blessings 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏 to you and your family everybody stay warm, and safe!! Have a blessed 2025. 🎆💜🎆 Enjoy life every minute.
Somechildren, as mine, do not feel “letdown” from the bladder as soon as other children. They want to be big boys or girls but the body might not cooperate till older…. We went frequently!!
Ah true. Children are very different. I'm trying to decide if I should park it took she's older. She has the hang of some of it, but at a road block with others 😀
Im with ya on the potty training right now... potty training, my little one. Its been more of a challenge than i thought it would be lol we got her the cleaning set also. Shes been helping me so much since she opened it. Lol im rolling over the pigs 😂😂😂
@theMennoniteMom I had the same struggle. I've been watching the almanac for weaning times and this time seems to be clicking a little easier. It's going much slower than I anticipated lol but as my husband said. I'm sure by the time she is 18 she won't be in diapers anymore. Lol 😅
Happy New Year! I have a lot of questions 😁 hopefully at least some of them make it into the video: 1. What is your relationship with non-Mennonites and especially non-Christians? Do you or would you have any acquaintances/friends who were different to you in that respect? Or do you just keep things to being polite but not getting very close to them? 2. When travelling do you visit local cathedrals and if so, how do you feel inside them? Do you pray or do you just visit them as a tourist? 3. You've mentioned before that you speak PA Dutch and (used to) have a 'Dutchie accent' in English. Could you explain what exactly that is with examples because I really don't hear an accent, granted I am not familiar with American accents. And as a language enthusiast who also speaks German, I'd love to hear you speak PA Dutch. 4. Do you ever listen to non-religious music? Do you have favourite songs? 5. Are TVs not allowed in Mennonite culture? I understand that one can watch anything on a computer but gathering on the sofa to watch a film with the family is so nice. Or do you not really watch films or series? 6. I am a travel lover from Europe and wonder what other European countries you would like to visit? 🇪🇺 ❤ 7. How are Mennonite schools different from state schools, apart for teaching the Bible? 8. What sports do you enjoy?
what a precious moment to share with us.. Lexi is absolutely adorable, but Xander being the supportive big brother was so beautiful to watch.
It is special the way ge looks out for her. I'm thankful he's the oldest
What a beautiful video. I lived the children dancing together! Happy and blessed 2025!
It's one of their favorite after dinner activities... dancing. 😀 a blessed new year to you as well!
Aw what a wonderful big brother your little boy is. So kind and caring 🤗
Happy new year Janine hope Nolan’s ears have recovered from the squealing pigs!!! Zanders impression of the pig was hilarious haha 😊
🤣 i asked him if his ears were busted. They truly were so loud! Happy New Year!
Thanks for updates and cute Christmas moments. That funny part with pigs got me laughing. Sorry about losing the calves.
I'm glad you enjoyed the pigs escapades 😆
Wishing you. Your husband and children a Happy Prosperous New Year 2025.🎆😀
Thanks for the update Janine, what precious family moments with Zander and Lexi! They are adorable, good luck with the potty training!🙏 Nolan was great with the little pigs! Coming from a farming background, I really enjoyed that!!😂. Take your time getting back to work in the new year Janine, we will all be here for you wherever you are ready.👍 The very best of luck with all your plans, projects and health and happiness for 2025. 🥰🙏xx
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the pig transportation as much as I did 😅 thanks for your support and a happy new year to you as well!
I was cracking up watching your husband transport the pigs and Zander’s reaction was hilarious 😂😂😂
I'm glad you enjoyed it! It was truly hilarious
A Blessed New Year to you and your family. I think cutting back on videos was good for you. You look more rested!
It has definitely been good for me! Thank you!
Happy New Year!!! I was squealling with delight watching Nolan carrying half grown pigs around. Good luck with your potty training, it will all come naturally very soon!! God bless your new year!!
😅 it was a sight to behold lol. Thanks for the encouragement 😀 Happy New Year!
I so enjoyed this video. We need to remember to slow down, laugh and you will enjoy the moment. This farm girl from years ago literally laughed out loud at Xanders pig squeals. Wishing you and your family a very blessed New Year. ♥️
😅 glad you enjoyed the farm escapades. Happy new year!
These r the best times ever! Your kids r so sweet and cute! Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year , the video was great! so sorry for you loss.The pigs were moved nicely
Thank you, and Happy New Year to you too!
Happy New Year, to you, Jeannine, and your beautiful family! That was hilarious!! Xander definitely has the pig squeal down! Lexie is so sweet with her rum pum pum pum! I love FK&C’s version also! Xander is such a good big brother to dance around with her! I’m so sorry about the loss of the calves. I know it’s farm life but it’s still hard. I hope you and your friends have a wonderful time! Thank you for the update! Looking forward to y’all’s next q&a. God bless you!
Thank you, I'm glad you found the pigs as funny as I did. Thanks for being here and happy New Year!
Hey Janine i really enjoyed watching your video. Lexie was so adorable singing ❤ I laughed so hard at your husband Carring the lil pigs hahaha Xander sounded just like them 😅 love your sweet family have a happy new year ❤
Thank you! Happy New Year to you as well!
Complete class vlogs… thank you hun… you take the time that you need❤
This was fun to see. Thanks for sharing it during your busy day. Loved the sing along and dancing.
At 76, I don't recall my three and potty training. I do know it wasn't stressful. Don't know why. We had a little potty chair and they seemed to just be ready one day. May have selective recall though. 😄
I love that it wasn't stressful for you! That's a blessing. Lexi has it mostly figured out but accidents continue to happen.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Jeanine, Nolan, Xander and Lexie!!! Glad you had a nice Christmas and some good laughs along the way. Sorry to hear about your new calves. Enjoy getting your pic albums together and God bless you with the potty training!!!🙄😏🙃Love 💕 and hugs🤗
Thank you! I enjoy the slower pace with no school. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
This video made me smile😊 thanks for sharing and merry Christmas and happy new year 🎉
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well!
Pigs only get frozen after proper processing!😂😂😂
Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year, ❤
🤣 best joke ever
I"m glad to read that you had a wonderful and peaceful Christmas. We had a quiet Christmas to and that was perfect for our family. Wishing your family a very Happy New Year.
I think the quiet ones are sometimes the best 😀 happy new year!
Merry Christmas to you and your family and Happy New Year. Good luck on potty training . That is one way to move the pigs 😂 what ever works.
😅 we got them in... Happy New Year!
Was a precious time share with us ❤ Happy New Year. Be Blessed.
It's always wonderful to see your videos. It was definitely funny seeing the pigs get moved. Happy New Year ❤️
😅 I'm glad you enjoyed the circus. Happy New Year!
😂 so funny with you, as always!😅 Merry Christmas and have a blessed new year ✨️
Thank you and Happy New Year to you!
Your husband is such a good sport!😊
😅 he keeps life interesting
Merry Christmas to you and yours and have a blessed New Year.
Thank you so much! Blessings to you as well.
Merry Christmas (8 day feast for the celebration of God becoming man!) and Happy New Year. Kids look like they are flourishing and have great admiration for you sticking with making the yearly albums. Love the pig squealing and Xander's great imitation! Sorry about the little ones that were lost. Mom must be sad.
Thank you, and Happy New year to you as well!
Thanks the up dates and life with your pigs and your cows 😂
😅 thanks got stopping by
Lovely Christmas & the drama of the pigs. Such dramatic animals!
Aren't they tho? 🤣
They will follow their food anywhere, if you move them hungry… sometimes 😘🤣😃. Training them to follow their food bucket….too funny!!
That was too funny with the pigs . Love your dog .
Wishing you a happy new year.
Those pigs squeal like they are being hurt. lol So funny.
Lexi is so precious her and Alexander singing too cute. Love the song you do what you have to do and take care of your needs. Will always be here waiting for you. Thank you for all the joy you bring to us merry Christmas and a happy new year now I’m gonna get back to watching your video, your friend Kathy.
Thank you, Kathy! May God bless you in the new year
Happy New Year 🎉
Lexie looks so much like your husband! The cute little girl version. :)
I hear that all the time! She definitely favors him!
❤❤❤ Merry Christmas 🎄
I’d love another video with Glenda in 2025! She’s a hoot! But such an inspiration too!
Yes! I'll have to try for that one.
Great life to live on the farm❤
Merry Christmas!
What Christmas fun!! Too cute!!
New subscriber. I LOVE your barn. Do any of your prior vlogs cover the history of your farm/barn? It's amazing.
Welcome I'm honored to have you here! I did a farm tour video, if you search for that it should pop up... but I haven't done an in depth tour of the barn. We don't know a lot of ours history sadly. We've been trying to find out more.
I Had Baby Boy And He Let Me Know About 2 Year's Old He Was Ready To Be Poty Train By Taking His Diapers Off And Saying I've Got To Poty, Drummer🥁 Boy Is Just One Of My Favorite Christmas Song's It Has Alot Of Good Memories Attached To The Song. Lexi Sound So Great Singing Her Little Heart Out, So Amazing To See Zander And Lexi Dancing And Playing So Well Together ❤️ My Question Is Did Y'all Know That Having To Children Would Be The Way They Play Together So Well And Get Along So Well, And Does Zander Love Being A Big Brother To Lexi.
I'm glad potty training went so well for you! I thought Lexi had it and then she went backwards and I just can't be her past a certain point. Oh well. 😀 thanks for the questions!
Happy New Year! 😊
Happy New Year to you too!
The pigs are hilarious!
Nolan the pig whisperer.
Happy New Year.
🤣 thanks for the laugh. Happy New Year to you as well
that was fun! thanku!
So precious!! Do you go see the England house in shippensburg on chestnut drive? I think that is in their display at Christmas time. We do! It’s become our regular the last couple years.
The one with the music back close to chestnut Grove greenhouse? Yes! We've just stayed started going as well. So pretty 😍
The PIGS! LMBO! Thanks for sharing!
I was laughing the whole time too! 😄
Pigs always sound like they're being x'd when you do anything to them! LOL So funny! Your kids are adorable. Glad you had a lovely Christmas with your family. Happy New Year to you all! Sorry you lost the calves. You said the cow had twins and I was already worried. Twins are tough for cows. What program do you use for your scrapbooking?
Yes! Not sure I'll ever get used to pig squeals 😅 you are familiar with cows. Our hearts dropped when we saw the second one 😪 for scrapbooking i use Artisan 6 software
Very funny - pigs can be such babies! I guess that's why people don't mess with them too much. Shame about the calves - poor Momma cow - it is good to warn people that cows with calves at foot can be dangerous to humans, and they especially don't like dogs. It seems every year more people are getting hurt or worse as they blithely cross cow-filled fields - no one seems to tell people cows can be very protective. So keep a safe distance, know where the exit is and be prepared to run!
Glad you all had a lovely Christmas - so sweet with the kids singing & dancing. Here's to the great times continuing well into 2025! Take care.
Oh my goodness….poor piggy!! He sounds like someone is trying to murder him!! It’s a good thing they don’t speak English!! 🤣🤣. That was hilarious! So sorry to hear about the calves. 😢. Happy New year to you and your family! Love from Pennsylvania 💕🌷🐻
🤣 i know right? They are so dramatic! Happy New Year!
I hope your Christmas was perfect. It looked like it was! God’s blessings 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏 to you and your family everybody stay warm, and safe!! Have a blessed 2025. 🎆💜🎆 Enjoy life every minute.
Thank you! I hope yours was too! Blessings to you.
Somechildren, as mine, do not feel “letdown” from the bladder as soon as other children. They want to be big boys or girls but the body might not cooperate till older…. We went frequently!!
Ah true. Children are very different. I'm trying to decide if I should park it took she's older. She has the hang of some of it, but at a road block with others 😀
Where did you get your wooden manager set
The advent calendar? I have a few manger scenes, but that one i got off of etsy
Precious
What program or app do you use for your photo albums now? Canva?
I use Artisan 6
Oh my gosh those pigs !!!! What a laugh
They are so dramatic 🤣
Are you planning to do foreign traveling this year?
Depending on how many credit card points we can earn 😀 im hoping!
Im with ya on the potty training right now... potty training, my little one. Its been more of a challenge than i thought it would be lol we got her the cleaning set also. Shes been helping me so much since she opened it. Lol im rolling over the pigs 😂😂😂
Best wishes with the potty training. I'm stuck and not sure how to progress part a certain spot. I hope you get it accomplished soon. Happy New Year!
@theMennoniteMom I had the same struggle. I've been watching the almanac for weaning times and this time seems to be clicking a little easier. It's going much slower than I anticipated lol but as my husband said. I'm sure by the time she is 18 she
won't be in diapers anymore. Lol 😅
Happy New Year! I have a lot of questions 😁 hopefully at least some of them make it into the video:
1. What is your relationship with non-Mennonites and especially non-Christians? Do you or would you have any acquaintances/friends who were different to you in that respect? Or do you just keep things to being polite but not getting very close to them?
2. When travelling do you visit local cathedrals and if so, how do you feel inside them? Do you pray or do you just visit them as a tourist?
3. You've mentioned before that you speak PA Dutch and (used to) have a 'Dutchie accent' in English. Could you explain what exactly that is with examples because I really don't hear an accent, granted I am not familiar with American accents. And as a language enthusiast who also speaks German, I'd love to hear you speak PA Dutch.
4. Do you ever listen to non-religious music? Do you have favourite songs?
5. Are TVs not allowed in Mennonite culture? I understand that one can watch anything on a computer but gathering on the sofa to watch a film with the family is so nice. Or do you not really watch films or series?
6. I am a travel lover from Europe and wonder what other European countries you would like to visit? 🇪🇺 ❤
7. How are Mennonite schools different from state schools, apart for teaching the Bible?
8. What sports do you enjoy?
Thanks for all the great questions! Will try to cover them 😀
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Does your husband like to cook ? Mine does and he’s Good 👍🏻
Zander has his pig impression down pat.
😅
How many animals to do you have ?
Cows pigs and chickens. Plus our dog 😀
I am in the middle of potty training, my 2-year-old little girl.
Oh man, I feel ya. Best wishes! 😀
Hysterical
piggies.
😅
Sap sad about life with the baby cows
Good luck with potty training ❤
Yes, it's sad. Twins are rarely a good thing with cows. 😪
Why is the mama cow mad?
She thought we were a threat to her babies. We got her from a farm where they were quite wild
Are you going to eat the pigs later?
😅 I'm not sure if can. I've fallen in love with them. We may rause piglets to sell
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