How did it all begin?
Hey there! My name is Jewel!
My husband, Ben, and I began this venture long ago in the ancient times of October of 2019… The sweet days pre-pandemic. *Funny how, essentially globally, we can now understand time by pre/mid/post-pandemic.*
Freshly married at the ripe ‘ole age of 19, we didn’t know what we wanted to do or where we wanted to go. We trusted the Lord and all that he had in store for us. SURPRISE! I became pregnant a whopping one month into our marriage! What a joy it was to be starting our family!
Our Growing Family
As we continue to grow our family, numerically and in fellowship with one another, we currently have 4 little ones…all within 3.5 years.
Starting with our eldest daughter, Hadassah, mid-summer of 2020 and our son, Obadiah, following closely behind 11 months later. 17 months after him, our sweet Joanna was born! 13 months from there, we welcomed little miss Miriam into our joyful chaos!
To say we have been tremendously blessed is an understatement! But I wouldn’t know how to put into words the privilege it is to steward these little humans.
Figuring It Out
Anyway, we (sort of) figured out what we want to do when we grow up! START A HOMESTEAD! Small scale, at least. The trouble is, I haven’t a clue what I’m doing! Thankfully, Ben has a better idea as that is similar to how he was raised. But we are both still mostly winging it.
The realization that we wanted to start homesteading didn’t *quite* hit us until 2022. At some point after we bought our big ‘ole, fixer-upper farmhouse on Sunfield.
Coming Clean
Our thoughts through craziness of the pandemic and all that came with it hit us pretty hard. How could we provide well for our growing family if we somehow couldn’t buy food or other resources required for basic survival?!
I relied heavily on grocery stores for EVERYTHING.
That realization paired with learning how toxic our
- FOOD
- Containers
- Cookware
- Hygiene Products
- Cleaning Products
- basically EVERYTHING that we were ingesting or using regularly in our household…
Our life needed to change, and it needed to change ASAP.
Since the purchase of our home as
- first-time homeowners
- rookie homesteaders
- not-so-experienced homemaker
Both Ben and I have learned a few skills from many failures.
Through trial and error and some extensive Googling and Youtube research, we are making this homestead something for ourselves. But most importantly, for the glory of God.
Thank you for reading along to learn more about us!
Join us as we “fiddle around and find out” in the humble makings of our homestead at Sunfield Cecils Home!
Yours truly,
The Cecils