Nicole Chryst

Wellness Educator

Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.

Faith over fear.

Ephesians 2:8-10

I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not teaching fine arts to my favorite upper school students at our incredible classical Christian school, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.

I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.

Baby chick love

September 15, 2017

Our sweet Red Star baby chicks arrived! All 15 of them. They are every bit as cute as the pictures suggest. They arrived healthy, feisty, and playing right out of the box. Huge kudos to Murry McMurray Hatchery for doing a top notch job with their chicks! I can’t recommend them enough to purchase chicks! We quickly got them into our brooder with a heat lamp, and gave them some vitamin/mineral water and feed. They are just the sweetest little furry balls of farm baby to watch!

More to come on the story with Mama Daffodil!