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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 homeschooling my favorite students, 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 herbal remedies and 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.

Our Summer 2017 Read Aloud List

It’s easy for the entire summer to pass by without me being intentional about reading to the children, so making a list helps me stay accountable to myself.  I love to read aloud with them, but I can often get caught up in checking off items from my personal to-do list over the summer (especially as I plan for this coming school year), which leads to very few books being read aloud together.  I do have audio versions for many of the titles, but we’ll see how the summer goes.  We spend a lot of time in the car, so often audio versions are a perfect way to utilize that time.

Bronze Bow is left over from our Cycle 1 reading list, but we’ll be finishing that up soon.  Likewise, a few of the titles are leftover from last year’s summer reading list.  We’ve already started 100 Cupboards in the car and are really enjoying it!  It’s intriguing and keeping (almost) everyone’s attention, which I consider a win!  And everyone loves listening to the Little House on the Prairie series – we can’t get enough of Cherry Jones!

Farmer Boy

On the Banks of Plum Creek

The Bronze Bow

100 Cupboards

Redwall

Mysterious Benedict Society

The Bad Beginning

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

And if we do somehow manage to read through all of the above titles, I have the rest of these books on Audible ready to go also.  I’ve picked them up here and there when they’ve been on sale, so my Audible account is stocked with plenty of reading options!

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Green Ember

Story of the Treasure Seekers

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

A Wrinkle in Time

The Railway Children

Princess and the Goblin

Black Star of Kingston

What are your summer reading plans?  We obviously won’t make it through all of these books, but I like having a plan of action.  And I always enjoy hearing what other families are reading so I can add to my (ever)growing wish list.  There are just so many great books out there.  So many stories simply waiting to be uncovered!

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CONTACT ME

Street, Maryland

443.690.2385

nicole@naturallywholistic.com

Affiliate Disclosure

I may earn a small commission for my endorsement, recommendation, testimonial, and/or link to any products or services from this website. Your purchases through affiliate links help support my work in bringing you real information about health and wholistic wellness.

CONTACT ME

Street, Maryland

443.690.2385

nicole@naturallywholistic.com