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 family has so much fun decorating for Lunar New Year. Once the Christmas decorations come down, the Spring Festival decorations go up. A little more is added each year to our growing collection, and I love seeing the house transform into a festive Chinese New Year celebration. We started out small but now have...
As Christmas activities come to a close and decorations come down, our family is just beginning to gear up for our Chinese New Year celebration. With one third of our family being Chinese-born, we try to make a valiant attempt to incorporate Chinese culture into our lives. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don’t. Either way,...
Hubby and I sat outside and watched the coolest total lunar eclipse on the night of Moon Festival. I don’t pretend to know anything about astronomy or how to photograph the wonders of the sky. But I was overwhelmed by the beauty we witnessed. God truly is the best artist. It’s really unfathomable to think...
I tried making Egg Drop Soup on Sunday for Moon Festival but it was kind of a disaster. I won’t share which recipe I tried for that one, but I redeemed myself tonight with a different one. This soup is a little Americanized I think, but the additions were well received and had all the...
In addition to making Moon Cookies, we spent part of our Saturday afternoon reading all about the Moon Festival. Sunshine, in particular, was fascinated with hearing the stories of the Jade Rabbit and Chang’e. She’s getting to the age where she wants to know about her Chinese heritage and enjoys listening to the stories. This...
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