Our Story

Faith. Family. The Old Way.

Nordic Adventures Homestead didn’t begin with a business plan.

It began with our family.

For years, I walked through infertility, loss, stress, and health struggles. Like so many families, I found myself searching for answers and wondering if there was a simpler, healthier way to live.

Little by little, that search began leading our family back to the old ways.

We started paying closer attention to our food and the ingredients we brought into our home. I began learning about herbs, traditional homemaking, and making things myself. We started raising animals and growing our little homestead.

What began as a search for healing slowly became a way of life.

And through it all, God was leading our family somewhere we never expected.

From Sweet Momma’s Farm to Something More

Our homestead eventually became Sweet Momma’s Farm, where I began sharing the simple, handmade products and things I was learning along the way.

But as our family continued this journey, Parker and I realized there was something much bigger we wanted to share.

We didn’t just want to make things the old way.

We wanted to teach the old ways.

We wanted children to experience history instead of only reading about it.

We wanted families to know how to build a fire, grow food, care for animals, make things with their hands, explore the wilderness, and develop the confidence that comes from knowing, I can do this.

We wanted to create a place where families could put down the screens for a while, slow down, work together, get outside, and reconnect with history, nature, one another, and most importantly, God.

And that is how Nordic Adventures Homestead came to be.

Some Things Are Worth Passing Down

There was a time when skills like baking bread, preserving food, sewing, caring for livestock, building a fire, tying knots, and making something useful with your own two hands were simply part of everyday life.

We believe those skills still have something to teach us.

Not because we need to live exactly as people did hundreds of years ago, but because there is value in knowing where we came from.

There is confidence in learning to do hard things.

There is connection in working beside one another.

There is wonder in experiencing history instead of simply reading about it.

And there is something powerful about slowing down enough to notice God’s hand in the world around us.

That’s what we want to pass on.

What We’re Building Today

Today, Nordic Adventures Homestead brings together the things our family has grown to love: heritage, homesteading, wilderness, handmade goods, faith, and family.

Through our Heritage Education, children get to step into the past through hands-on history, traditional skills, crafts, stories, meals, and experiences.

Through our Adventures, children and families can get outdoors, learn practical wilderness skills, explore, and become more confident in nature.

And through our Farm Store, we continue making simple foods and homestead goods using traditional methods and ingredients from our own homestead and local community whenever possible.

They may look like different parts of our business, but they all come back to the same purpose:

Helping families become more confident and capable while reconnecting with history, nature, each other, and God through the old ways.

Meet Our Family

I’m Samara, a history-loving homeschool mom, homesteader, and lifelong learner. I earned my bachelor’s degree in History with the original intention of teaching it. I’ve always believed that history becomes more meaningful when we can experience it—not just memorize names and dates.

Parker has a degree in Physical Education & Health Secondary Education and six years of teaching experience. He loves the wilderness, the old ways of the mountain men, and helping children become more capable and confident outdoors.

Together, we’re raising our daughter, caring for our animals, building our homestead, and learning right alongside the families we serve.

We’re certainly not trying to turn back time.

We simply believe that some of the things generations before us knew are still worth knowing.

Some skills are worth preserving.

Some traditions are worth passing down.

And sometimes, moving forward means remembering where we came from.

Welcome to Nordic Adventures Homestead.

Faith. Family. The Old Way.