Arland family raising kids, making goat milk products

What's not to love about an Arland family with three young children raising goats and making products from the milk they produce?

If you’ve not met them already at farmers markets, fall festivals and other events, let me introduce you to Shawn and Reanna Chaplin and their three children—9-year-old Brady, 7-year-old Annabella and 5-year-old Jackson.

Shawn was a city boy who grew up in Barron.

Reanna was a country girl who grew up in the same neighborhood where they now raise kids—both the four-legged and two-legged varieties—on their 3-acre farm.

Both are 2005 Barron High School graduates.

He supports the family by driving truck. She likes the idea of being self-sufficient—homeschooling their kids, growing a garden and creating a variety of homemade products, from soaps for skin and laundry, to bug and stain repellents and tooth powder.

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