Category Archives: Raising the Betts

A family podcast by Domenico Bettinelli and Melanie Bettinelli, who are raising five kids in the Boston area. They discuss marriage, homeschooling, Catholic faith, their adventures far and wide, cooking exotic dishes, exploring nature, engaging culture and more.

Workers in the Vineyard

The Betts say farewell to a nephew off to serve in the Army; finish Lord of the Rings; make Vietnamese meatballs; have a charcoal ash tip; get ... Read more

Soup Season

Fall weather has come to New England and that means it's soup season. Dom and Melanie Bettinelli talk about their favorite season, some new ... Read more

Feeding Our Kids

Figuring how to overcome allergies and food aversions to make sure your kids eat healthy is a struggle for many parents. Dom and Melanie ... Read more

Crossover

The Betts take a hike, crossover in Scouts, dig into the family tree, make enchiladas, watch Umbrella Academy, and talk about the ... Read more

Unbraced

This week, the Betts continue re-entry from vacation with appointments and school prep; free the first child from braces ... finally; remember ... Read more

Lake Vacation

The Betts have gone on a quarantined, socially distanced vacation to a beautiful lake house in Maine. They discuss getting away, the kids ... Read more

Superabundance

The Betts celebrate Melanie's birthday and have some home-baked cake; try Nashville Hot Chicken potato chips; discuss the book The Cooking ... Read more

Old Ironsides’ Flag

The Betts re-discover buried treasure in forgotten corners of their house and then discuss Sunday's Gospel on the kingdom of heaven as buried ... Read more

Dungeons and Dragons and Dryers

The Betts introduce the kids to D&D to great joy; replace their dead dryer but what the installers do causes big problems; embark on a spicy ... Read more

Birthday Ben

The Betts celebrate a birthday, mourn the death of a dryer, watch a bunch of movies, read a friend's new book, and discuss unfortunate ... Read more

An important message from StarQuest’s Dom Bettinelli

Dom Bettinelli shares an important message about the future of this podcast and all the shows at StarQuest. Read more

Hamilfilm Mania

The Betts find Hamilton on Disney+ to be an all new experience despite being fans for four years and seeing it on stage. They also spend a ... Read more

Scavenger Hunt

The Betts go on a scavenger hunt, ponder Fourth of July plans, debate if Massachusetts weather measures up to Texas, cook lobster, figure out ... Read more

Melting

Summer is here along with its heat and the Betts are stuck indoors, and this year they don't even have the option to go out to indoor places ... Read more

Lighthouse Adventure

The Betts go on an unexpected adventure that ends at an historic lighthouse; Dom gets to go back to Mass; and they visit his mom after a long ... Read more

Clamato!

The Betts share their experience of (half the family) going back to Mass for the first time; talk about waiting in line at Whole Foods; and ... Read more

Happy Birthday, Church

The Betts celebrate Pentecost and the birthday of the Church; watch SpaceX make history in space; keep grilling new recipes; notice the kids' ... Read more

Lots of Grilling

The farmers market is open again and the Betts discuss how different is now (hint: drive-through), plus they made lots of great recipes on the ... Read more

The JohnPauls

The Betts had a parade for their nephew JohnPaul, who once embraced his namesake saint in Rome and has now become a US Army officer. Plus a ... Read more

When We Can Go Again

The Betts share their own family discussion of how they will decide when they can go back to Mass, when it's available to them, taking into ... Read more