Large Family Raising Fruit John 15:5
I’ve really been struggling with what to do for school this year. It used to be that I would enjoy buying curriculum around March & planning for the new year. The past few years have been a bit harder & it is now September and …
Yes, children, I am writing about laundry. No need to be embarrassed. 😉 Mondays are usually spent catching up from the weekend. I don’t normally do dishes or laundry on Sundays, just to better have a day of REST. Therefore, it’s not uncommon to find …
We have been doing a family plank challenge this month. We are starting to do a weekly check in to time everyone. Each person is being challenged to do better than their last time. Two people go head to head at a time while everyone …
It’s my parent’s 45th anniversary! My parents model grace, love, serving others & forgiveness (not an exhaustive list) and I so appreciate the godly example. I feel very blessed to have such a rich family legacy. My grandparents were married almost 66 years (Grandpa passed …
I’ve been trying to say YES more. So, today I said YES. Because – why not? Bubbles are fairly cheap. And the giggles and fun are sweet memories that these sisters will hopefully carry for a long time. And it wasn’t a huge mess to …
In the past 24 hours, we have had all the chickens (about 40) escape and 3 of the bunnies (out of 9) escape out of their cages. Eh…such is life with animals!! Thankfully we noticed them in time to be able to catch them all. …
Where has the time gone?? She doesn’t say very many words – Mama, hat, this, “go,go,go” & then makes a lot of sounds “shhhh” for shoes, “ssss” for socks. She has sounds for many of her siblings. She also uses many signs like eat, more, …
I wanted to start a new “series” about Blessings – both received & given. The purpose for this is not to brag or boast, but rather to remember the blessings that God has given us. Meaningful times that we really want our children to remember …
We had originally wanted to have some families over today. The Sunday before Memorial Day the past few years we have had a bunch of people over to swim and eat and it has been a lot of fun. This year we had 50 people! …
I had a rough day yesterday. By evening I was beat & knew we needed something fun & easy. I had spent an hour in the afternoon playing games on the Wii with the younger 5 as that was all I could give at that …