Large family life means multiplying love, laundry, dishes, and groceries. It means planning ahead, learning how to organize a large family, and how to keep clutter to a minimum so you don’t end up on an episode of Hoarders. Here you will learn about:
I Was Wrong: Experiencing Junior High Basketball Remember last year when I told you Cross Country was the Best Sport Ever? Mainly because you can park yourself in a seat and read until the last 5 minutes when your child crosses the finish line and you can smile, cheer, and Be Proud? Yeah. Turns out…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The Best Board Games for Large Families Finding board games that work with large families can be tough. We have a huge age spread in our house (currently 8-17) which makes choosing games complicated. We play them a ton of board games in the winter and around the holidays. This…
How to Survive Thanksgiving in a Large Family Post contains affiliate links. Well, friends, we survived Thanksgiving 2018 with no injuries, casualties, or emergencies. One strange advantage to not having extended family nearby is we don’t have the Holiday Drama that includes dragging our little cherubs from one house to another for three days straight….
This post about keeping your family healthy this winter contains affiliate links. How to Keep Your Family Healthy This Winter Cold and flu season is upon us. No one in my family will ever forget the October we all had the stomach flu (norovirus) during a days-long power outage. It was horrible beyond words. But,…
I Have Some SICK Superpowers…And I Bet You Do Too I don’t want to brag or anything, but I have some pretty sick superpowers. And by sick, I mean Supernatural Individual and Critical Knowlege. SICK. For instance, just this morning I spotted a cluster of green grapes on the steps as I headed up for…
Tilly and Jared shared some great news on Instagram recently. Chuck and I have another kiwi grandchild on the way! We absolutely could not be any happier. Tilly and Jared celebrated their one-year anniversary in August and are thrilled with so excited to start their family. It looks like I will be headed back to New…
There is nothing like the change in weather from hot nights to cool, brisk, mornings to motivate me to get outside and enjoy the last bit of nice weather and sun before the infamous Pacific Northwest rain sets in for winter. As you know, Chuck works a bajillion hours a week, two hours away, often six…
Washington State Patrol Academy: Judah is on his Way! Today was Judah’s first day as a Washington State Patrol Cadet! He spent the last year working in dispatch and just got hired on as a cadet. He is so excited and we are so very proud of him. I was thrilled when he came over…
As a child, I always dreamed of having a large family. I wanted to spend my life surrounded by babies and children. Well, I definitely accomplished that. Amazingly, I made it, fully intact, through the years of two under two, three under three, four under four, etc until we have TEN UNDER TEN. Long nights…
Large Family Budget…Huh? When I was growing up my dad had a great job with the Federal Aviation Administration as an Air Traffic Controller. In my memory, we were always comfortable financially. Now don’t get me wrong, they had their Young Married Couple Financial Struggles, but I was the last child in the family and…