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:
Seven Home and Seven Flown: Thoughts on Leaving HomeWe’ve just launched our seventh child into the big, wide, world. Okay, maybe not quite into the big wide world, but off to university, at least. Our family structure is complicated. Enoch was our fourth baby, but in 2007 we adopted three teens, making Enoch now, our…
How to Raise a Lifelong Reader: Tips for a Mom with 14 Book-Loving Kids {Post contains affiliate links} My kids are all avid readers. Whether they began reading at age 4 (Judah and Hezekiah) or age 8 (Enoch) they are all now strong readers who love to lose themselves in a good book. After 22…
Family Update: September 2018 As the leaves turn and the season begins to shift, our family dynamic is shifting as well, keeping me busy as we all adjust to our new routines The kids are back to school, Enoch will be heading off to Central Washington University on Friday (this is the same university Judah…
As you probably already know, Labor Day weekend is the perfect time to throw a sixteenth birthday party for your son, but did you also know it is the perfect day to, you know, lay new flooring? But before you lay that new flooring you have to build a new hearth because the old one…
The Life-Changing Fear of Maggots (and Tarantulas) Fun things that are happening around here! A couple of weeks ago a certain 8-year-old (who shall remain nameless) developed a sudden, overwhelming terror of maggots. Yes, maggots. Here’s the thing about maggots, my friends, they are small and yes, they could be hiding practically anywhere in your…
Free Entertainment: Evenings at the Lake Large Family Vlog As the mom of a large family, I am ALL about free entertainment. From barbeques at our bank to free swimming lessons, we are there. I love where we live here in the Pacific Northwest. We are just a short drive from the mountains, the ocean,…
Hobo Carts and Other Real-Life Tales of Trauma Our family loves the library. Every single one of us is an avid reader (now that Apollo has joined the ranks of Independent Reader). And since the library is just a block from the autism center I drive to twice a day, Monday-Friday, we are frequent visitors….
Post contains affiliate links. You Can’t Buy Love…And As It Turns Out, You Can’t Buy Sleep Either Sleep. I have been sleep-deprived in one way or another for the past twenty-two years. While there have been times when all of my children slept through the night, I have also always been pregnant during those times,…
Kalina is Home from Zambia: Large Family Vlog Well, friends, Kalina is home from her well-drilling adventure in Zambia! We picked her up Friday night and it has been a whirlwind of a weekend. It is so good to have this sweet, funny, girl back in our home. I don’t have any pictures from her…
I hate to even think about it but summer vacation is drawing to an end here. It is getting darker earlier and the mornings are cool instead of warm. This summer has been hard with my son’s intense therapy schedule, but at the same time, his schedule has led to new adventures. We have been going…