A few months ago, while dining out at a local restaurant, one of our waitresses asked my children if they ever got tired of all the babies. Before I could pick my mouth up off the floor, my oldest son piped up and said with the most puzzled look on his face, No. We like babies! Just ...
Category Archives: Large Family Living
Storing Hand-Me-Downs
Larger families mean a larger amount of hand-me-downs. Not only do we tend to be the recipients of the 1.8 children household's clothing, we also tend to keep EVERYTHING. That said, it is not uncommon for Baby #4 or so to suddenly have NOTHING because everything wears out at the same time! While some ...
Breakfast Cookies and a New Leaf
I had an epiphany. It was one of those epiphanies you wish you wouldn't have because it is going to make your life harder. It was also one of those epiphanies you know you can't just ignore and hope it goes ...
Talking Trash
Large families can generate a lot of trash. More people naturally leads to more trash; however, there are some things our family does to keep our trash at a minimum, and make the trash we do generate more manageable. 1. Recycle. If ...
The Chore Board
Another method that worked well for our family for a long time was using a dry erase board in plain sight. ~taken from The To-Do List Part 2 I used to use my dry erase board for these chores... ~taken from The To-Do List Part 3 Sometimes I wonder why ...
The Baking Cabinet
Many years ago I began baking our own bread. I used to use a bread machine, but it wasn't too long before one loaf of bread wasn't enough to feed our growing brood. That's when I started using Granny's recipe for our everyday bread and an even bigger batch of whole ...
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Just 11 short days after this photo was taken, our 5th child, Emily, died. To read her story click on her picture. To find resources for grieving families, visit The Grieving Mother section of this site. -
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Coding & Design
Header Design
Created using Mosquito Trail kit
by Nicole Perry