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Hi, I'm Kimberly. I'm a homeschooling mom of 11 and here on Raising Olives I share about what I've learned; tips, ideas and some of the ups and downs of managing a home and raising children for the glory of God.
When we moved to Knoxville, God blessed us with a beautiful, large home. At the time we prayed that He would enable us to use it for His glory. We prayed that, if it was His will, He would fill the house with children (we had 7 at the time) and we prayed that we…
The children and I have been scouring Pinterest for ideas to decorate using items that we already have. We paired these simple mason jar, Epsom salt candle holders with fresh greenery from our back yard, gold organza fabric (left over from a previous project), sparkly red and gold ball ornaments and the old classic string-of-lights-in-mason-jars…
You’ve probably seen these delightful smelling cinnamon/glue/applesauce Christmas ornaments before. We’ve made them several different years. This year we added puff paint and Sharpies to spiff up our ornaments and to make them do double duty as adorable gift tags. Cinnamon Ornaments 1 1/2 cups cinnamon 1 cup applesauce 1/3 cup white school glue Mix…
It’s summer and picnic season is in full swing and because we’re here to help the 4 Moms of Many are hosting a picnic recipe link-up today. Here’s your opportunity to garner some new ideas and be able to wow your guests with the great food. At least I’m hoping so because we’ll be attending…
We generally have simple birthday celebrations for a couple of reasons. First because planning a big birthday party can get complicated and second because of the expense of hosting a large birthday party. But every once in a while it’s nice to go big and Shindigz makes going big or staying little easy. Recently Shingdigz …
After years of not being able to make fun, pretty birthday cakes, the kids and I are completely addicted to crafting adorable cupcakes thanks to Hello, Cupcake! (Check out our hamburger and ant cupcakes and the spaghetti and meatball cupcakes.) So for Nicholas’ third birthday we decided to do both cowboy and horse cupcakes. These…
We have a great kitchen, it’s bigger than any kitchen we’ve ever had before. However, four out of seven top cabinets in our kitchen have open or glass fronts. Great for displaying pretty china or serving pieces, but not great if you have 10 kids and need the space for food storage. Despite my best…
Sheldon is a simple, fun pattern that is available free online. I knit this one up for Bella’s Christmas present. Sheldon’s ‘shell’ is removable which makes a fun possibility of making different shells for different occasions. It was a quick knit and is on my ‘do-again’ list as Colby (4) is enthralled with Bella’s Sheldon…
Or at least some of them do. You know what they say about the best laid plans… Yesterday I spent much of the day holding this precious sick baby girl and loving every single second of it. God is so very good that even in the midst of sickness, the direct result of sin,…
Last Friday afternoon I tackled the beautiful Rainbow cake featured on Martha Stewart.com. I had my HP Mini, (you know the one that I won with this humorous post about the kids waiting for a turn on our one computer) with the recipe on it in the kitchen with me and as I worked I…
