Category Archives: large family

Bella’s Bash

In case you hadn't noticed, we love babies.  We love crossed eyes, soft coos, loud burps, floppy snuggles, sweet smiles, cute cries and a reason to celebrate. With our last baby (Nicholas, our ninth) ...

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Can We Trust God?

Before our marriage Mark and I decided to  trust God with planning our family.  We would allow Him to bless us with children when and how He wished. However, after the very difficult birth that we experienced with Matthew,  Mark and I began to doubt.  God had blessed us with 3 children in two and ...

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11 Tips for Tidy Bedrooms

Since tomorrow's 4 Moms, 35 Kids open house area is bedrooms (you are going to link up, aren't you?), I thought I'd share some of our tips to make it easier to keep large family bedrooms tidy.  I'm no expert in this area.  Although I've ...

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Little Kids and Bed Making

This Thursday the 4 Moms, 35 Kids open house area will be the bedrooms (don't forget to be ready to link up).  Here is a tip to help the children manage their own bedrooms by making their ...

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Updated Chore List for Our Large Family

Scroll down for a fun froggy scavenger hunt and super giveaway. Having twelve people living in our home it is important for everyone to pitch in and help with everyday tasks.  This allows us to serve others, do fun activities, projects and trips.  I wrote about the importance of chores, how we train our children to ...

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Not Me: Spoiling the Baby

Our whole family is NOT completely goo-goo over our sweet new baby girl.  We are a sensible, productive family so tiny ears, crossed eyes and soft skin are NOT enough to make us all want to just sit around holding and admiring a tiny baby. Isabella was NOT over ...

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My Life at the Moment

I'm getting quite spoiled because my hubby and kids are amazing.  After I finished nursing the baby on Monday morning I came out to find that the kids were finishing their chores and Mark was already washing the assigned laundry loads for the day (laundry systems for large families). You wonder if it gets ...

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Does It Get Easier? – Guest Post From Amy

Today's post is from Amy who blogs at Raising Arrows.  Amy is the mother of soon-to-be seven children and has lived through what most parents pray that they will never experience, the death of a child. Amy blogs about parenting, homeschooling and life in this imperfect world at Raising ...

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Not Me: New Baby

When Colby (3) first saw Isabella's umbilical cord he did not say, " Mommy why is hers private not in hers diaper?" My feet and ankles are not still swollen nearly beyond recognition (thanks to all of the IV fluids).  IF they were swollen my kids would not add insult to injury by writing "MOM" on ...

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She’s Here

Our adorable baby girl was born this morning at 7:45 a.m! Both mommy and baby are doing well. here are her stats: Weight: 8 pounds 9 ounces. Length: 21 inches. Thank you ...

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