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.
If you’ve read Raising Olives for long, you probably know that if I can remember what happened during the week I have plenty of fodder for a “Not Me” post. Last week was no different. But rather than visiting RO and giggling at our family, you were treated to a day of silence. It all…
Continued… Since this is a birth story, here is a simpler version for my male readers and for any children who may read Raising Olives. Because of the events that occurred in the first part of this story, Mark and I scheduled an induction, several hours later we had our second daughter, a healthy, screaming…
The birth of our second child is two stories intertwined. Often we don’t see God’s providence and mercies to us, but then every once in a while we get a glimpse, we see how intricately our stories are woven with the stories of others and how it all works together to make a beautiful…
This is the birth story of our first child. Since this is a birth story, I decided to do a simpler version for my male readers and for any children who may read Raising Olives. For men and children readers: I went into labor and a very long time later our baby was born, a…
I realize that I haven’t posted much about this pregnancy and there are a few reasons for that. One is that my pregnancies are fairly typical. I generally experience between 16-24 weeks of morning sickness and exhaustion followed by a time of relative energy and then head into the last trimester with the normal discomforts…
Back by reader request, the baby bump: tenth pregnancy, third trimester. Chantelle dubbed this the ‘magic’ shirt, I’m inclined to agree. Our baby will be here in two months, Lord willing. Time is going quickly and I have a long list of things that I hope to accomplish before our little one arrives. My list:…
This post is about dreams, pregnancy dreams. I typically have two types of dreams when I’m pregnant. The phenomenon fascinates me. I either have horrible, nightmare-ish type dreams where I wake crying or in a panic or I have lovely dreams about a peaceful birth and that dream-like time with a newborn. When I was…
Nicholas will be two in less than a week. It’s been nearly two years since Nick was born and nearly two years since he sustained a birth injury. Before Nicholas was born I enjoyed his constant movement and energy as he spent his days (and nights) kicking and squirming. I thought that he was a…
Let me assure you, posting a picture of my tenth time pregnant belly was NOT my idea. As a matter of fact when I asked Amber (13) to take the picture she gasped, “You’re not going to post that on the blog are you?” However, I aim to please and Holly who blogs at Victoriously…
Well here we are closing in on week 16, feeling better and getting caught up around the house. I’m thankful that my nausea didn’t last as long as it often does for me and have been rejoicing in good health again. During the last 3 1/2 months I’ve lived on sub sandwiches, seriously. Breakfast, lunch…
