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.
Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week Connie, KimC and The Headmistress and myself are sharing our tips for feeding the troops while traveling without going bankrupt. Traveling with a large family can be expensive. Gas, lodging, activities and food can all add up. One…
Welcome to this week’s edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week the 4 moms are talking about baking bread, sharing our recipes and inviting you to link up. Our family has been baking our own whole wheat bread for more than 10 years, well except for the pickled wheat…
My friend Kimarie has been overrun with eggs, 524 of them to be exact and while our family does not have chickens and between our regular consumption of eggs and my recent stint of throwing cartons of them on the floor, never have a surplus, we are always willing to help a friend in need…
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…
When I was a young teen, my mother had me make this recipe to accompany dinner one evening. It was an instant success and from that point on it was my specialty. In our home we still use this occasionally. It’s a nice treat and is always a hit. It also makes a lovely side…
Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week we’re talking about cooking with kids. Do you want your 12 year old to be able to say, “Mom, don’t worry about dinner tonight. I’ll make it.” ? Do you want to be able to ask your 9…
We regularly do once-a-month freezer cooking, but we do it in a way all our own. We bulk freezer cook with 4 other families once every two months. We pend several hours on Saturday morning preparing the food and each family takes home 40-50 meals for their freezer. Freezer cooking is one of the things…
Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week we’re sharing our favorite soup, stew or other cold weather recipe. Be sure to read to the bottom of the post to see more and to link up one of your own. Be sure to visit the other…
This super easy crock pot recipe for chocolate-peanut clusters is ideal for last minute gift giving. Over the past two days the children and I have made hundreds of goodies to pass out to our neighbors and friends. We chose 6 fairly simple recipes, doubled and quadrupled them and then put an assortment of each…
Is it Thursday already? When did time start going so quickly? Does that mean I’m getting old? It’s time for another4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage topic. This week we’re sharing some of our tips for feeding company. Be sure to visit the other 4 Moms to read what they have to…
