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.
Taking the responsibility to plan for and educate your own children is a huge commitment. I often think that it is a full time job, but in reality it is only a portion of the job to which God has called homeschooling moms. This week’s 4 Moms, 35 Kids topic is keeping up with housework in the…
This week 4 Moms of 35 Kids are answering reader questions. In response to Homeschooling: What about Single Moms?, Suzanne asked, I am a single mom who has homeschooled for the past 6 years. Yes it is a challenge. But God has been with me every step of the way. I need to seriously bring some income into…
Previous posts in the Large Family Logistics series: Interview with author Kim Brenneman Laying the Foundation: Goals and Self-discipline Managing Your Week Managing Your Day Since I’ve been struggling with exhaustion (thank you for your prayers, information and encouragement), these appendices in Large Family Logistics were encouraging and applicable to me. This is where Kim offers some…
Welcome to the 4 Moms, 35 Kids discussion of the book Large Family Logistics by Kim Brenneman. Previous posts in this series: Interview with author Kim Brenneman Laying the Foundation: Goals and Self-discipline Managing Your Week One of the most practical helps for me for managing our large family is having a daily routine. With twelve people…
Welcome to the 4 Moms discussion of the book Large Family Logistics by Kim Brenneman. Here are our previous posts in this series: Interview with author Kim Brenneman Laying the Foundation: Goals and Self-discipline This week we’re covering chapters 18-27 and talking about ordering your week. Some of the most helpful ideas for our family…
For the next four weeks the 4 Moms (or rather 5 Moms, thanks to the addition of Large Family Logistics author, Kim Brenneman) will be covering some of our favorite topics and ideas in LFL. (You can still get 40% off Large Family Logistics by using promo code 4MOMS at Vision Forum through today.) This week…
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow as the 4 5 Moms and you, blog through ‘Large Family Logistics’. Tomorrow we will be posting about chapters 1-17: Laying the Foundation. Link up your post on any of the 4 Moms blogs and it will be featured on all four. I recently purchase a large basket of…
This week the 4 Moms are interviewing Kim Brenneman author of Large Family Logistics the book and the blog. Kim has graciously agreed to answer some questions about managing a large family.
Simplify: Part 1 A little more than a month ago Mark said that he thought we should simplify. We were hoping to move to a place with some property and that would mean that our home size would probably diminish significantly. Generally in our relationship, Mark tends to be the one more hesitant get rid of…
Welcome to this edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage. This week we’re talking lunch. Since homeschoolers are generally home every day for lunch we have the ability to serve hot, homemade lunches to our children every day, in theory. It generally doesn’t work out that way in our home. When…
