Monthly Meal Planning
Is it hard for you to think of what to have for dinner every night!? Here is how I meal plan for a month in a manner of minutes!
Tag: Everyday Life
New Beginnings: Finding Myself after Kids
I haven’t always been great at New Year’s resolutions, but I’m beginning to understand what it means to treat each day like it’s the beginning of the rest of your life. I am grateful for this knowledge because I am taking this year especially to take the time to rediscover me after bringing all my children into this world.
Overwhelmed after the Holidays
The holidays can be fun times filled with loved ones, but the aftermath can have us wanting to leave and not return for a long long time! Here’s how a mother of 10 is coping.
As the Year Ends
Since it is the end of the year, I thought it would be interesting, at least to me to list out everything that has happened for us this year, so I tried and quickly decided that it was in fact not that interesting. Instead, I have decided to add in the Christmas letter that we sent, just yesterday, to family and friends.
In Sickness and in Health
As we enter this winter season we reflect on past season in our home and realize with 12 people, someone is always sick!
Our Family Vans through the Years
Over the years Jacob has had to use some ingenuity to fit our family in our cars. Luckily we finally have a van to fit us all, but even then we needed to tweak some things!
The Biggest Fight We Ever Had
We are not ones to argue, with anyone, but this was our biggest argument that spanned over about a year. it’s from Jacob’s perspective and the lessons he learned from it.
Ambulances with Lily (Our Adventure Yesterday)
Our only daughter had a ride to the ER in an ambulance last night. Here’s what happened and what we can all learn from it.
How to Have the Best Christmas Ever with Kids
In 2013, we had the worst Christmas either of us could remember. We then learned a few secrets to making our family Christmas mornings and days more meaningful and memorable and we wanted to share them with you!
We Couldn’t Fathom having more than 2 Kids
We had other times when we wondered how we could manage with another baby but none so intense as after our second child.
Here’s that story and how we eventually had 10 kids.