This post is sponsored by Mirum, but opinions expressed are my own. I always laugh when people talk about being a “boy mom” or someone comments on a mom who has THREE boys. I have eight boys…nothing scares me. Judah with the dead mole he begged me to let him keep as a pet! Truth …
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Large Family Tips: How to Have an Awesome Summer Large Family Tips for an Awesome Summer It’s official here in the Pacific Northwest, summer break is here and the official beginning of summer is just around the corner. Parenting 14 kids for the last 22 years has taught me plenty about how to have an …
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Six Life Skills to Teach Before Your Kids Leave Home Leaving Home: Is He Prepared? Judah isn’t our first child to leave home. In fact, Judah is our sixth child to move out of the house. But his move has been different than the others and feels more daunting somehow. Keziah, Ezra, and Boaz all …
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Anxiety Rears it’s Ugly Head: Why I Hate Teaching My Kids to Drive I hate teaching my kids to drive. That’s no secret. I’ve written about it here numerous times. But I had a sudden epiphany the other day. It isn’t about the driving. It isn’t about getting in a moving vehicle with a teenager …
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Apollo is three days post-concussion and doing great. He seems to be back to his normal self but we are taking it really easy. The crazy conundrum of recovering from a concussion is Apollo needs to keep his physical activity down, but we also have to limit screens. In addition, anything requiring too much brain …
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How We Became a Multicultural International Family It all started in one day in Florida. I was on my second Teen Missions team and Chuck was a leader. It wasn’t love at first sight. Far from it, actually. But it eventually became love and 23 years later we have a multicultural international family. And it’s …
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Mother’s Day had a rather interesting start this year. First, the dog wouldn’t stop barking. Then I heard incessant knocking on the door. And since I am the only one who can dear a Dog Barking and Door Knocking first thing in the morning, I was the one who got to answer the door in …
Our family recently went through some of the most difficult days we’ve had as a family. I’m not going to go into the details (because of my No Fresh Blood on the Walls Policy.) I have many stories that I plan to tell one day. Time and perspective are great healers. For instance, the story …
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Teaching Our Kids to be Independent In a Scary World Raising Independent Kids in a Scary World It’s a scary world out there. Kidnapping. Sex Traffickers, Social Media. We all want to keep our kids safe. We all want them to be independent adults. But first things first. The truth is there has never been a …
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Dairy Queen, Zambia, Spring Weather, and More Warning: really bad iPhone photos ahead because I have not mastered the art of phone photography. Living in a large family is exciting, illuminating, exasperating, but never, ever, boring. Here’s a little update on us. You know what’s really dangerous? Living with a teenage girl who works at …
