I’m Back!

I have been off the computer for a few weeks due to a messy hard drive crash.
I did use my time wisely, though.  My laundry is looking better (I reduced the pile by HALF!) and I have been re-organizing our learning spaces.  I need more time though…  (I won’t even deny that I wonder how [...]

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Cleanin up my heart….

Darn those kids!  They show you so many things about yourself that you have to work on.  I am so old…(ok I only feel old)…that I find I want to throw a temper tantrum like a three year old when it comes to too much change.  What is wrong with me? 
Growing pains.
The house [...]

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Organizing Clothing for My Large Clan

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New Beginnings…

And so we begin another school year. It is chaotic…there is a mess in neat little piles everywhere…books, papers, school supplies…
even though we try to keep up with the dishes, the meal times seem to come on us faster and faster and we just can’t keep up! the kitchen could use a fire hose [...]

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family life meets parish life

I have been thinking a lot about who we are as a family. I really do think that each family has a unique charism. It seems to be a theme that has been coming up so much that I am starting to take notice…like the Holy Spirit is tapping me on the head…
I [...]

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Ultrasound today….

Today I saw a very beautiful and precious sight…
a very healthy baby squirming and stretching…
a very beautiful SON
The children are OVERJOYED
We just tied the ranks…4 boys, 4 girls!
Please keep me in your prayers.  They are helping.  At least I am having some good nights instead of all bad ones.
Please keep praying!!
May God bless you all [...]

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Really needing prayers, please!

I am pregnant with my 8th child (7th pregnancy)…and something weird is beginning to happen to me…
There are times I don’t know how to keep on coping with my symptoms. What are they? Good question!
I suffered through them during most of 3 pregnancies and now they are just beginning to happen again. [...]

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What have I been up to?

well…lets see…
I am trying to shed the last of this first trimester nausea….I have come up for air and I have found that my house needs a fire hose and a snow shovel to  make it look better.
…and no volunteers in sight!   wonder why….hmmm…
We were just survival-schooling for awhile.   Meaning…taking it slow and hitting the [...]

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Mom?

Dd (7yo) was doing some independent reading and when she finished the book, she sighed, closed the book and asked:
“Do you think Noah had a place for the fishes too?”
Me: “Noah?”
Yes, you know, like Noah and the ARK?
oldest twin dd(14:  “I think the big place that he prepared on the outside of the Ark was [...]

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A holy moment…

Preparing for the sacraments is such a special time for our family. We have been helping our dear daughter prepare for her First Holy Communion for months. The big day was yesterday and was hectic, but over in a flash. Like all perfect family moments this event was no exception to [...]

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