MARRIED LIFE

Today I decided, based on a request to go to Lifeway, to take all of the kids out for a few errands today. I had two shockingly similar conversations today.Convo 1 - At LifewayYour kids are very well behaved, do you run a day care?They are all mine.You are very blessed!Thank you!What do you do&he...

It would be really nice to get a good hard storm without the hail and tornadoes! I love the stormy weather, but I don't like having to question where to put my children to sleep. My 3 oldest are hard sleepers and it's about impossible to wake my oldest son up. I have had to…

I have always told my children that they will always be my babies. This morning this is the conversation that I had with my 3 year old son, Isaiah.Me - I love you Isaiah, you are my sweet baby boy.Isaiah - I'm not your baby.Me - but Isaiah you will always be my baby boy.Isaiah…

Tomorrow is huge for a couple reason and I couldn't have picked a better date to have so much to remember by.Tomorrow Jonathan and I will have been together for 10 years. They have been the best 10 years of my life! 10 years ago I was a scared high school graduate, unsure if I…

I just wanted everybody to know that I'm still alive. My life is so crazy and busy that I don't know what to do with myself sometimes. I have 8 wonderful children and they keep me running. I don't even know where to start. A friend of mine lost her 7 week old baby last…

It doesn't seem like 2 years ago today I had my little Mercy! I can't believe how quickly time flies, she is such a smart beautiful young lady. She is constantly amazing me with how bright and beautiful she is. At birth!At 1!At 18 Months!At almost 2, holding her baby brother, yep you can't tell&h...

Mercy's Birth StoryThe Business of Being BornAre we poisoning our kids?I keep saying I'm going to write here, and I promise I will be writing more soon. I've miss so much of my favorite peoples lives here on OD. Things with the whole church situation have pretty much turned my life upside down. I...

I've been trying to figure out what to say today about September 11th and what happened 7 years ago today, but the words have failed me. I remember getting up and checking the Internet before class for the day. I remember being so tired that it seemed like a dream. I remember calling up stairs&he...

I received a letter in the mail today from a lady at our church. It has truly blessed my heart and so I wanted to share it with you in hopes that you to will send on encouragement to others in need. This letter was addressed to me and 3 other ladies at my church.…

Mercy's Birth StoryThe Business of Being BornAre we poisoning our kids?That's right, it's finally final, I'm a mother of 7 now. :) The adoption went through without any problems. In other news we may be making a trip to Montana in the next couple months to see my bio mom. My cousin who is using&h...