Tag: Large Families

He’s Not a Deadbeat Dad {Part 4}

Linny Saunders47 Comments

Yesterday did not turn out as planned.  You’d think after all these years as a Mom of Many that I would learn that I shouldn’t plan anything to ‘turn out as planned’ because that doesn’t happen often. Sooo trusting Him and His timing, here’s what I was going to write: After writing the first three…

Taunting Mommy

Linny Saunders65 Comments

Friday night was an especially sweet all around memory-making night. After dinner, the little ones were being exceptionally rowdy.  There is a long hall, with a tile floor, leading off the kitchen to the three kids bedrooms.   They have enjoyed racing down that hallway quite a few times. Sliding.  Racing.  Screaming.  Giggling. This particular…

Autumn’s Wedding Pictures

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Twenty-three years ago today, the Lord brought a precious treasure into the world.  She would arrive on the first day of Autumn for 1989…and surprise, surprise, the Lord already had prompted us to name her Autumn…how cool is that? She would arrive in the ambulance as her birth mom was headed to the hospital –…

Meeting the Neighbors

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It’s been “one of those days”. The kind where the kids come in to tell me that two of them {one who doesn’t speak English yet and another girl-sib} have been throwing rocks over the fence into the neighbors yard and pool. Joy of joys. Somehow it seems much more fun and almost “expected” to…

Itsy-Bitsy Baby Steps

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James Dobson {founder of Focus on the Family} once wrote a book, “Parenting Isn’t for Cowards.”  Seriously, he wasn’t kidding, was he?  Whether these treasures come home through adoption, birth, foster children or anything in between, parenting takes oodles of wisdom.  The kind of wisdom that only Almighty God can give. I have to tell…

Pictures

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Today While Liberty made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies {which were scrumptious}  Emma attempted to make a homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte with the Espresso machine bought for $1.00 at a yard sale {delightfully yummy} and Jubilee watched her three younger brothers wrestle with daddy again today {Our newest little guy is lovin’ the wrestlin’ with Daddy…

Our Precious Surprise from the Lord

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Disclaimer:  The story we’re about to tell is bittersweet. There is pain, heartache and brokenness.   Yet, because of God’s great mercy and abundant grace,  there will be healing, restoration and continual evidence of His faithfulness. We thank you, ahead of time, for praying for all of us in this journey. “Delight yourself in the LORD…

Bears, Balloons and Blessings

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We arrived yesterday in Pagosa Springs.  I think they moved it because the drive seemed sooo long.   Or maybe it was because we had just come back from a 6,200+ mile road trip.  {haha} Autumn’s best friend, Molly, had flown to Phoenix to ride with us to the wedding.  Molly is “Benjamin’s” sister.  She…