Tag: Large Families

Less Than 100 Hours….

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The wedding is now just days away…and the added joy of this beautiful time is that most of our treasures will be coming home for it! Abi and her three little boys arrived Sunday night just in time for a late dinner! Ruby was very excited for everyone to come.  She loves her biggest sister,…

Nehemiah’s Celebration

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Yesterday our sweet Mr. Nehemiah Judson  celebrated his 11th birthday! {His 2nd birthday home!!} What a joy this fellow of ours is. We are hopelessly smitten. I know I say that about all my treasures, but seriously, this guy just brings such joy to our family. Easy-going. Unselfish. Kindhearted. Tender. Lover of God. Quick wit….

Oh How I Miss Him…

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When he was about six or seven years old we  stood talking in the kitchen…. just mom and son.   Suddenly he turned to me with the most serious expression and without hesitation announced,  “Someday I’m going to be in the army mommy.   It will be my way of thanking the United States for…

Sorry Babe….

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Dw’s been in a Africa for a few weeks  and since the yard desperately needed some weeding, the kids and I teamed up and started working with true determination. Dw has a saying he does with the kids. He will say,  “Team work…  then they finish in unison, “Makes the dream work.” Always kind of…

We’ve Gone Bananas

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We are often asked,  “How exactly do you afford all those kids?” I thought it would be helpful to begin to share a few of the many, many ways we work hard to live not only simply, but frugally and live in good health. Of course, first off,  we pray daily that God will multiply…

We Celebrate Liberty

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For years we prayed specifically for a bi-racial baby. We waited what seemed like forever. We prayed it daily as a family. We prayed the same thing over and over. “Lord, please would you bring us a bi-racial baby and we would really love an open adoption actually.” Although an open adoption might have sounded…

Mother’s Day for Me

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All year long I look forward to Mother’s Day. Not because I get a little break {although that definitely has its perks} but rather because of the joy of celebrating  the thing I love most about my life: being  a  Mom. Over the years culture has,  at times, placed little importance on the role of…

Still Bouncing….

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The other morning I was out walking, just sweet Ruby-girl and mommy. We have a couple mile loop we do…and every little bit I stop and give her a bite of her oatmeal and we get back at it.  We talk, we pray, we sing, we [literally] stop to smell the flowers…. and if her…

Pampering

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There are a bazillion nameable perks to being a Mom of Many… and then there are infinity blessings to being  Ruby’s mommy. I was thinking just yesterday  how much I would long for a camera to observe an average day in our home with Ruby. I just have a feeling that there would be many,…