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It’s so funny, they deserve some linky love

I just received this via our contact form: Tattoo Manufacturing is the largest manufacturer of temporary tattoos in the world and I would like to invite you to partner with us as an affiliate. Life in a Shoe and tattoosales.com are a natural fit.  Your blog is raising a big family and we offer a product [...]

Save up to 33% on anything from Vision Forum

How? Like this: It’s been in my sidebar for several days, but I just found this banner with the expiration date.  Hurry!

Blogging ABC’s

I’ve seen this around the web, most notably at my BFF’s blog, and decided it would be fun to do here as well.  I have lots of links that I think are worth visiting regularly, so maybe you’ll find some of them useful as well. Here’s the deal: just open a new browser window or [...]

Our day out: the plan & the reality

I won’t try to fool you.  We had a good, solid, uneventful day.  It makes for calm nerves but not for riveting blog posts.  At times I actually found myself hoping something would go horribly wrong so I could blog it, but God mercifully ignored those thoughts.  If you’re looking for laughs, you’re more likely [...]

The plan

The plan for Tuesday: Nurse the baby. Shower. Nurse the baby again.  Change some diapers. Get 12 people up, dressed, fed and out the door by 7:30.   This includes making sure the dogs, chickens and new chicks are cared for. Drop Dad off at work, 52 miles away. Nurse the baby while we’re there. [...]

New banner in the sidebar

psst…just added a banner in the left sidebar that might be of some interest to nursing moms.  Exclusive discount code on already-low prices for a product we can’t leave the house without.  Take a look! edit: oops.  Due to technical difficulty, an entire widget mysteriously vanished from my sidebar.  This is in stark contrast to [...]

Oh, really?

Got Milk?

I panic needlessly. Don’t we all?

Today was a quiet day.  Seven of the children were gone in various directions, leaving me with just a 5yo, a toddler and a 6 week old baby. I decided to spend some extra time on school with 5yo Rachael, in between chores.  She’s nearly 6 and we have spent very little time on formal [...]

Free episode of Jonathan Park today

You’ll have to hurry, but today you can download a free complete episode of Jonathan Park!  Just go to Behemoth and scroll down for the daily freebie(s) or go straight to the daily freebie: http://bluebehemoth.com/freetoday/ This is an old-style audio adventure with an emphasis on creation science.  Very fun to listen to, and you and [...]

100+ Reasons to Have Children

Lately I’ve come across several lists of reasons not to have children.   I find it very sad and telling that nearly all of the authors’ reasons are based in immaturity, materialism, myths, and misconceptions.  Yes, children require work, money and personal sacrifice, but these are all things we do willingly because we love them.  These [...]

Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway for a free mp3 of the panel I was on in the Vision Forum Baby Conference, titled Managing the Logistics of a Large Family. Our 10 winners are: Kathryn Megan Goff April Kris Mays Tanya Koenig Roberta Jordin Shannon Mallory Casondra Kellogg Lindsey Congratulations!  I’ll be emailing [...]

Baby Conference recap

Read to the bottom for a giveaway.  Hey – wait!  No skipping ahead.  I worked hard on this post. It’s been quiet here on our blog, but that doesn’t mean life has been quiet for our family.  On the contrary, it’s been a whirlwind.  Last weekend was Vision Forum’s long-awaited Baby Conference!  Perry and I [...]

Beautiful and Wise

posted by Perry C. Photo courtesy of Carmon and Anna Friedrich @ Buried Treasure Books. Stay tuned for more!

Happy birthday, Deanna

Yes, we have another birthday in our family already.   We also have some positive proof of aging: our oldest child is 17.  If we have a 17yo daughter, then we must not be 17 any more.  Wow.  When did that happen? Deanna is the same age that Perry and I were when we got [...]