About
Welcome to our family blog. We are a Christian homeschooling family of 11, soon to be 12. Yes, there's just one boy so far. He's ok with that.
See our 2008 family photo here.
The family bloggers:
- Pc3 (Dad)
- KimC (Mom) (I also manage and blog at Frugal Hacks)
- Deanna - 16yo
- Kittykait (Kaitlyn) - 14yo
- Liddybug (Lydia) - 12yo
- Megan - 11yo
and the rest of us:
- Natalie - 9yo
- (Re)Becca - 8yo
- Rachael - 5yo
- Sarah - stillborn in '03
- The Boy (Perry IV) - 3yo
- Bethany Grace, 1yo
- Baby Coghlan, due May 2010
Our other sites:
- Frugal Hacks, owned by Mom, with multiple contributors
- Princess Adelina, a site dedicated to marketing our book
- Geneva Bible Pages, our family business
A few things about us:
- We live in Texas on 5 acres.
- Our house is smaller than you think.
- We love books.
- We have a constantly changing assortment of pets, including but not limited to tarantulas, snakes, praying mantids, and various mammals.
- The girls in our family wear mostly skirts, most of the time.
- All of our children were born at home.
- Yes, we drive a 15 passenger van. What else would we drive?
- We all spend way too much time on the computer.
Need to know more? Or do you know something we need to know?
What beautiful daughters you have! Your husband has alot of work ahead of him interviewing potential husbands : ) Your little guy I’m sure is the apple of everyone’s eye in your family.
What a great looking family. Praise the Lord for your blessings. I enjoy your blog and get inspiration from your posts.
Take care!
Oh, how I would love to have 7 girls. My dd wants to move next door to you
She asked if we could visit you.
Blessings,
Linda
Just thought I would add that I wouldn’t trade in my five boys
but wouldn’t mind adding in seven girls 
Blessings,
Linda
What a beautiful family!
Would it be possible to add the kids ages or year of birth next to their names to help us keep track of who’s who? I’m glad in your posts you say things like “Becca, our 6-yo…” Very helpful! LOL
Now I know who you are!!!! lol!
My father and I met your husband and some of your daugthers at this year’s VF father/daugther retreat!! 
My b-day is July 12th!
Congratulations on your new little blessing!!
Rebekah,
If you get the Return of the Daughters DVD by the Botkin daughters, you’ll see my daughter and my husband in the footage from this year’s father/daughter retreat.
Oh, how neat! I can’t wait to get the DVD! It’s going to be so wonderful!
We have 6 girls and have just had a baby boy. It is different isn’t it? Mine is only 2 months old. Just thinking about his future is different.
Anyway, I did some poking around on your blog(and the old one) and read some of the contraversy about blanket training and child rearing.
I wanted to encourage you in your approach. We did blanket traingin before it was “a thing”. I love the rule you posted for blanket training!! We have also done carpet training, room training, and genrel “do as I say ” training. We have well behaved kids that are such a blessing to us and I am sure yours are to you.
The proof is in the fruit. I don’t just love my kids, I love being with my kids!! We have a great relationship. I wouldn’t trade that for anything! I am so glad God had revealed the truth to me about traing my children so early in my journey.
I see where you girls are taking over things for a while. They remind me of my girls! They are so great and loving and responsible.
Thanks for the great read. Keep it up! It is encouraging.
I just stumbled upon your blog and am very much enjoying reading it! You’re a fount of wisdom – oh Mother of 10 (I have only two…and I’m struggling??). You have a beautiful family, and you write very well, to boot. (and you have time….when?). I’ll be bookmarking this page for regular reading. Season’s Greetings!
What a beautiful family! I found your blog researching Vision Forum products (last night of the big sale) and i am so excited!! It’s always nice to find encouragement out there and i will be returning often. My husband and i have 4 boys and 5 weeks ago welcomed our first GIRL to the family. It’s a whole new (pink) world and we are all over the moon in love with her. The trick will be to keep her from becoming spoiled as she gets older… I sometimes panic that i don’t know how to raise a girl. I have studies raising boys endlessly, but this is a whole new ballgame. I will be pouring over your blog for tips and ideas.
ok – off to order the elsie dinsmore library
I am very happy to see you are a supporter of Vision Forum, which as far as I can tell is a truly honorable Christian company that supports values I embrace wholeheartedly. And your sweet family photo depicts a family that would embrace the high standards of Vision Forum. On the other hand, another company linked on your site is more troubling, i.e., CBD. Their motto is “Everything Christian…for Less.” The “Everything Christian” part is just a tad untrue, because as of this writing they sell high school study guides for very indecent, debauched, distinctly unChristian novels. These are novels containing profanity, explicit sex, perversion, etc. Examples are One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey), Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut), Bless Me Ultima (Anaya), The Bluest Eye (Morrison), Animal Dreams (Kingsolver), The Bean Trees (Kingsolver), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Marquez), When I Was Puerto Rican (Santiago), Fallen Angels (Myers), and NUMEROUS others. CBD knows the nature of these novels for which they sell guides because they have been informed in detail. The Christian philosophy of Vision Forum and CBD are obviously completely at odds based on what CBD is willing to sell, and CBD is at odds with itself in that it violates its own motto. I think these CBD study guides are aimed at homeschoolers, so I would be very interested to know if there are Christian homeschoolers who study such indecent novels as part of their curriculum. I know that public school systems and the American Library Association push such novels on kids. I mean no unkindness in this but am just thinking that many Christians are probably unaware CBD sells these things. I realize that amazon.com sells similar stuff, but the big difference is that amazon.com makes no pretense of being Christian.
You all look great, I am so proud to call you all my family. I tell everyone about your clan. Make sure you get your rest Kimberly and tell the girls we love them!
A beautiful family. I only have 5, four girls and a boy. I keep telling my husband he’s walking now, he’s not a baby…hint hint. Anyway, many blessings, as I’m sure you will receive.
Hi. I love your website and I’m enjoying reading through it. Your family is beautiful. It is nice to see who is behind the wriings and meet their families. You must be proud. May God continue to bless your life.
Congratulations on your next child , soon to arrive. Love and hugs to all of you.
You have a beautiful family!
I just found your blog searching for VF coupons. I think you are darling, too! I also saw that you are going to be at the hs conference in Houston. I hope to see you there! I am looking forward to reading the rest of your posts.
Sheryl
congrats on your new little one!
we have 7 kids, 5 girls!
Love the site and the pic of the family. God has surely blesses you… Hugs
We’re gonna need an updated photo and list of kids and ages now!
I love your family picture. I hope it’s OK to post it on my personal blog. I’m doing a posting about the number 8. You have 8 children in this picture, and 8 living daughters now so it’s perfect. I also suffered a stillbirth and I love that you included your angel baby here! It’s only positive. I have also featured another family from Oregon with 8 children.
You have a lovely family. What beautiful girls! I have 7 boys so far – maybe #8 will be my girl? Secretly I’m praying for twin girls LOL
Congratulations on your newest baby!
i cannot believe you’re grown up and with such a beautiful family — please help me get in touch w/your mom, Carol — I emailed you a message
Patty
It’s nice to see your family. I have six girls, they are so much fun. It’s just amazing watching them grow up, isn’t it?
I’ve stopped by and meandered through your blog a bit. I just wanted to let you know that it inspires me and brings my heart joy. My husband and I have *gasp* five kids (12yob, 10yob, 6yog, 3yog, and 8mog). Our current baby was also born in June 2008 (the 25th – at home). We love having a big family and would feel very blessed to have more. I honestly hope it’s God’s will. Only families such as yours seem to get that and it’s so refreshing. Kids are BLESSINGS!
(But, yes, moms of many still have hard moments sometimes…lol…we’re still only human.) Anyway, keep up the wonderful work! It’s truly great!!!
I am new to your blog. I do really enjoy it! What a beautiful family! We are a fellow large homeschooling family as well. We have 14 children ages 14 down to 1 years old. Eight biological and six adopted from Liberia Africa. (Eight girls and six boys) . I am looking forward to reading more of your blog!
Okay now I’m actually SEARCHING for those elusive clues (and enjoying finding them in hindsight – good job!), and here it is right smack dab in front of everyone, lol! Congratulations again!
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What a gorgeous family!
Hi!
I saw you linked in my referrals and wanted to come by to meet you!
What a wonderful family and fun blog!
Wish you were in Wisconsin…thought one of those puppies might have been meant for us.
We are waiting for God to send us the dog He wants us to have.
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I look forward to getting to know you and your family thru your blog!
Donna Boucher
What a great family. We are homeschooling six and also spend WAAAAAAAAY too much time on the computer.
How lovely to find your site! I came here from the homeschool blog awards.
Blessings
Mrs. White in Vermont
You truly are blessed with such a lovely looking family.
Hello… Forgive the weird question, but as far as the skirt-wearing goes, is it all right in your book for girls to wear pants? More importantly, how about in God’s? I understand that “a woman shall not wear a man’s garment”, but my pants really shouldn’t be mistaken for a guys’ style.
I totally respect your decision in wearing mostly skirts, but a lot of the activities I do require different measures- plus, I simply prefer pants. Therefore, I needed a Christian family’s guidance on the matter (seeing as where I’m from they’re quite few and far between), and I have yet to get a solid answer… My conscience is sound on most of what I wear, seeing as I try to stick with modesty, but I thought a second opinion couldn’t hurt. Upon stumbling on this blog, I figured God was giving me the opportunity to ask. Thank you! God bless you this new year!