Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Be Fruitful and Multiply

As you can probably guess I am from a huge family. I am one of seven kids and my parents each came from large families. My mom had five siblings and my dad had ten. As of right now I have twenty-one nieces and nephews with one on the way. Plus my parents have just had their first great-grandchild. My uncle who we always kid we are in competition with has twenty-four grandchildren. The family joke has always been if you don't know of anyone that's pregnant in the family it is just because they haven't told yet! Right now we have four expecting (and one that just had a miscarriage :(  ) We are a fertile bunch or as some have told us "a horny bunch" lol. I am glad that I am not the pregnant one this time around! I have horrible pregnancies and it greatly irritates me to hear people saying how great they feel while pregnant... all I do is throw-up and feel like throwing-up for nine months. I will take as many babies as God would give me, but just would like to skip the pregnancy part. So although happy it isn't me I congratulate all of those that are expecting and can't wait to see and hold the little bundles of joy! One thing our family is really really good at is making cute kids ;)
"And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living animal that moveth upon the earth." Genesis 1:28
"And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth" Genesis 9:1
"As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it. " Genesis 9:7

Friday, April 15, 2011

Bullet Points From a Mom on the Run

    Well today is one of those rainy dreary days. I decided that we would get a lot done today- we would get this house cleaned up, do homework, and I could get some sewing done with all my extra time. That was a JOKE!! I have done nothing but chase kids and hold a fussy lil Sweet Cheeks all day (who isn't really that little at 24 lbs.).
    I received a magazine a little while ago with an article about how to manage and organize a family... after holding onto it for weeks planning on getting some great info about what I must be doing wrong- I just now threw it away! You have to have time to read said magazine to glean any useful info, right? Maybe if it was written in bullet points I could get a few pointers in a day. So with that in mind I decided that bullet points should be the new fad and we wouldn't have to actually stop long enough to read complete sentences. Maybe you "moms on the run" will be able to read my "accomplishments" list:
  • Got up extra early to accomplish a lot!
  • started kids on homework by 7
  • finished said homework at 3! ugh!
  • cooked and cleaned and remessed kitchen
  • babysit one extra kid making the grand total 6
  • carried baby 90% of the day = one very achy back!
  • wished for ear plugs at least one thousand times- genie delivered 0
  • went outside with kids to enjoy the stall in the rain = four wet and muddy kids (they ran into the muddy garden and then tried to clean selves off with the hose)
  • napped- none
  • sewed - none
  • cleaned - none
  • brushed my teeth or took a shower - not a chance!!
  • made it through the day - hopefully... see if there are any more posts, if not you can safely assume that I have jumped fallen over the edge!
"Lazy people are soon poor;hard workers get rich."   Proverbs 10:4
   I am sure that I will soon be rich (if I ever have the time to work ;)