big family life

The Future for Us and This Blog

There is this one question people keep asking me lately. 1.) Are you moving this summer? Do you have orders…

6 years ago

My 4 Favorite Homemaking Hacks for 2018

I love Christmas break. Time off from spelling tests, chauffeur duties, graded papers, packing lunches, and best of all I'm…

6 years ago

How To Overcome Your Stress Ball Ways

***Ad disclosure: This post contains links to Crystal Paine e-courses. I do earn a profit when you sign up for…

7 years ago

Funny Fridays: Taking 6 Kids to an Art Museum & Other Stories

When we went to D.C. this summer, I insisted we go and visit my favorite painting in the world, which…

7 years ago

Why Is It a Good Idea to Pay Your Kids for Chores?

Lately, I've started a system where each of our boys has a couple of new chores he must do each…

7 years ago

Stitch Fix: Full Review & How it Works

***Disclosure: This post does contain Stitch Fix ad links. If your purchase through these links, I do receive compensation. However,…

7 years ago

10 Reasons Why We Don’t Have a Dog

#6. The 1st year we live in a place, we are basically friendless, so we don't even have anyone to…

7 years ago

4 Almost Free Ways to Spend Time Together as a Family + Giveaway

As much as we'd love to be a Disney family, high tailing it off to Orlando a few times a…

7 years ago

Baseball Time!!

It's that time of year again. Baseball time! And to get it kicked off, I wrote a story about our…

7 years ago

36 Reasons I Love Being 36

This month I turned 36 years old. That sounds so weird to me, so I took a good hour to…

7 years ago