Mothers Who Know

Meet the Family

My name is Brenda, and I have been married to my wonderful husband Sean, for about 15 years. We have been blessed with seven children so far. My oldest son, M, is 14. Then I have two daughters, Cata,11, and Ashes is almost 9. I then have two boys J, who is 7, and K, who is 5. Then its back to girls with L who is 3 and Princess Chaluba who is almost 1.

I am so excited to finally create this blog. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time. I was putting it off till the kids got older, but I keep seeing people with larger families than mine able to pull this off, so I figured I would give it a shot. There are so many things that I would love to write about - it will be hard to pick what to include in this blog, and what not to.

To start with, I figured I would give a basic description of who we are as a family. We do homeschool, and have for the past eight years (with the exception of a few months - a story for another post). We have been videos only for the past almost 7 months - no tv programs - however do to recent illnesses and the fact that mom was gone for the day - they did spend Sat watching  the science and food network channels.

I have nursed all my children, from a few months in the beginning, to the last four being exclusively nursed for about a year, and nursed until they were around 2 to 2.5. I have had them in a hospital, though I would love to have them at home. (again - another post).

We are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I will post my conversion story later on, but for now, I wll just say, that I have a very strong testimony of Jesus Christ as my Savior, the head of his church, and in his atoning sacrifice. I love my Heavenly Father, and seek always to follow his will in my life. We are the only members of our church in our family, and one of very few that attend any church.

I try to be a  keeper at home, though I will admit that organization is one of my main challenges. No matter how hard I try, I just cannot seem to keep the home as I would like it. My husband on the other hand was born organized. He is an absolutely amazing man. He provides for us so well. He just earned his Associates degree this month, and has up until then provided for us a wonderful big home, in a nice safe town, with all that we need, all on a high school diploma by virtue of his hard work and integrity. He is truly a gift from Heavenly Father.

Well, thats about it, I think. Breakfast time is over - dad was here this morning so we got off to a later start than normal, so I need to go get everyone rounded up for the days activities.

Welcome

02:53, Wednesday, November 14, 2007 .. Posted by Kitty

I for one am looking forward to reading your upcoming stories. I will return for another visit very soon, have a great day.......Kitty

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12:04, Thursday, November 15, 2007 .. Posted by blessedmomof10

Brenda,
You sound like you have been blessed with a wonderful family! I look forward to visiting again......
Blessings,
gloria