Browsing Category: A Look at Our Life

Take a peak at what our life with 5 littles {including triplets} is like!

Playing Catch-Up

Phew! I keep thinking that there will soon be a day that I can breath. It’s been a whirlwind!

First off WELCOME to all of you that are here from my Write31Days series! A quick-bit about me: I’ve been blogging since November 2007, when I first started sharing about our infertility struggles, which then, by God’s grace, morphed into a mommy blog. My husband Matthew and I have been married for almost 10 years {the end of this month} and we have 5 kids {a 6 year old, 3-3.5 year olds, and a 5 month old}.

We live in rural upstate NY in a really old house {either 130 years old or 92 years old…it’s up for debate. I think it’s closer to the 130 years old}, in the town that we both grew up in. I’m originally from Ridgewood, Queens, NY, moved here when I was almost 4. My husband is obsessed with homesteading and is intent on doing that despite our 1/4 acre in the middle of town. This is our first year of homeschooling our oldest {more on that later}.

Last weekend I wrapped up #Write31Days of Pursuing Your Husband. I seriously hope that some of my ramblings helped you to be better equipped at pursuing your husband…I’d love to hear from you. It’s a learn processing, because we are constantly changing individuals. I’m not done writing about husbands and marriage. I don’t think I’ll ever be completely DONE with that topic.

During the end of October I also headed to Rochester, NY for the Raising Generations Today conference, which was fantastic! I’ve been writing for their blog for the past year or so {find those posts here}, which has been intimidating and wonderful all at once. It was pure joy hearing all of the fantastic speakers {Lisa-Jo Baker, Lisha Epperson, and Kate Battistelli were a few of my favorites}. Traci Michele did a great job of covering the highlights in a post on her blog.

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I went with my mom, my neighbor-friend, a friend from our mom group, and Sweet Pickle Peter! We had quite a bit of fun. Peter was perfect and loved meeting all the people. We even made friends with another momma who was there with her 6 month old little boy {also her 5th baby}. There was even an Ellie Holcomb concert {she was the 2014 Dove New Artist of the Year}.

It was a great couple of days away! There was so much to take away from the entire conference, September and her family have done an incredible job and have such a beautiful heart for motherhood. And of course, there is always the incredible swag bag and sponsor gifts that you get to take home too!

Swag Bag RGT

If you live in the north-east, or anywhere for that mother, and are looking for a christian conference that speaks to the hearts of mothers looking to not only raise their children, but to raise their child and grand children through the generations.  It’s about living in community with moms in all seasons, embracing each other on this life journey; then Raising Generations Today is for you! I’d love to see you there next year!

Then there was also Halloween and our oldest’s 6 birthday. Halloween was fun. I’ve been thinking about this year’s costume since before the triplets were born! Thanks to the magic that is my mother in law, we had an awesome costume theme going on! Peter was my flying monkey, but I never got around to wings or a vest {Avie wore that costume at a year old!}.

Halloween 2015I feel like I’m finally back into this blogging game! No promises on how often it will happen. How are you doing? I’d love to hear about what you’re family has been up to and how life is going! Leave me a comment or drop me an email 🙂

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Avelyn Turns 6

Now We Are Six…..I’ve thought about that Pooh Bear book of poems since the beginning.
It always seemed so far off…

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  • 46 3/4″ tall
  • 47lbs
  • Wearing a size 13 in shoes, 7/8 in clothes
  • Walks around constantly singing and whistling {to the point I’m going nuts!}
  • Loves science and math; handwriting and reading…not so much.
  • Loves all of her brothers and sister
  • Getting rather particular about her things
  • Has an incredible sense of fashion

For her birthday we decided to not get her anymore STUFF. In December we’ll be taking her to the Museum of Natural History and doing the “Night at the Museum” tour {she loved! that movie}.

In her own words:
1. What is your favorite color? All the colors. Blue in particular because it’s really pretty and it’s almost every where you look.
2. What is your favorite toy? Calico Critters
3. Favorite thing to play? Checkers
4. What is your favorite fruit? Bananas
5. What is your favorite TV show? Ella the Elephant
6. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Grilled Cheese Sandwich
7. What is your favorite outfit? Pants and t-shirts
8. What is your favorite computer game? PBS Kids
9. What is your favorite game? Tag
10. What is your favorite snack? Pineapple
11. What is your favorite animal? Pig
12. What is your favorite song? Schlaf Kindlein Schlaf {Sleep Baby, Sleep}
13. What is your favorite book? Guess How Much I love you?
14. Who is your best friend? Clare
15. What is your favorite cereal? The Magic Cereal with toys in it {no clue what it is}
16. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play and let the wind blow in my hair
17. What is your favorite drink? Farm Fresh
18. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
19. What is your favorite vacation we’ve taken? North Carolina, because we were on the beach for a week.
20. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? All my pillows and blankets
21. What is your favorite breakfast? Eggs, any kind of eggs, just not scrambled
22. What do you want for your dinner birthday? Pigs in a blanket and squash soup
23. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Mommy and a leaf-blower.

The video of this is so fun to watch…I have to see if I can get it to upload {it was giving me problems}.