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• Sythroid + Sleep + Not Pregnant = Awesome

  I am feeling really good. On Wednesday I washed laundry, ran almost three miles, schooled four children, had a Russian class, baked six loaves of bread, folded... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• On Having Six Children

  I just tucked Eleanor into bed. It has been a long Sunday today; we hosted church followed by a group dinner for twenty people. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Long Slog Home

  At five am last Saturday morning we finally stumbled in to our house, shooed the children out of the toy room, put them to bed, and fell into bed ourselves righ... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Still In America

  I am writing this post from my parents' house in North Carolina. If all had gone according to plan (ha), I would have been writing this post from Dushanbe - or... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Brandon Shows Up, Shortly Followed by William

  

  Brandon did, in fact, make it out of Dushanbe on Monday, although nine hours later than the flight was supposed to leave, at three in the afternoon instead of... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Turkish... Again and Then AGAIN

  Right now my children are all gathered around the fire in my parents' family room, listening to a story on a quiet Sunday afternoon. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Party All The Time

  We've now been back in the States for just over a month. And in that month the children have gone camping with their cousins, we've had a play date with ninetee... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Dinner by Costco

  As I mentioned earlier, I am now a lone woman (and adult, for that matter) in my parents' house. They have a former sister missionary who is getting married in... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Home Churching, Again

  One of the things I've bean eagerly anticipating while in the US is regular church. There are some definite benefits of home-churching - an hour and a half... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Trip

  After enjoying a perfectly lovely Christmas, Brandon and I had to finish off packing the next day in preparation for our early Monday morning departure. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Christmas Catch-Up

  

  This year we celebrated Christmas a day early. We were getting picked up for the airport at 2:30 Monday morning, so Brandon and I decided that we would have a... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How the Mighty Are Fallen

  I have always sworn that I would never own a smartphone. I also said that about a Kindle. And now, of course, we have four Kindles, which I absolutely love. I... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Edwin

  

  Last week Edwin turned seven. I always feel for people with birthdays around Christmas. Everyone is already celebrating Christmas and oh, that's right - it's... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Turkish Strikes Again!

  This past summer our R R plans got changed around a bit. We were set to fly through Istanbul on Turkish Airlines and then that coup-thing happened. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thanksgiving and Christmas!

  Last last Thursday was Thanksgiving. As a child, my family spent as many Thanksgivings as possible with my dad's brother, his wife and their eight children in... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living in Dushanbe: Heat

  It's been cold here in Dushanbe for the last week. Today the weather finally got above freezing, something that hasn't happened for a week. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Baby Update

  This past week I finally crossed into the final home stretch of my sixth pregnancy. It's always such a relief to make it to the viable-if-there's-a-problem stag... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Come Party at the Sherwood's

  Way (way) back when I was in college I moved into a new apartment complex and ward mid-year. I knew none of my roommates and only one girl in the ward, having... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Joseph!

  Joseph turned five this week. Brandon and I were gone on his actual birthday, so he was very happy to celebrate a few days early. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Dubai

  This morning, around five am (gotta love those random flights!) Brandon and I got home from Dubai. Back in the spring we watched some friends' children and... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING