Medical Update and a life changing announcement!

Many of you think of me as somebody who is invincible or super human for keeping our unique family running. The truth is I live each day in chronic pain with a body that I sometimes get mad at since, it is so wore out at only 31 years old. I have a super high …

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The 4 C’s to making our Marriage Strong

Nov 5, 2010 Michael and I were engaged. It was not the princess fairy tale proposal movies show but I've never regretted saying, "YES!".  A few people were jealous, some said we were too young, some reminded us that military marriages have a really high divorce rate, but most people were really excited for us. …

“With 7 kids…You must love one more or have a favorite? Who is it?”- Sunday Question Answered

I get asked some form of this question daily from strangers. My answer is always the same, "They are 7 different people, with 7 different personalities. Each of the kids have unique qualities I absolutely love, and each of them have qualities that don't jive with my personality."  That sounds tough but I would not …

Question and Answer- How do you afford 7 kids on a one income? What do you splurge money on?

In today's world, having one child is expensive.  So it only stands to reason, having seven children is ridiculously expensive. When I was 20 weeks pregnant with the quintuplets, I transitioned out of the Air Force and put nursing school on hold temporarily for bed rest and to become a stay-at home mom. When faced …

“Why are your kids in therapies? Are they going to preschool?”

We get asked these two questions a lot! I figured they sort of went together so I'd answer both. The quintuplets were born at 31 weeks 1 day. This was after I was on hospital bed rest for 10 weeks alone, had a surgical cerclage placed during that time, and was on many tocolytics (drugs …