Whelp, here I am. Blogging. A mommy blogger. A #mombossof7 blogger!! Most days I have many things I think are worth writing or talking about, but now, now I’m sitting here staring at my screen trying to think of something to say! Imagine that.

I am a wife. A wife! Even after all of these years of marriage, hearing him introduce me as his wife, gives me butterflies. I love that title.We have been married for 15 years now. We met when I was 14 and he was 16. The minute I met him, I knew I was going to marry him. I was immediately drawn to him and his energy, his excitement for life, and of course his super good looks! When he asked me to marry him, my entire world changed. I was only 16 and him 18, but we just ‘knew’. I thought it was a dream and my first thought, was, “I won”. I really did feel like I won the ‘game’ of being able to keep him. When I tell him that, he laughs, but to this day, I still feel like a winner when he looks at me, touches my hand, laughs at my ‘not so funny jokes’!

I am a mom. I have been a mom for 16 years now (remember the highschool sweethearts?? yep, engagement, then baby, then marriage, backwards we know!) Amazing how one little being can change your entire identity. When we found out I was pregnant with her, the one who helped us grow up and mature, my heart bloomed flowers and rainbows and sunshine. It was everything I knew I’d wanted since I was 11 years old. I remember being on a white horse at 11 years old, visiting my grandma in Washington state, praying to God that he would give me a family. I prayed so hard and deeply for a husband and kids, that when it came true, a vision of me on the horse praying, came to my mind and the Holy Spirit reminded me of that prayer. I didn’t think I could have ever been happier. Now, 16 years later, we, ha!! I, I just had baby number 7. Another little girl. So tiny and squishy and perfect. I knew I always wanted 5 kids, so when #6 came, we were surprised, then when #7 came, WOW!! How blessed is the man whose quiver is full. Blessed we are!!

We, again I (haha), home school these crazy kiddos. 2016/2017 was our first full year of homeschooling our olders. We spent the first part of the school year and first trimester of #7’s pregnancy in Florida on business, so school seemed to have been put on the back burner. We did do our textbook work, but I do wish I had done things a little different. We didn’t pull our precious cargo out of the public system just to keep their noses in books all day long. My wish for Florida is that I had went outside of the box of learning and had explored the state a little more for knowledge of history etc…Maybe God will bless us with another opportunity!

I have never felt God blessed me with the gift of teaching, so homeschooling is….interesting. Especially with our oldest boy who is about to turn 15. He is my most trying child in this season of life. Why didn’t anyone ever tell me about the adventures of raising a teenage boy!?

On top of being a wife to a small business owning man and a momma to a quiver full of children, I have a crazy passion for photography and essential oils! photography helps me see things a bit differently and essential oils keep me sane. If you’re interested in knowing which oils I use for said sanity, email me and I’d love to talk!

Well, that about sums me up for today! Mommy duties are calling and I must answer. Hope you enjoyed getting to know a little about me and come back to read a little more about my beautiful chaos.