summer 2011

summer 2011

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012
family

Saturday, November 20, 2021

reveling the season...

 ...and I don't mean the Christmas season, or the holiday season.  I mean the season in which I still have young children...even though they're not so young anymore.  Yesterday, we went out and about when Sonja K. was done with classes...just a few places, and they broke all the rules from when they were little...they touched EVERYTHING in the stores, asked for things, and were loud and silly, and I didn't mind a bit.  They didn't really ask for anything, but there were a few things they wanted for Christmas, so they found them, and we are saving them...boots for Camille, slippers for Sonja...but shh, I gave Sonja the slippers when we got home.  We can't have cold feet for 35 more days!



Touching the fragile stuff...

They are very low maintenance kids, actually.  They don't ask for things, and are way too much fun.  Charlotte Claire found a squeaky pig dog toy, and was honking it, it was so funny I thought my legs were going to collapse.  They were just so silly.


It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and I do enjoy this season, even if it started too early.

Here are some blasts from the past...

Six years ago or so, Molly was expecting Lydia, all eleven of my girls...
Me with the eleven of them...
Thanksgiving long ago, maybe four years ago?  That's Paul's mom there in the peach...
Lydia's first birthday, with all eleven girls, and Evelyn holding baby Sunny!
With all the girls, and Ashley...

Today, we are going to have EVEN MORE FUN!  We are going to the new big thrift store...


4 comments:

Linda said...

LOLOL. Funny, I have a 55 year old big kid like this. LOLOLOL--we were in the Antique store and I noticed he was carrying these Stella Artois bar glasses and I am like, PUT THEM DOWN. (he was just being so childish--and I couldn't tell him why...because I already bought them--the vendors at my employment supplied us with special things this year). ANYWAYS...Nosy rosy found out because my boss (we stopped at my employer to get groceries) slipped up and asked did I want more glasses because the vendor dropped some more off...ANYWAYS...Here we are nearly 41 yrs total of being together and he still acts like a child and can't wait until Christmas. sigh ((grin))

Anonymous said...

It amazes me to see you with eleven girls, then I remember I have seven, and that probably amazes people, too, ha. Girl power🤗
Wonderful to have all those pics!
Valerie

Terri D said...

Love the pictures!! You are amazing! I would love to be at that table with all of you on Thanksgiving! The bigger the crowd the better! That's what it's all about!! xo

Mari said...

Those are great photos! Your girls are all lovely.