Fun at the Zoo

Trip to the Nature Center

Henry's Birth or Our Unassisted Home Water Birth After 4 Cesareans

Successful Children?
I came across this blog post this morning and wanted to share it. *When* I keep this in mind, the thoughts shared by the author are what enable me to keep going with homeschooling. The goal of raising children is not to fill their shelves with honor roll certificates, t-ball trophies, and state fair blue ribbons. Those things are fine but when they become the goal so many things are lost. Truthfully, all those things mean nothing.When is the last time, as an adult, anyone gave any thought to your stellar ACT score, or cared that you had perfect attendance, or that your little league team won the state championship? We pra

Hay ride pt 1
Since we moved to our current home we have hosted a hay ride each fall. It began as a birthday celebration for Ty but we quickly realized that we couldn't provide such an elaborate party for all our children (who wants to attend a hayride in June!?!) So now we have the Witcher Family hay ride. It's on a weekend in October or November that works for the auction business. LOL

How many of me?
HowManyOfMe.comThere are people with my name in the U.S.A.How many have your name?

Many Hands
I'm a firm believer in the saying "Many hands make light work". This house would fall apart if I was expected to take care of all household chores. Each of our children from Ben to Madisyn help greatly by doing their part. I *heart* the sheets on our bed. They are a luxurious high thread count and oh so soft. They are in great shape except for the elastic. I wash the sheets every week and they go straight back to the bed. I do have another set in case of emergency (which happens with kiddos) but this set is generally on 24/7. So what's a Momma to do when the sheets she loves don't want to stay on the be

Little escape artist
I'm sure by now, you've all heard of the "Back to Sleep" campaign. It's a slogan to encourage people to place babies on their backs to help prevent SIDS. As the mother of 5, including 4 who were born in a hospital, I've heard the speech many, many times. The problem is - apparently Henry wasn't paying attention. I laid him in the center of the crib on his back and stil