After spending time up in Front Royal, VA with my friend Amanda and her family, I have come to the conclusion that having 9 kids would actually be awesome. Front Royal is different than Durham. It is a low-key mountain town, and people just are who they are. I loved it! Many families had 6,7,8, or 9 kids. One of the 9-kid families offered up a couple of their kids to help babysit our 6 during a conference for Called To Obedience. These kids were amazing...so mature and at ease with all 5 of our kids! I really wanted to ask these 13 and 14 year-olds for some parenting advice!
9 kids is probably not in our future...but the 6 children between our 2 families was a lot of fun! My kids did not nap much, but they slept like crazy at night after playing hard during the day! The kids played outside with about any riding toy you can imagine and inside with about any truck you could hope for. That plus Mac and Corrie....Calvin and Jack were in heaven!
Though Luke was soooo tired, he loved watching all the action!
I see that you captured the "pre-strangle" moment of Mac. Sad thing is he found those things again today, rolled down the hill with them, and came to the door completely wrapped up in the same way that you described to me earlier. Thank you Lord for protecting that little guy!
ReplyDeleteAlso, that pic of Luke is too sweet. Hope he has been able to sleep a little better. Loved having you guys visit!
So glad you all had such a fun time! Playing hard during the day and sleeping soundly at night is a good thing. Such a sweet picture of Luke, too! Hugs!
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