Welcome to our stories! As a family of eight we've had more than our share of ups and downs on this parenting roller coaster. Teaching, guiding and helping our children grow into healthy functioning adults is hard work and we can all use a little humor and encouragement once in a while. We don't always have it together in our home. There are days of chaos, days of complete utter silliness and those days where you feel like you're a super mom and everything's just going smoothly.

Treasure it. Every high and low. As I've been told many times, you'll look back on these days as the best days of your life. Do your best, love effortlessly, forgive easily and don't forget to take care of yourself. For a good laugh or some general insight into a home with many children you can find our latest stories here.