School time AGAiN!!

Yup!
Bryan kids started school again today, we have a new schedule and we are up and running again, well we were only out for a month,so we weren't to rusty. Everything fit right in.
The two older boys did try to get out of some things but once they saw I was serious they stopped. We had a late start to the morning, Madison and myself layer in bed some extra time, but it was fine we are not on a strict schedule. I had pancakes made from the night before which made my morning so much easier, all I had to do was heat them up.
Kids focused on there work and I managed to get three loads of laundry done,

We started the book Betsy Ross today and so far they like it. Next is Macbeth.

Lunch time soon came around and today for lunch the kids had, a large home made pig in a blanket, grapes,jello,pretzels and some animal crackers, 

After that we carried with our school work and while they were doing that I started prepping on dinner, the day flies by sometimes and today was one of those days, school time was up and I need to get dinner done, plus I had to take two kids two the library, I really was not in the mood to go to the library but I kept my word and we went. 

So how did the day go? I would day it went pretty well especially for a Monday. 

I am now scheduling our first field trip which I am hoping we can go to the Shakespeare theatre for a play. We shall see if not we have other trips planned. 

For dinner today I made chicken breasts in a sweet soy sauce with little potatoes and mixed peppers, for my self I made a creamy vegetable soup. Other than that it's been a pretty straight forward day! 

The kids keep asking us if we are booking disney again for next year..... Our answer is we shall see.

We really want to make it a once a year trip and I have found some ways to do that so fingers crossed. 

Well it's that time again, 

Thank you for reading

God bless

R~

Disney's All Star Music Resort Review

We stayed at the all star music resort, and i have to say it was really nice and super clean, we were very pleased with the people there, the reception people were really nice, and they welcomed us with balloons and badges, gave us some coupons too!! our check in wasn't until 3pm that day and we got there at 9am, they didn't even let us wait they checked us in Right away!!

 the rooms were big, well we stayed in the family suites and they were pretty decent, the room had two bathrooms, a little kitchenette, cable,free wifi, and most of all it was clean. we had to get 2 rooms due to the size of our party but there was more then enough room, and when i called front desk for something they showed up within 5 minutes, we needed some extra blankets as they kept there AC high so the kids were a little cold, we had the garden view and just around the corner was the pool, which we all loved jumping in late at night, they showed movies every night unless it stormed in the pool but sadly we didn't get to do that. the food court at all star music was out of this world, i fell in love with there London broil special , the sizes were really decent too! i just have no complaints about the place. our only problem was that it rained every single day which obviously has nothing to do with no one LOL other then that it was beautiful. the kids loved all the food and loved going back and fourth to get there refill in there mickey resort mug. i would certainly stay there again without a doubt, and i would recommend it too.  buses came regular to take you to the parks, the arcade area was a little expensive but they also gave us complimentary vouchers for that too. there gift shop wasn't as over priced as i had been warned, we did go out the park to shop but there wasn't that much of a difference, the prices in the park weren't that bad to buy things from, it was fair i would say.
so above everything i would say Disney all star music gets 4 stars out of 5.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/all-star-music-resort/

thanks for reading stay tuned for more.
god bless '
R~

Recap- all about mama 😊

A little about myself,

Well let's start by saying that if you told me I would be a mom to 6 kids years ago I would of probably laughed in your face, as a teenager I had sworn my self not to have kids, but God said other wise and by 17 I was pregnant, I had my baby girl when I just turns 18, what a day. I didn't know what it was actually like to really love someone so much especially so little.  I didn't understand how something so small can light your world up that much.
I think as a teen I was a little wild sometimes, well when I compare me now to rose then, I'm always like what the heck was I thinking!!  I also was very preserved, meaning I wasn't comfortable around everybody I was very shy, that's unless I knew you off course.
Yes yes I admit I always was a weird one, well I guess still am right? I like things a way and I do things a way..... My husband and kids call it OCD, I don't necessarily agree now.

So let's move this along, by 21 I had my beautiful baby boy, then sadly in 2002 I lost my dad, first man I ever loved. then by 23 I had another beautiful baby boy, also at 23 I got engaged to an amazing man (husband) late 24 we lost our baby, then by 25 I had another beautiful baby boy..... HA! A lot of boys!another sad thing in life I lost my mom at 26,the most beautiful woman ever. At 26 I said I do to one heck of a man, (husband). At 27 made one huge decision and made a huge move, at 29 I had my beautiful baby girl, at 30 I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic, at 32 I had another beautiful baby girl, at 34 my husband and myself said I do again in church. At 35 ( me now ) I finally managed to take my kids to Disney and I also got see one of my sisters again after 8 years, So much has happened in between but I would have to say those are my highlights. I've probably left out some stuff, but by far those are the most meaningful things to me.i did not mention when or how I met my husband as that is another blog.
The most important thing to me in life is my family, my husband is my best friend, we are inseparable,have never been able to be away from one another, he has always been by my side through thick and thin, he is always ready to drop things and run to my rescue, I know I am lucky especially when your own doctor tells you. My kids are my world, nothing comes above them, they are my blessing and pride and joy. I sit here and I type this but I have to be honest and I try not to talk about religion due to it being a major issue with some, but to be honest without God I am nothing and nobody as only he knows what I've been through, he has always answered my prayers one way or another.
At 35 what do I Want? What do I wish?
Well I seriously can't wait to move out of Maryland, hopefully sooner then expected. As so many know, it's not a secret no more, my husband and myself pray that we can have 2 more babies, I pray that our plan for my husband to work from home comes together. I want my kids to succeed in the schooling, I pray our family and settle down and grow some roots, one thing I have come to learn is that life is too short, don't put off things you can do today till tomorrow as tomorrow is not guaranteed, never go to bed with an argument, always kiss the ones you love goodnight and tell them you love them,and for me I always thank the lord for giving me another day.

Future goals.....
Well as you guessed I love to write, always have. I even have 3 books that I wrote sitting on cd that my husband wouldn't let me throw out, I always wanted to get published but I am so afraid of failure, I know I shouldn't as if I don't try I will never know, but I hate judgements. The more time goes by the more I get the urge to publish them though, so who knows!
I am excited for another homeschooling year with my babies and all our field trips I have planned, but mostly I am thrilled of all the new things that will come my family's way.

My traditions as a mom,wife....
My biggest tradition ever is Christmas, yes I am that crazy lady that tries to buy the store, I have Christmas Eve traditions too, I like to go a little far when it comes to Christmas,I don't only celebrate Christmas but I celebrate Jesus. The normal thing is for my kids to get. Christmas Eve box and 15-20 gifts each on Christmas morning..... Yeah I know I'm cookoo.
My traditions as a wife? Hmm I think my husband knows that more, but I always make sure to cook his special meal on his special day, we also have a tradition that no matter what once a month we have to have alone time, which normally is going out to eat and a movie, yay for our 17 year to be amazing to babysit for us.
My personal routine,
The first thing I do is thank god for waking me up, to watch over my kids and my husband while he is at work.i pray through out my day, but my morning is my peaceful time with the lord. At 7am hubby will always call me to tell me he got to work ok and check in, then one by one I see morning smiles or grumpy faces coming on my bed.

One important family thing is, we always have dinner at the table together, unless poor daddy is working a double, we always say our grace with every meal and the kids express there  thanks and wants.

Just a little re cap
God bless
R~

Recipe fail!

So I was not in the mood to go out so instead I decide to bake some bread which normally is ok and the bread comes out great, but today I wanted to make a different loaf and went for whole wheat oat loaf. I found a recipe on Pinterest that I liked and decided with that. 

So I did all the things the recipe called for, but even after I took the dough out it just didn't seem bouncy in my opinion, my regular dough is always bouncy to the touch. 

It did smell great and made my kitchen smell amazing.

Did everything right I am thinking LOL

I just taught the bread was disgusting myself, my kids love bread so they did eat it, but I couldn't. I even gave it extra time as I noticed it didn't sound or feel right to the touch, but the centre was still a little sticky and the dough did not rise at all on its rising time, so I am thinking either my yeast wasn't what we call alive, but that's weird as I made bread yesterday and it turned out fine, so maybe not? Or the recipe just sucks or I did something wrong...... Either way I am calling this a fail!!

I just wanted something with oats in it as I have a lot and it's a quick and easy way to use them, so I guess we shall be moving on to the next recipe of bread and see how that one turns out?! Thanks for reading.

God bless

R~

time is moving slow.....

waiting for something can seem by far the most hardest thing, you have a plan and you need that plan to work and be put in action, but currently waiting on time to move faster, yes maybe i am mumbling on here LOL but time seems so slow.

i just want to close my eyes and fast forward 5 months, yes yes i know 5 months is not that far but when your waiting even a day seems far away.
sooo whats been happening here ? hmmm well the last few days have been lazy for the kids while i get all school things in motion for them, we start our home school program on Monday and the kids are looking forward to it as they have not 1 but 2 languages this year, no i was not the one to push it but they insisted on trying it, as when we were on vacation they heard a lot of new languages and wanted to learn it. so i agreed to incorporate it but if it gets too much then we will quit one for the year.
this is our 4th year of homeschooling and as time goes by i love it even more, but there are days when i feel overwhelmed and that's OK, as its those days that i can say lets just go outside for an hour and then recap again where we left off. sometimes its hard when there just me and i have to give my attention to all 5, but our school program we use has helped free up a lot of time for me and therefor i am not stressed,. the older 3 know there schedule and what needs to be done and whats expected from them, so its mostly Kanye who is 9 and Savannah who is 5 that needs more attention, and lets not forget Madison who is 2, she loves to be involved and write too.

so back to the time moving slowly, the reason I'm so anxious is because we need to move space is limited here and our family is growing and growing so i just cant wait to make that happen, what makes it more of a kicker is we might be moving state so that is really exciting too. we shall see what time brings and i will keep you updated on that as time goes by.

well its 10pm here and surprisingly all 6 kids are asleep, like WOW that is rare especially for the teens!! so i think i am going to use my quiet time wisely and spend some quiet time with my husband. thank you for coming over and supporting us by reading and keeping up with us daily.

god bless
R~

If you don't get it,you just don't get it!

One of the most hardest things to do in life is trying to explain something to someone that really and truly don't get it, my husband asks,honey why are you wasting your time on something they will never understand? My answer? I have no clue!

What am I talking about?

Well I'm talking about fertility issues, yup 

Up until I was 25 I had no problems in that department,I got pregnant with no problems, between baby number 3 and 5 our specially baby number 4 grew wings and went back to heaven, a very depressing time for us, but the lord gave us another, and blessed is such an understatement on how I felt, I felt beyond blessed that God let us experience another journey. 

Once we had our baby boy our family of 6 then felt complete, I felt like I was done, well like I said I taught I was.

Fast forward to 2009 and we were both excited for another baby and we tried for a few months and God blessed us again. Well I guess this is were people think the crazy fits in, 😊

When our baby girl was a few months old we both agreed we didn't feel complete and wanted more kids, so we started our journey of trying to conceive, I write journey as it took 22 months to conceive. I can't tell you how hard of a journey it was, ups and downs, getting our hopes up, but God once again gave us a healthy baby girl, weighing in at 10 1/2lbs I might add. 

So question we get is, so y'all are done right? Our answer? NO we are not! What we would like? We would love 2 more blessings, now as far as what God says will happen we don't know. 

We have been trying to conceive for 26 months now, with 2 chemical pregnancies and many of false results. What makes it even harder is that knowing how easy it was to conceive before and what a struggle it is now. I don't know if I will ever be able to get pregnant again only God knows our faith, but what hurts the most is when people don't understand or say well you have 6 ain't that enough, my children are my pride and joy, they are my life, I don't know where I would be without them today, I have grown so much just by being there mom.

My children are not burdens they are amazing individuals who I have the pleasure and honor of calling my kids. Yes my life might be a little crazy but it's a crazy I can't live without. Our kids bring us happiness that's out of this world, everyone has there own happy and everyone should respect others happy so when my answer bothers you I feel sorry that you just don't get it, my kids are not burdens there real life people,. The hardest thing for a person to hear is forget about trying you have kids already! 

One thing that gets me the most is when someone says, how do you do It? I can't manage 2. Let alone 6, it truly confuses me as they are not monsters they are kids,. 

Everybody has a calling in life, my calling is to be a mom, to how many only God knows, but if you don't get it, be kind and keep your negative opinion to yourself. 

We all choose our lifestyle this is mine.

God bless

R~

Not a typical day!

A typical day in this household starts with laundry and chores... Well today was different, it started with relaxing on the coach having a coffee then moving it outside enjoying the not so hot day we were having. 

My sweet husband always makes sure to keep my car clean, he says it's a man thing 😊 and that's fine with me. So I sat down watched the younger kids play while the older ones were doing there thing inside, and kept my husband company while he cleaned my jeep. 

Once the girls saw that daddy was washing the car they wanted there jeep washed. Too cute!

After the girls jeep was washed they wanted big brother to push them, it would make more sense to step on the gas right?

He seemed quite happy to go on withere plan.

So after a morning in the sun and some cherished moments that were made, I came back inside to get ready to go do some grocery shopping. 

I've come to realize that it doesn't matter what I do not to go out I am still always missing something and have to run out. 

My sweet husband decided he would cook today, so by far it has been a relaxing day.

The day is not even up yet and I am so tired,another reason why I need the heat gone and can't welcome the fall. 

We want to thank you for reading our blog it truly means the world to us. 

God bless

R~

its too hot!!

I seriously cant take this heat no more, i am so ready for the fall and winter. my husband is not one to complain when its hot but it has him complaining too!
I am just over summer, i know a lot of people will not agree and probably say that i am crazy but i am just not a crazy summer freak, i prefer cold days :-)

I think i am also feeling droopy too as after having hubby off work for two weeks it is time for him to go back to work, our vacation is finally over, he goes back to work on Friday and we start our home school program on Monday, so i am just making sure everything is up to power before we start.i am ready and excited to start up our routine again and get back into a schedule, all the kids and myself have been out of whack, bedtime has been whenever and it has sent our household into a jam.

I am also pretty anxious to get this year over with as there are some pretty exciting things happening next year which i will keep silent on for now. i will share later on in the year or next :-P

I know Savannah is not looking forward to start back up with school she just wants to stay playing dress up and pretend she is still at Disney world. i really don't blame her, i wish we were still there, but like they say all good things must come to an end right?!!

As always we do have another surprise for the kids, they are just going to have to wait on that for now.
I am sure you are pretty curious too ha!? yup, just hang in there too.

Well folks that all she wrote for now.

Stay blessed
God bless
R~

starting my Christmas shopping!!!

yup it started already here in the Bryan household!

we have started our layaway at Toys R us for Christmas 2015, why so early? well when you have 6 kids planning is a must in my books, December and January are busy months here. Savannah will be 6 on December 14th then Christmas then Madison will be 3 on December 29th then Kayne will be 10 on January 9th so with 3 birthdays 2 weeks apart and Christmas in the middle, budgeting can be really hard and difficult so placing certain items on layaway helps control the kaos and funds for us. also i don't have to worry about a child missing out cause i cant find what they wanted.

my poor husband tends to take a deep breath when he sees the bill but lucky for him its an easy slow payment that he doesn't mind doing, just like me he loves watching the kids Christmas morning open there gifts and sees there smiles.
its our tradition that the kids get a Christmas eve box, which normally include new pj's,socks,underwear,candy,hot chocolate,movies,games and a book they always get that after dinner on Christmas eve.

we also count down the day to Christmas with candy and what happened on that day.the kids love the stories and enjoy reading out loud. we all love the Christmas spirit and we also love to decorate the house.

god bless
R~

14 today!!!!

i cant believe 14 years have passed by already since i held my son in my arms, he is 14 and a giant if i might add, he is 6ft 2' already and eating us out of house :-) LOL

No seriously he is one of the most gentle kind hearted boys i have ever met in my life, he has had to battle a lot of things in life, one is controlling his anxiety and on top of that he has ADHD which sometimes makes him really frustrated with himself, on top of that he has dyspraxia which is a muscle weakness that he battles every day. not just cause i am his mom but he has really down well and is coping well with everything. some days we do have set backs but that is normal but other then that he has become a young man and way too fast!!

he is my baby boy and will always be no matter how old he gets, he is one heck of an amazing kid, life is a blessing with him and it sure wouldn't be the same without him.

he is so caring and loving towards his younger siblings.

no matter how old he gets his favourite things are Lego's, he will sit there for hours just building things and i have to say that they are pretty amazing. he also is great at art. he wants to be an architect when he is older and will start his computer design in a few months.

i sit here and wonder where the last few years have gone, and the only thing i say is that when people say enjoy them as they grow too fast, they sure ain't kidding i feel it was just yesterday when i brought him home from the hospital.

happy birthday my dear son, you are loved so much.

 god bless

R~

Disney Day 3- hollywood studios

i think this was my favourite park of all, including the 2 little girls, the minute we got to the park we met the citizens of Hollywood, they were super funny and took the time to chat with us and wish shaq a early happy birthday, he sure did like the attention.

we got to go meet and greet Minnie mouse, Madison loved her so much she was gonna cry when we left her, but once she saw we were headed to meet Sofia the first she soon put a smile on her face, right after that we had a fast pass for Disney junior live on stage, the little girls LOVED it and sat down for the whole show, they loved the bubbles and the stories and the sing along, i cant wait to go again myself.

we then got to meet and greet doc mcstuffin and take some more pictures, after that we went to see beauty and the beast live on stage it really was a great play.

we then ventured and went on to see the Voyage of the little mermaid, again the kids enjoyed it.

the older kids went on to watch Indiana Jones stunt.

again it started to rain and hubby myself and the kids went to the resort to relax for a minute, once the rain stopped we took them to the pool and then we all got ready to go watch frozen sing along celebration, i think this was the girls favourite thing  of all.

we did want to stay for the magical fireworks but it started to rain again and we weren't sure whether it was going to storm or just drizzle either way we called it a night and went back. i have to say that Disney Hollywood studios was by far the little girls and i favourite park.

god bless

R~

Disney world Day 2

Animal Kingdom

day 2 of being at Disney, we all woke up feeling much better!! we really did need to sleep after all that driving.
the kids were looking forward to a day of adventure and rides, we started off with seeing daisy in her safari suit, the kids loved it. they all took pictures and turns to talk to her, Madison ran to her and hugged her, it was so sweet. after that we ventured off a little and found Tarzan, a young man who played his role really well,..
after taking some more pictures we decided to go on

• Kilimanjaro Safari

 ride. i did not realize that they had actual lions and tigers, as we ventured on our safari tour, our leader said that they had a bridge go down so we have to use an alternative route which was fine, until we got stuck and almost didn't make it off that bridge, and of course it happened to me who is terrified of heights and bridges, we did find out that that was actually part of the ride and they do that for the ride, boohoo i wish i knew that before i hopped on board.

we ventured off and found

• Finding Nemo - The Musical

 which was amazing, the show was a hit for all the kids, they loved it and the actors put on a great show.
we encountered

• Festival of the Lion King which was FANTASTIC!!! we did go off and explore more of the park, by far it was the smallest park and we managed to do it in the day we then went off to 
• Rafiki's Planet Watch we saw some really wonderful animals. we had a fast pass for 
• Kali River Rapids and it was pouring down with rain so that ride was shut down for the day, kids were upset about that one, but we promised we will get that next year :-) we did manage to get a ride in before the rain soaked us and that was the 
• Primeval Whirl i stayed back with the 3 younger ones and explored the gift shop. through out the day we explored discovery island and basically just enjoyed what it had to offer.we had lunch at Pizzafari and it was pretty good, the kids loved all the food the parks and resort offered. 
• we did end our day early which was around 5 pm due to animal kingdom closes at 6pm due to the animals and it was starting to storm,  we did get soaked pretty bad everyone was dripping wet. 

here are a few highlights from Disney's Animal Kingdom!

                                                      god bless

                                                          R~

we made it!!!!! DISNEY

we made it to Disney!!!

Cinderella's Castle

my beautiful babies

first park we hit was Magic Kingdom, hubby and myself were pretty worn out before we hit the park, i think we only lasted 2 hours with my sister and the kids, we ended up taking the three younger kids back to the hotel room to sleep, it was really that bad. 

we did get aboard the train and took a ride all around the park, we also had lunch, which was a nightmare. Madison is normally fairly good for her age and doesn't cause a scene but she decided to have the worst tantrum ever. by the time her tantrum was over which let me add was more than an hour, hubby and i decided it was time to leave. the kids did have a ride in the tomorrow land area, but as for the first day i would have to call it a bust!!! i was so ready for that day to be done and on with the next.

we did retire to the room at 5pm after being at the park for maybe 4 hours, the three older kids stayed with there auntie and they went on rides, while we got the bus, went to the resort got dinner for the kids from there and after there bath they were knocked out.

i think everyone went to sleep early, we were all so tired from the drive.

so sadly day 1 was a bust, and may i add it was raining!! booo

keep following our blog for our whole entire trip, day 2 is coming up next so stayed tuned!!

god bless

R~

driving to Florida with 6 kids!!!!

MY OH MY!!!!

We survived yippee........
Well we started our journey Thursday at 11:30am, we basically stopped in every state and some, we also stopped to have dinner, the worst part of the drive was that i was the night driver and i normally don't fall asleep or fell tired driving, but it hit me. i did not fall asleep but i was super super tired and my eyes were really heavy. thank god for my husband having slept as then he took over.
We drove all night and arrived to our destination at 9 am.

Walt Disney world 

all together there was 12 of us, 8 kids and 4 adults. i was impressed on how well all the kids did on the drive, i think it was harder on us adults then the kids. Madison who is 2 did take it a little rough but we made sure to stop when she got tired of sitting. it did take a lot of electronic power, tablets. crayons and books to keep everyone sane. she also had her favorite plush with her so that was comforting for her. we did have plenty of snacks in the van at everyone's reach.

i really taught it would be harder then the ride was but i was pretty impressed on how well the kids did. i was really proud.

so after almost 24 hours of being on the road we had finally made it to DISNEY

                                                         ALL STAR MUSIC RESORT

LONG DAY!!!!!!!

PHEWWWWWW!!!!!

Saturday has been a super long day in the Bryan household. and to make things worst poor hubby had to do a double at work. I was a nice wife and made him dinner and dropped it off, we did get 5 min together before he had to go back to work.

So after taking a quick break i had to jump right back into what i was doing, we are currently going through all our school supplies meaning books to see what we will be using this year, even though we use a certain curriculum we still supplement with other material to stay ahead. On top of everything i had to steam the boys carpet and it took forever, and i still have not got out all the stains from there carpet. i guess boys will be boys at the end of the day and only god knows what half the stains are.

On top of that i had to help my beautiful daughter finish packing.... OH did i mention there is only 4 days will we leave. WHAT? The excitement is crazy!

The lord has given me an abundance of energy today and i am so grateful for that. I do feel bad as it was actually a nice day out and we didn't get to do nothing outside, it was so beautiful that i managed to do 3 loads of laundry today, hang them out and get them folded in a matter of 2 1/2hrs and they smelt beautiful from the fresh air and wind we had.

My biggest fear about leaving for a few days i would have to say are my cats, i do have a pet sitter coming in daily to feed them and stay with them but i am still feeling pretty nervous about leaving them.

it is 12:30 am and this mama needs to get sleep, so once again thanks for reading.

god bless
R~

Packing can be stressful!!

Sitting down today I felt so overwhelmed making sure I had everyone an outfit packed daily plus some extra clothes and a few evening outfits for dinner time, well multiply that by 8.... 3pm came around and I was still in the sitting room packing, no dinner planned out or nothing, I guess chicken nuggets was dinner, don't judge but sometimes days like this happen.

I am blessed to have a supporting husband and not a demanding one as when he got home he helped with the last few bits.so now I can say we are officially packed and ready to go! PHEW and that only took 5hrs.
It's crazy the amount of stuff you pack from a 2 year old to a 17 year old, from princesses to tough guys to divas to super hero guys,  well not only did dinner get neglected today but also my laundry and house work that I had planned so Saturday and Sunday will be catch up.
As the days near closer the kids are more excited and getting inpatient now. Everybody has there say and how they want to sit on the way and what they want to watch, so far so good they have all picked there seating buddy and are happy with that.

So other then packing nothing much happened in the Bryan household today. We do have a busy weekend ahead as I have my carpets to clean and if the weather stays good we will just head to the park or so,.

One confession as a wife, I so can't wait to have my husband for 2 whole weeks.
I hope everyone has a blessed weekend and stay safe.

R~

WE ARE GOING TO DISNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is going to be our official first family vacation ever, and i cant even tell you how excited the kids are, they are counting down the days now, which is less than a week. they have picked all there clothes they want to wear and they are packed!!
i have to say we the adults are pretty excited too.

now on to the more real part of the journey, maybe we are crazy but we have chosen to drive... yes 15 hours worth of driving with 6 kids, the longest we have attempted so far has been 5hrs,
i hope they don't go to hard on us, i have a feeling we will survive the ride there but not so much the ride back as all the excitement will be worn off.

so come join us this weekend to take a look through our packing for a family of 8, packing for 8 days and making sure everyone is snacked and watered :-)

god bless

R~

We are back!!!!

WOW!!!

A year sure can go by fast, i have decided to give blogging a shot again.
I love to write, i have 3 books that i have wrote but i have never gotten the actual motivation to publish them or pursue the whole thing.

A beautiful spirited lady has given me the inspiration and courage again to get up and do what i love, and that is write.
There is nothing that i like doing more in life than talking about my husband and kids, they are my heart my soul my everything, they are my world and everyday we venture on this journey together. some days are just amazing and some days well there's more downs then ups, but every single one is amazing and we wouldn't change it for the world, we have grown from our journey and are still learning to find our way.

A little about my family for all new readers.

my name is rose i was born on a small island in the Mediterranean, it is a beautiful island called MALTA.  i met my husband online (crazy huh) some 14 years ago, long story short i  came here, he flew there i came here and so on and on...... so after some time like a decade now we move to live permanently back in the U.S. we have 6 amazing beautiful kids. i know every parent says this about there kids, but i am so blessed to be there mother, they are the most amazing kids ever.

I am a stay at home mom, also a homeschooling mom, yes yes yes i get it, half of you think i am crazy, and that's OK! i love being a mom, i love being home and i love my kids driving me crazy. it never started this way, my kids did attend public school and that's the reason we turned to home school.

the more blogs i write, the more i will write about my family and take you along our journey.
i really do hope you will come along and follow our journey, i can tell you that you are in for quite a few surprises.