Me and My Tribe

I thought that an introduction was in order so here goes!

     Hello!  I am Rhen.  I am a 32 year old SAHM of 6 children, with another girl on the way, and 1 grown man who I claim as a 7th child.  Hey- when you do just as much or more for the grown one as you do the little ones you can claim him as anything you want!  LOL  I am just kidding, of course!  

     Anyway, we are a God-loving family who enjoy our homestead, gardening together and homeschooling.  I love to read,  and to learn as much as I can, to eat healthy, to workout, and garden.  I have a passion for God, my family, archery, photography, heirloom seeds and sarcasm (it’s a gift). 

     My darling hubby is Mr. Muscles (36).  He is the love of my life.  We have been married for 14 1/2 years.  Wow- time flies when you are crazy in love!   He is my rock and definitely the other half of me.  I thank God every day for him.  He is a magnificent daddy and spoils us all.  He has tons of muscles, loves to work out and is my personal trainer.  Isn’t he wonderful?!

Now to the rest of the “tribe”

     DD1 is Ms. Serious.  She is 11 and enjoys playing her hot pink guitar.  She is an artsy-craftsy person, reads all the time, creates jewelry and spends a lot of her time trying to boss around the rest of them.  Sometimes it works and sometimes they plan a mutiny.   LOL  She has quite a few penpals and is very dedicated.  I can’t even think about how many stamps she uses a month.  She has a heart for God and a passion for dancing. 

     DS is Short Man who is 10.  He is our only son and definitely a rough and tumble young man.  He is crazy about dinosaurs, lizards, bones, and anything that creeps and crawls.  He is working to be a competitive gymnast this spring.  He wants to either be a soldier or a paleontologist when he grows up.  We are constantly doing digs on our property to see what we can unearth.  Ya never know!  He helps his dad work around our homestead.  He has an upbeat attitude and would love to have a brother.  Talk to God about that one kid!  hahaha

     DD2 is Ms. Firecracker.  She is a solid bundle of muscle.  My goodness, she is 8 and has a 6 pack.  She spends a lot of her time climbing trees, reading (Junie B. books), coloring, writing letters, practicing piano and is a part of a competitive gymnastics team.  She is the AAU level 2 state champ in her age group and competed in nationals!  She is a USAG Level 4 gymnast.  She is such a caring person who doesn’t like to see anyone left out or unhappy.  She is also a packrat.   When we clean her room I spend too much time having to pull things out of nooks and crannies where she has stuffed them.

     DD3 is Ms. Lovebug.   A little snuggle girl who loves to sit in her daddy’s lap.  She is 6 years old and she really likes to draw, create with play-doh and learn new things.  She enjoys doing her schoolwork and is so excited to be in the 1st grade.  She would spend hours swinging if she could and has an absolutely magical laugh.  When she giggles no one is immune.  She is always by my side when I am in the garden.   She is our newest gymnast and will start competing in January. 

     DD 4 is Ms. Independent.  At 3 she is by far the pushiest, loudest and most stubborn.  She is only outdone in those areas by her momma.  When you tell her to do something she will cut her eyes at you and wait to see if you will actually MAKE her do it.  She is a daddy’s girl and has a fit if anyone other than she or the baby sits is daddy’s lap.  She and Ms. Lovebug clash on that a lot.  She enjoys torturing her older sisters, coloring, painting and constantly has a backpack of her favorite items with her.

     DD 5 is Ms. Giggles, is 21 months old  At 3 months and 1 week she popped her two bottom teeth in without nary a fuss or whine.  A lot of slobber but that is what God gave us bibs for.  She is the happiest baby I have ever seen.  She smiles at anything, has a great tendancy to use her left hand (Granny is left handed and loves the idea) and she has rolls on rolls.  I love fat babies!!  All of the kids love her and she is showered with lots of kisses.   She is now a fullfledged Daddy’s girl. 

     We round off our homestead with 2 dogs, 18 chickens.  That will be expanding this spring when we replace our ducks, guineas and pheasants that were killed.   I love goats and we need to get a calf in the spring.  We have a small orchard with cherry, fig and apple trees.  We also have two big gardens for growing food, several blueberry bushes, a strawberry bed, a blackberry patch, muscadines and some grape vines.  Still to add:  plum trees, a Granny Smith apple and a few more grape vines.

If I think of anything interesting I will add it.  Until then…………………….that’s all folks!

**God wants spiritual fruit not religious nuts**  ~

God bless,

~Rhen

You can contact me at cottonblossom424 at yahoo dot com

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