Bee-ing in Idaho

Hello friends and fellow females!  I'm a woman (duh) which means that at one point in my life, I was a little girl, a teenager, and a young woman.  I am now "middle aged" 😢.  Womanhood or whatever you want to call it, is still a big fat mystery to me!!  There are some things that I will just never know or understand.  Scientifically/medically maybe, but the why...I may never know.  There are also some things that I do know about/understand...and wish to pass on to my girls.  Stuff that they should know, even if they don't want to. 🙉 So, If you've read my previous posts, you know that I have six children.  👩👨👧👧👧👦The oldest is a fifteen year old girl, then an (almost) 13 year old boy, then three more girls aged seven, five, and four, and taking up the rear is the little man, he's two.  Needless to say, I am going through some very different phases in my mothering journey.  They're all challenging and they are all amazing in their own ways.  But rig

Hey ya'll! Well, here we are, on the cusp of a new year.  Only six and a half hours left to 2018 and what are you doing with it?  The last few weeks have flown by! Seriously, did we even have turkey??  I feel like this years holiday festivities are all blurred together.  My in laws flew in for their annual visit and we had so much fun!  They always go above and beyond to make time for each one of the kids.  There were a few dinners out, some cookie making and decorating, pool time at the hotel and of course our Christmas gift exchange.  A few nights ago, I was talking with Mr. B about how every year is always so stressful for me.  I'm always worried about getting/making gifts for everyone.  I know, it isn't supposed to be about the presents, but of course it really is.  What parent isn't concerned about their kids having a good Christmas?  At the end of the holidays, I usually let out a big sigh...like it's finally all over, whew!  However, this year was different.

While we wait for Mr. Bee to write his bio, I will introduce you to my firstborn, Elora.  I was an only child until I was seventeen.  Because of that, I always knew that someday I would have a big family.  I wanted lots of babies.  Technically, I wanted 12 boys.  Crazy right?  I had just turned nineteen when I got married, and the little one was born on my twentieth birthday.  We wasted no time.  I remember feeling so lucky to have gotten pregnant right away.  The day we decided to announce to our families was so special.  My mother in law was at our church getting ready for our Christmas play.  My husband and I went to a grocery store and bought some pink and blue carnations and a card.  We walked into the church and found her right away.  I can't remember exactly what the card said, but I think it was something like, "We love you Grandma".  She squealed and gasped and of course started crying.  She hugged us both and congratulated us.  It was so sweet. Side note: I l

Thanks for coming back! Hello! My name is Jenni and I am me.  I am a daughter (obvs), a sister to three younger siblings, a wife, a mother of six littles (and not so littles), a homemaker, an entrepreneur, a teacher, and a friend (to a few good {wo}men).  I know I am missing a lot of other "titles" but those are the few that really define me.  I will start at the beginning. I was born in 1980something :) to my mother, Diana, who was only fifteen at the time.  The first eight-ish years of my life, I was raised my a few amazing women; my mother, my grandmother, and my aunts.   You see, my mom did what most people don't.  She stayed in school and graduated!  My grandma and aunts stepped in and mothered me.  I don't remember a lot of my early years, but I do remember feeling like those women, my "mommys" were always there for me and that they were my safe place.  Even though two of my aunties have since passed away, I know that I still have a strong support

Well hello there! Howdy! Hey ya'll! How are you?!  Thank you so much for stopping by!  In the next coming weeks, I will be adding to our family blog.  I have had a few blogs in the past, but I always got bored of it and ended up quitting blogging altogether.  I will be introducing you to all the crazy people in my family one at a time.  I will start with myself, because that's probably going to be the hardest.  Next will be Mr. B, followed by our shared story and then each one of the [6] kids.  It will be a total of nine separate posts. I hope you will pop in from time to time to get to know us all! In the meantime, this is me as a blonde.  (I am a red head now)