Bee-ing in Idaho

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 ...

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 h...

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)