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"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day."
October 2003 November 2011
I am Tammy and I am a daughter, sister, wife, stepmother, mother, friend. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am a writer for Bella Online and have dabbled in guest writing for other groups as well. I LOVE writing and find it a good way to process my feelings and thoughts. :) I am married to my best friend – Curtis – we just had our 13th Anniversary and on July 25th we will have been married longer than he and his first wife. This makes me happy as now we can have all of our firsts together. :) He has two children from his previous marriage. Josh (and his wife Ashley and son Peyton and another due in December – WAHOOOOO!) lived with us for the first 4 years of our marriage and then moved in with his Mom. So we technically have never had ALONE time. So, I am looking forward to retirement – hahahaha. Josh was born in July after my Sophomore year of High School. Jessica was born the August after my Senior year. Jessica (& Carl and baby Andrew) lived with her Mom except for a brief 4 month (or less) period of time during her High School years. Curtis and I together have 7 children. Kierstyn – 12 (she is away at YW Camp this week – I miss her), Kaity – 11 (she can’t wait to turn 12 so she can go to YW camp!!), Clayton – 9 (he is my allergic, asthmatic, rashy, squishy son!), Taryn – 6 (my drama queen, dancer girl), Quade – 5 (my happy unless he is angry, very, very angry son), Quentin –23 months (my petite, slow growing, cute as a button, smiley son) and last but certainly not least Alayna – 8 months (my loud, happy walking furniture, face squincher-upper girl). They are all precious (including the Steps and the Grandchildren). I love all of them and have been immensely blessed by having each one of them (including Ashley and Carl) in my life.
I have been blessed with a wonderful family and the opportunity to stay home with my children. We have chosen to ‘school them at home’ using an online charter school called Mercury Online School. Previously we used K12 and enjoyed our experience there for over 3 years, but I found my Kindergartner (now 1st grader) wasn’t doing as well as I wanted her to. I also found that the older children weren’t getting as much out of K12 as they needed to be. With MOA they have teachers that they report to at least 1 time per week. Plus they get frequent interaction with other children their age in “discussion groups”, chats and emails. I love that. My goal this next year is to get them involved in some kind of groups so they have something to do at least one time a week with kids (other than Church sponsored activities.) So, I have big plans!
The purpose of this blog is to kind of journal our trek through life. I had another blog that I chronologged quite a bit of family history but it was hacked by a non-fan, shall we say, and I gave it up. So, it has been at least 2 years since I have blogged. I have missed the outlet. I figure it is Summer time and this is a good opportunity to get back in the habit again. Let’s get one thing straight from the beginning: I am not perfect – nor is my family perfect – nor do I try to claim for us/me to be. We are doing the best we can in the world WE live in.
Thanks for coming along for the ride.
Make it a great one!!
About Tammy: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother of 7 (ages: G12, G11, B8, G6, B5, B2, G6mos). Stepmom of 2: ages B 25, G 22. Mother in law to two, Grandma to Peyton and Andrew (With another on the way - due in December!!) and blogger at BellaOnline!! Happy & Satisfied!!
