by Jessica Southfield | Nov 15, 2018 | mama birds
With the holidays coming and LOTS of us planning to travel for the holidays, I thought I’d do a quick post on how we travel and pack for our family of 12! Traveling with kids requires LOTS of planning, but there is nothing better than escaping reality for a few...
by Jessica Southfield | Jul 6, 2018 | mama birds
Reason #1- I cancel everything! Not because I want to! I promise most days I am counting down the minutes and hours to a lunch break with a friend! But how do I leave the house when the teenager is moody? Or the toddler is teething with a fever? Or its time to go and...
by Jessica Southfield | Jun 26, 2018 | mama birds, Uncategorized
Balance. What is it anyways? I feel like I’ve spent the last seventeen years of motherhood trying to find it and I’ve finally decided to quit! It doesn’t exist! How could I possibly balance being a wife, a mom of 10, a full time job, a church calling...
by Jessica Southfield | Jun 7, 2018 | mama birds
If you haven’t tried Walmarts grocery pickup service you are either living under a rock or super paranoid about someone else picking out your produce! 😉 I fell in to the latter category for a while, but now I am completely hooked! We all know grocery shopping...
by Jessica Southfield | Jun 5, 2018 | mama birds
I have SO many mixed emotions about June 5th. Feelings of grief mixed with overwhelming gratitude. June 5, 2007 my amazing Dad passed away. He suffered from stomach cancer for years before finally being freed from his physical body. I remember the day like it was...
by Jessica Southfield | May 25, 2018 | mama birds
This week is the last week of school at our house! I LOVE summer break and the time we get to spend with everyone home together. Yes, its louder and crazier, but we like it that way! Lincoln graduated from preschool Tuesday night in the cutest little graduation...