Better in Bulk - Family photographer with a large family
Daily thoughts on living with a large family; parenting, recipes, entertainment, photography tips, and family-friendly products.
In the last 17 1/2 years since I got married and had kids, I’ve gathered up quite an extensive collection of home movies. I started out using one of those enormous camcorders recording on VHS, then moved to a smaller camcorder using smaller tapes. Eventually, we bought a video recorder that used mini DVDs, and [...]
When should kids get their own cell phones? That’s a trick question, right? As a mother of teenagers, I am asked this question quite often because (for some reason) other parents figure that I know the answer. The holidays are a HUGE time for parents to give cell phones as gifts. Will your kids be [...]
My journey as an eBay seller… After my 5th child was born back in 2005, I discovered and fell head over heels in love with a brand new trend – baby wearing. Yes, mothers have been wearing their babies for ages, but it wasn’t until my last baby was born that I started seeing women [...]
For the last month, I’ve been teaching my teenage daughter how to drive. At first, we started with the basics – how to put just the right pressure on the gas and the brake so that the car doesn’t jerk down the road…how to make a smooth turn…how to merge with other cars on the [...]
I’m a true modern-day shopper. I don’t go anywhere without consulting my cell phone – before heading out to the store, during my shopping trips, and (my favorite) completely from home without having to leave my house. Yes, I fear that I would do all of my shopping online if I could. My shopping habits [...]
I have a dirty little secret. I give you permission to laugh at me. I am guilty of grabbing cereal boxes out of my neighbor’s recycling bins to rip off the Box Tops 4 Education. Yes, I am rather obsessed with collecting Box Tops, and my kids share my obsession. We rip and cut out [...]
My family of seven spends a lot of time together. We eat dinner around the kitchen table every night, everyone shares a bedroom, and we sit together at church every Sunday. We see a lot of each other. And then summer happened. This summer has been different from every other summer I can remember. Instead [...]
I’ve lived in this house for over 14 years, and yet I still frequent the same 2 or 3 restaurants every time I go out with my husband or some girl friends. If someone asked me where the best Indian food restaurant in the area was, I’d probably have to ask around to come up [...]
I am a digitally savvy mom. Or at least digitally connected. My kids know that, and they watch my social media involvement. My kids are entering that age where they are going to start to become more and more connected soon. I am so excited to announce that I am bringing my family to the [...]
Necco loves to ride bikes. In fact, she has been enjoying it so much that she and Dad are working towards a cross country biking trip (with camping included and everything). While what they are working toward is an exciting and worthy endeavor for our family, their biking journey is nothing compared to the route [...]
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