We now live in Idaho, bought remodled and sold our first house here. Now we live on 5 acres, raise meat chickens and have 20 egg layers and a big garden! We have been homeschooling for about 5 years. Shaun works at Parker Toyota, started in sales and is now in finance. Trenton is about to turn 12, and is in 6th grade. He loves church youth group (called Vox) golfing, basketball, baseball, fishing and hunting. Tayt is about to turn 10 tomorrow and is in 4th grade. She is very mature for her age and is the best big sister to Tennyson. She is learning hip hop, loves to dance, sing, play dolls and do art. Tennyson is 7, in 2nd grade and loves school. She loves gymnastics, art, dolls, dancing and singing.. anything her sister does.
Life is busy with the land, everyones activities and shauns work schedule. We love to go camping as a family with our trailer on the Coeur DAlene River and sureounding national parks. My siblings and their families come up in the summers and we spend lots of time at the lake together. Jamie and Paige are currently pregnant with their thirds!
We got a suprise in February of 2024 when we were in CA visiting everyone. My boobs started to swell and I just knew i was pregnant. I had taken out my expiring IUD from after Tennyson to try to let my body have a normal cycle and was attempting family planning method of birth control.. suprise! 7 years later we are pregnant with another little girl whom we are naming Tomi Anne after both gpas on both sides and Anne after my mom.
I am currently 40 weeks and 3 days pregnant and 37 years old. Toni was due Oct 15th (just like Tayt) and may very well come on Tayts bday tomorrow! This pregnancy has been tough since we have land, a new house (to us) and so much going on. I’ve been painting, changing lights, concreting, butchering birds, plowing, building the garden etc this year/pregnancy to make this home ours. So I haven’t been able to rest these last 9 months until about now. We just started school and all the kids activities back up for the fall and are anxiously awaiting little sister. We cannot believe we are having a baby again.. it all seems so surreal but we are so thankful for this blessing and are excited for this next chapter. The kids are going to be SO helpful this time around and Tomi is going to bring so much joy to this family. Trenton is stressed out about his growing responsibility as the big brother of 3 sisters but is the best and most protective big brother we know.
So that’s the life update as of now… be back with a birth story soon!
Love,
Momma T
