OVERWHELMED BY MY BLESSINGS

Yep.  Today is my birthday, and I’m now double-nickels (as my husband, Dirk says). I’ve been around a pretty long while. Since before ...

A little riddle for you today. If you really know us, you know the answer for sure. Let's have a little fun and see if we get any gues...

Letter from our youngest daughter, Katie….quite the prophetess! Written by Katie Meadows Mansour, April 29, 2002.  13 years old Hey fu...

Logan Tyler Simms born October 28, 2009 Our 3rd grandson, our 7th grand!! Those cheeks are kissable!! He makes a great ad...

“White Out ’09,” “The Blizzard of 2009,” “Historical Snowfall,” these were the headlines our greedy news outlets used describing December 24...

We have GREAT news!!  We are adding ManyMeadows, Number 23, and GRAND number 8 to our family in July! Andrew and Abbi shared the news wi...

So you're headed to your in-laws tomorrow.  Anxiety is already building, causing spats with your spouse and conflicts with your kids.  Y...

We gained a daughter-in-love on May 29 this year.  Abbi is now a Meadows, bringing the ManyMeadows' number to 19! We joke that I hand-...

It's true! So sorry I haven't updated. I've been gently chided because I haven't let all of you (5 or so ) readers :) k...

About 2 months ago, Dirk discovered an enlarged lymph on his left side.  It didn’t go away.  He scheduled an appointment with our family doc...

In juggling the preparation for two weddings in the very near future ( our oldest son’s , May 29, and one of our daughter’s , July 31), and ...

How can you discover the vision for your family? Think about these thoughts: Your vision needs to be everlasting, and an on-going goal...

Robin and I had never written our family vision down until a few weeks ago when we were asked to do it for a project we are working on. I do...

We are so blessed to have Jon, Brad, Alexander, and soon, Abbi (May 29, 2009) and Cody (July 31, 2009) as our sons- and daughter-in-love. ...

Our son, Kody, recently completed a music innovations class offered by Paul and Jennifer Colley at their recording studio in Oklahoma City. ...

While this blog should be about the amazing running feats accomplished by Ali , (5K) Abbi , (13.1 miles) Cody, Anna (26.2 miles each!) and...

Erin's bloodwork came back and it's still inconclusive.  No chicken pox antibodies showing up.  Her OB is sending her to a patholog...

Last Thursday, Erin came over to show me her rash.  "Mom, I think I have chicken pox." Now, that's not a normal thing to hea...

The Differences in  Your Third Pregnancy Compared to Your First With your first suspected pregnancy you take a test before you actually ...

The Many Meadows' are taking a break this week! Dirk, Kody and Jacob will be working. Robin will be gardening and painting. Erin ,...