My parents really only gave us $1000 to throw our weddings. With eleven kids who can blame them but when it was my turn to get married I didn't think it was FAIR. I was young....I get it now.
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Here they are — my five older brothers. This new year I will share some funny stories about how we had fun, how they tortured me and what I learned from this wonderous group of men I grew up with. Story one...Joel spit on me.
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You don't want to know how much I spend on a tree or the size of it. I got my Christmas tree craze from my Mom. This year I am at it again....my tree is picked and in two weeks will go up. Creating traditions is part of the fun of raising kids and the season.
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You need ideas on how to make Christmas special on little funds...ask my Mom. Eleven kids and she made it as magical every time.
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Episode one...a family with eleven kids during the holiday season. This month a story a week about holidays with a crazy gang... my family.
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One of many...following your older siblings is not always easy. Some of my teachers called me Thatcher for years; I am not sure they even knew my name.
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Yes, I am a breakfast princess; a dinner one as well. With eleven kids my Mom decided it was easier to eat together and with class then to have chaos and she was right. We had a set table with placemats breakfast and dinner and this daily. Do you want to connect with your kids and just calm down...it is easy, eat together.
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You don't need to have a lot of money to have some summer fun. Mountain Dew commercial's from the seventies and eighties portrayed this to perfection. I think they inspired us sometimes, at least my older brothers and I got in on the fun.
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Doing research this week I read an old speech my brother gave. I included a very small excerpt and memory from all of Thatcher kids in this weeks post. Stuart, we miss you and your sense of humor. May it live on in your words. P.S. the little girl in the swimsuit is me. It was one with me all summer. My mom had to force it off of me to wash it.
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