Where to begin?

I really am not sure how one would begin a blog about there life. I have read many blogs but never have got to read that first page that started the whole thing. I would imagine one would start it like:

Hi, my name is Heather. I am a happily married mother of 8 beautiful children.

I guess that is a good start. I mean it is all true. But it in no way even comes close to covering it all. Thats whats great about blogging though. You get that time to cover all the experiences in your life in many different paragraphs. And with 8 children I promise I am not lacking in life experiences and can't wait to share them all with you.

Don't expect the great wonderful stories of how to raise prim and proper children. I'm not that kind of mother. lol Well I try to be but my children are not prim and proper. But then again I have seen many of you with your children at parks, stores and other places and I hate to tell you this... your children aren't either. Sorry.

Many people gasp when I tell them I have 8 children. Then they hear that I live in Utah and just chalk it up to Mormonism. Well the facts are this. I was raised LDS(mormon) but that did not contribute to my decision to have a large family. I was the youngest of 5 children but the age difference between me and my siblings was quite substantial and by the time I was being raised, my sibling were all out of the house living there own lives. So basically I was raised as an only child. I decided way back when that I wanted my children to have sibling to grow up with.

Honestly I only pictured 3 or 4 but things changed when I started having children. I had 2 miscarriages before having my oldest son. Then went on to have another miscarriage before my daughter was born. After having those two I did want more and my ex and I tried. I ended up having 3 miscarriages in a row and was told by the doctors that my chances of carrying another child full term was just not going to happen for me. Well I sure proved them wrong. I had 2 more children with my ex before we divorced.

I was pretty settled with having 4 until my ex and I divorced. When I met my current husband he was pretty settled with helping me to raise my 4 children and figured we would have at least 1 together since he didn't have any children. After our son was born we soon decided to try again and hoped for a daughter, which we were blessed with. We talked about having more and decided that if it happened it would but made no plans. By the time our daughter was getting ready to start kindergarten I had started to get that taste of freedom with not having kids at home and decided I was done. I found out that week I was pregnant.. yep my luck.. lol

After our second son was born we had said no more... but we did go on to have our last son. And yes.. I am done!!!
But after suffering through 7 miscarriages through this whole process of having children.. I really do value each and every one of them as such a great blessing to my life. But that is all something I will dive into at another time.

So the basics are... My name is Heather. I am married to a wonderful man named Casey. This is my 2nd marriage. And I have 8 children. I am 36 years old. I am a big girl and am working on fixing that. Which you will hear a lot about. You will also hear my talk a lot about the paranormal due to the fact that I have had a few experiences and it is an area that I am just fascinated with.

I also am in the process of building up my own company. I started a business a year ago making bathsalts, bath bombs, bubble baths, bath soap, candles, incense, etc. I haven't been able to do a whole lot with the company due to the economy and such but have kept it around so far as more of a hobby for now. But really do have a dream with it. And will see that dream come true someday.

I am sure there is so much more that I am missing. But thats whats so great about this. I can catch you all up later on it all.

-Nikketti