New to all of this

So this is my very first blog ever. I wanted to start this as a way to journal and write stuff down that I know I'm not going to remember in a year or two! :) I don't want to forget anything about my kids childhood, and as crazy as things get in this household this will be an easy way of documenting it, and also a good way for me to vent! ;) Anyway, so a peak into our craziness! I'm Julia (27) wife to Jim (27) and mommy to Chaeli (7) Halle (5) twins Emma and Maya (3) and Lily(1 1/2) and we also have a black lab Baloo who is also 3. I am a stay at home mommy, and I also homeschool our two older girls. It is one of the hardest yet rewarding things I have ever done, and if anyone thinks it might be a good choice for their family, definitely give it a try! :) Whenever I tell anyone that I homeschool it is usually followed by a look of terror and a comment about how "brave" I am! But with 5 kids I'm used to the looks, and we've learned to ignore them, and the comments about how many kids we have! It's amazing that 5 kids is now considered a lot! There was a time the 5 was a small ammount! I look at the mom's with 10 or 15 kids, and wonder how they can possibly do it, since I can't even keep my kids names straight, and sometimes the dog's name gets mixed in there too! But I'm sure they would say the same thing I tell people when they ask how I do it.. You just do it.. you adjust, you get used to the chaos! :) So there is a little peak! I look forward to blogging more!