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Location	Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Introduction	Loren and I are finally together raising our five children. It is sometimes stressful, sometimes difficult, sometimes expensive, but always humorous. We naively thought blending our families would be easy enough. Boy! Were we wrong. We haven't had all out wars or sabotage or anything. But we have had discussions about creative ways to help the children understand that their demise is really for the benefit of the world as a whole. However, that would mean that we would be punishing them for their success, according to one (Loren says you have a four in five chance of guessing that one of the girls said this). Really, we love our kids and are very proud of all of them. Just to let you know, they range in age from 20 down to 11. Just sayin'....so....yeah. But that's how we roll.

Location

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Introduction

Loren and I are finally together raising our five children. It is sometimes stressful, sometimes difficult, sometimes expensive, but always humorous. We naively thought blending our families would be easy enough. Boy! Were we wrong. We haven't had all out wars or sabotage or anything. But we have had discussions about creative ways to help the children understand that their demise is really for the benefit of the world as a whole. However, that would mean that we would be punishing them for their success, according to one (Loren says you have a four in five chance of guessing that one of the girls said this). Really, we love our kids and are very proud of all of them. Just to let you know, they range in age from 20 down to 11. Just sayin'....so....yeah. But that's how we roll.