Fun facts about the O'Brien clan

 

• We grew up in a large old farm house.
• There are 10 children in our family; six girls, four boys.
• 8 out of us 10 children were home schooled  at some point in our education
• Most of us children would consider ourselves "night owls" and often feel more productive in the late night hours than in the early hours of the morning.
• Almost all of us kids can hold a tune fairly well but only one of us plays an instrument. (Not including in-laws in that)
• Some of us have difficulty whistling.
• None of us has a tattoo (that I know of, that is...)
• We all love food and dessert! 
• We all have a strange desire to mix our cake and ice cream till it turns into mush. (Thanks Dad for that!)
• I think all of us would say we love rain and snow (commonly hated by the large population)

One of the neat things about being in a large family is all the different talents, ideas, hobbies and interests that we have.

• Music
• Writing 
• Making and producing films
• Cooking
• Baking
• Medicine 
• Science
• Politics
• Law
• Math lovers (and math haters... like myself)  
• Engineers 
• Hunting
• Gardening
• Farming
• Woodworking
• Reading

The list goes ever on. The more people you add in the more diversity you get.  I love that we have so much diversity (and so many things people can help me with!) At times more diversity means that differing opinions  are more common but there is nothing wrong with that! What matters is how you deal with those differences. A lot of understanding, grace and always giving the benefit of the doubt.