What’s life like after work?

Fun! Nash, Adilynn and Noxx are 8, 7 and 6 years old, and they just love being big brothers and sister to Ellis Jett, who is 5 months. Nash plays football, and Nash and Adi play baseball. My husband, Justin, who is a Line Supervisor for BEMC, coaches their baseball team, and they went to state last year. Adi is the only girl on the team; she really wanted to play, and Justin says girls who play two years of baseball then switch to softball really have an advantage. Noxx will be able to play with them next year. It’s so important that they learn to be part of a team and be good sports.

Justin also drag races with his Kryptonite Racing team, and the kids have a junior dragster now too, that Nash and Adilynn are old enough to compete with. We race on the same track at Galot Speedway, Rico or in Fayetteville. There are cash prizes, and the kids want to get good at it so they can win some! The juniors can go up to 60 mph, and the adults up to 140, and believe me, we use every type of safety precaution there is, including fire suits. Do I want to try it? No, I go five miles under the speed limit on the highway.

What’s your secret for having the kids get along so well?

Justin is an amazing husband and father, and we agreed to raise them old fashioned, and country. We don’t do video games, and barely watch TV. They go to Williams Township and they love it, it’s K-8 with no middle school drama and phones. When they come home they stay outside. We have four wheelers, and two ponds they swim in with their floaties and goggles, and they play in the yard with nerf guns, and with our little dog, and the chickens. And when they are inside, they are upstairs in their kids’ cave having dance parties, or with us downstairs having dance parties. We also hunt; Nash and Adi got their first bucks this year, by themselves.

If children are on a tablet or phone, and not moving, they will develop behavioral issues. They naturally want to learn by being active. Nash especially wants to do adult things and contribute to the family. We’re just trying to raise good, independent humans, and have fun doing it!