At the Hearth Episode 4: The Joys of Big Families – S4, E28
Finding Joy in Your Home
Jami Balmet
4.9 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of At The Hearth: Family Chats, Jami is joined by her husband, Jason, to share the incredible joys of raising a big family. With eight kids, a homeschool lifestyle, and years of adventure—including two years living in a renovated RV—they’ve experienced firsthand the laughter, deep sibling bonds, and lifelong lessons that come with a full house. Join them as they celebrate the beauty of big family life, from built-in friendships to unforgettable memories, and why they wouldn’t have it any other way!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Finding Joy in Your Home Podcast. |
| 0:03.1 | I am your host, Jamie Valmay, and this is the podcast where we blend deeply theological topics with thoroughly practical application, all for God's glory. |
| 0:12.4 | Hey, friends, welcome back to the Finding Joy in Your Home podcast. |
| 0:16.6 | Today, we are back with episode number three of our series here. |
| 0:20.2 | We're in the middle of called |
| 0:21.5 | at the hearth. These are family chats with Jason and I. Today is episode number three where we're |
| 0:26.3 | talking about the joys of a big family. What are some things that are so joyful and so |
| 0:32.1 | wonderful with a big family? And then in the next episode, we're going to talk about the pitfalls |
| 0:36.6 | of a big family. |
| 0:38.6 | What are some things to watch out for? |
| 0:40.4 | How do you make a big family actually be a joyful, peaceful, positive thing? |
| 0:45.5 | We're going to talk about that over these next two episodes. |
| 0:48.4 | So I'm, of course, joined here by Jason. |
| 0:50.5 | Welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:51.8 | Thanks for having me again. |
| 0:52.8 | Pretty soon you're going to get sick of me. But we've committed to like, I think at least 16 episodes. So you can never get rid of me. |
| 0:57.9 | We have got no. It's actually, it's been way easier for me lately because I can just be like, Jason, |
| 1:02.6 | what are we what are we recording next? And he's got the notes and he's got it all ready to go, than me having to do all of the work of thinking of everything myself. So I have actually been |
| 1:11.0 | loving this. It's been working well, although it is definitely harder to find time for both of us |
| 1:15.5 | to record versus when I can just disappear and go record because you're doing something with the |
| 1:19.7 | kids. Although I think that you were not allowed to say anything about that in this episode, |
| 1:22.9 | because that would be more of a pitfall thing, not a joy, okay? Right. Well, no, actually, because the kids are over there |
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