You're listening to the Family Discipleship podcast, a podcast of Training the Church.

This is Adam Griffin, and before I introduce you to our distinguished guests, let me first introduce my lovely co-host, the brilliant Cassie Bryant. How you doing today, Cassie? I'm great. Thanks for asking. I'm really excited about Ruth. Oh, well, let's get to her then. Well, what a genuine honor to have with this on today's episode, author, speaker, artist, mother, wife, Ruth, show, Simons. Welcome, Ruth. How you doing today? Oh, I'm doing so well. Thank you guys. What a warm welcome. It's so fun to be here with you guys. We're so pumped to have you. No, a quiz as we get started here. Both of us follow you on social media. Both of us love your stuff, but only one of us has stalked you into a restaurant in order to introduce ourselves to you. Oh, I was already eating at the restaurant. I did not follow her into the restaurant.

Well, now the quiz is completely...

I'm sorry, I gave it away.

Cassie, we've met before. Oh, it was so long ago. It was in Indianapolis at the gospel

coalition of the group of us from the village church. We were there. Jen Wilkins spoke at it. And we were at this restaurant. I want to say it was Dem sum or was like an Asian fusion restaurant. And you guys were behind us, you and your husband and I had a few other people. And as we paid our check and I was leaving, I was like, I just have to, I have to at least say hi. And so I came and said hi. So it was very, very brief. But you had a booth there. Oh, thank you so much. Of course, so gracious. Yes. Did you buy her meal, Cassie? Or no, did you? Oh, thanks, Adam. I do not. I should have.

You were my boss.

I should have done it. And expense didn't be like, I just, I bought Ruth's stuff. I definitely would have been, I would have approved of that. You would have been so willing. Yes. When you do go out to restaurants as a family, as a whole family, do you feel like people stare at you because of how many boys you guys are tracking with you? Oh, Adam, it is the funniest thing.

It's not just dinner.

The other day after church, we decided we were all going to go in. because of how many boys you guys are tracking with you? Oh, Adam, it is the funniest thing. It's not just dinner.

The other day after church, we decided we were all going to go into the grocery store because

I'm at a point now where if they have to eat 3,000 calories a day, I need to know what

they want to eat, right?

So I'm taking all six boys.

So after church, I mean, I will tell you, I looked nice.

I mean, I was dressed up. It wasn't a sweat stay.

But we went into the supermarket, you know, in the times of COVID. And we took all the kids. And you know what? People couldn't get around us. We were like an island, like a mass in the middle of the grocery store. And yes, everybody looks at us. And thankfully, the boys have learned that between what their mom does and just the fact that they are really eccentric as a whole group and its unit, they're pretty well behaved.

So thankfully, they're respectful and kind and do help others get the can down from the top shelf.

So we're not a nuisance, but I will say, yes, it's kind of overwhelming when we go

places altogether. Oh, I bet. I love getting to see you guys invest in your kids, though, from a

distance. It's such a blessing to me as a dad to get to see that. I'm a dad of three boys. Cassie's a mom

of three girls. She said you are, I think she described you as double her opposite.

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