Travis and I both wanted a big family when we got married. We never really had a set number of kids that sounded right, but we both knew that we loved large families  and wanted built in close friends for our children. I think initially we thought a large family to us looked like four kids, but here we are at eight kids and it officially feels like we are large family status. My own childhood was filled with four other siblings and growing up with them was/is a gift.