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Hello!

Welcome to this blog.....All glory to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

We will do our best to keep you updated with our latest adventures with our 'Loud & Large' family, and we all hope that you have as much fun reading and following along as we will making. Please feel free to post any comments! 

May God Bless and keep you,

The Shepherd Family

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Or, you can just simply click here ---> Our Shepherds Life

Here is an updated list of all of us, the Shepherds. Here you can find out a recent little bit of info on all of us, and see our 'Family Interviews'. 

Stephen (Dad) Deborah (Mum)

Tom (Thomas) & Abigail

Tom is the oldest and is now very happily married to Abigail. They have FIVE lovely children, Micah, Perpetua, Seraphina, Araminta and Daniel. What a beautiful family. They are all so very happy together. Tom enjoys looking into Biblical histories, flying glider planes and paragliding.  Tom has a video channel, Pursuit of Truth, he has a passion for the Gospel and sharing his faith. He is a good listener and discerner, as well as being great to converse with about deeper life questions. Tom will set you on the straight and narrow. He is a keen guitarist, singer, songwriter, and can play penny whistle too.

Abigail is such a delight, with a lovely sense of humour.  She is quiet and strong (and incredibly fit) and a very underestimated girl in my opinion. She is also very talented at most things she puts her hand to, art being one of them. Abigail is very good at making rooms and houses look their very best, she would be a great "room stager" She cooks good, great wholesome foods and bakes really well too.  She also produces Tom's online videos, and is really good at media and making short movies. We love you Abigail! 

Joe (Joseph) & Laurie

Joe is now very happily married to Laurie and they have FOUR lovely children, three beautiful daughters, Eleanor, Amanda and Jennifer, and a gorgeous little son Rowan. Joe is the life of the party and our media guy. He runs an online business 'Arms of Chivalry'. Check that out here...Arms of Chivalry and his YouTube channel for that. AOC -  YouTube Channel. You can see a small piece of his work on the BrotherhoodMusicUk's channel! Joe, is a good sword smith and has custom made his own weapons. He has an ability to capture audiences when he teaches history and re-enacts with his swords. He enjoys taking part in all kinds of re-enactment battles across the country. Joe, is also a good guitarist, singer, songwriter, bass player and drummer. He also can play keyboards and has composed many musical pieces that he arranges and produces. Joe, has also got an incredible flare with photography and has worked as a studio photographer and wedding photographer. 

Laurie is such an amazing girl. She is a real friend to all of us, especially our older girls. Another super talented girl. Great cook, bakes the most delicious cakes (made her own wedding cake!) fluent in French and plays piano like a dream. Laurie, helped out with hair and make up at our weddings, she is very talented at both. Visit Laurie's blog here...Happy, Healthy and Home. We love you Laurie!

Joe's Teaching Sword History

Rhiannon & Tim Freeman



Rhiannon and Tim are both very happily married and enjoying life with their SIX wonderful children, Jerusha, Samuel, Rhema, Gabriel, Evanna and Aliyah. She enjoys holding lovely tea parties and is excellent at quilting/sewing, loves to sing and play piano. She is known for her fabulous scones! Rhiannon is very knowledgable with health and alternative holistic treatments including reflexology, massage and aromatherapy. As a fully qualified Doula, Rhiannon has helped many ladies through pregnancy and labour. She really is great fun to be around and has an engaging laugh. 

Tim is a wonderful Son- in- law to us. We are exceptionally blessed. He's fun and musical. He is an accomplished singer, songwriter and guitarist. He really loves studying the Word, leading worship and prayer. He's also an excellent cook, as a trained chef! He is just like having another son and brother, he's been a great support to our family. Tim joins in on all our silly family fun and is a terrific sport. We love you Tim!

Awaiting interview.

Jacob (JED) & Rosie 

JED (as we call him most) is now very happily married to Rosie and they have a lovely family of FOUR with, Jasper, Sapphire, Sebastian and Phinehas. JED still likes discovering different recipes and making them, blogging and novel and song writing, playing guitar as well as piano and drums. He can sing pretty good too! 
Check out his blog here...Jacob and Jamie! JED is very gifted in dealing with relationships and has a real heart for people.  He has a true gift in being able to reconcile people and bring healing to marriages. Here is his interview for you to check out Family Interviews: JED.
Rosie is a dear friend to all of us. She is very creative and loves drawing, art and illustrating things, cooking, knitting (she made me some great leg warmers and cardigans for the girls!) She is a great spiritual comfort to everyone and encourages everyone through prayer. With great wisdom beyond her years she and JED will have a powerful marriage ministry some day...We love you Rosie!

Isaac (Ike) & Sinéad.

Ike, is now very happily married to Sinéad. Together they are blessed with THREE delightful children, a beautiful Son Déaglán and a precious baby daughter Saoirse, and gorgeous baby boy Lochláinn . Ike is known as the family mechanic and really enjoys working on cars. One of his nicknames is 'Spanner'! He is very talented at playing guitar, song writing, singing. He also loves driving! Ike loves to read the Word and pray and has a strong spiritual insight, as well as  being incredibly strong physically. Ike will tell you things how they are and makes a great friend you can trust. He loves to help people and make them laugh and has a very fun, loud personality! Ike has an LGV lorry licence and CPC and enjoys driving the big breakdown recovery truck, people are always pleased and relieved when he turns up to help them.

Sinéad, has been friends with us all since 2014. She's the best "Bae" to everyone! Always joyful, always smiling, always so thankful and forever helpful. She has a huge heart for prayer and intercession.  One of the tidiest people we know, they will  no doubt have a beautiful home together. She plays guitar really well, and Ike says that she drives a car perfectly! No wonder they get on so well. We love you Sinéad!

Zachariah (Zac) & Tammy.

Zac is now very happily married to Tammy and they are blessed with a beautiful baby daughter Saylah.
If you haven't seen his interview, here it is... Family Interviews: Zac  and make sure to visit his blog! 

He likes food...a lot, loves super-heroes, is very good at drawing has got a great sense of humour and always loves to have a laugh and make other people happy. 

He is a clean and tidy person and has a nick name of "Wall-e"! Zac has such a caring, kind personality and has real leadership qualities. He is spiritually very strong, self disciplined and dependable. Zac likes to stay super fit and works out a lot. 
Tammy, is a beautiful, brave girl that has already overcome so many obstacles in her life. She has relocated from Newcastle and is getting used to being a fireman's wife and that's no easy task!  Her strong faith has really helped her. Tammy plays guitar, sings, and has a heart for worship. She's fluent in Spanish and cooks really good too. Which is perfect for Zac of course. She's a great friend to everyone, including the boys, and she's strong too. Tammy could probably beat them at plank!  We love you Tammy!

     

Charis & Connor 

Charis is now very happily married to Connor and they have a wonderful family of three.

Elijah, Eden and Caleb.

Charis is not only pretty but smart. She enjoys many home-makey things and spending time with her younger siblings. She will make being a wife and mum look super easy. She also enjoys applying make-up, nail art and hairstyling.
She also loves drawing, art and design, playing piano & guitar, cooking, dancing, choreography, singing and photography/ film-making, and hopes to be an actress and film director someday. Charis has helped with the editing and production of a full length feature film, (Looking to Eternity) and a music video for the 'Family Table' a ministry that  she has helped with on many of their projects. click here to view. Charis is the brains behind the ClevverKids channel and has  filmed and edited all of the videos. She lives up to her name and is full of grace and a delight to be around. She can keep her cool in all situations and brings order to any form of chaos.

Connor is a tower of strength to us all. He's more than just a wonderful Son in law, He's a truly great friend for all of us. Anything you need you can count on the fact that Connor will show up first with the answers. He's very patient with all the strange traditions of the Shepherds and is an extremely good sport joining in. He runs his own airsoft channel Orange Spartan on youtube and has taught all of us how to play airsoft better. Connor works hard and plays hard. Connor is a fantastic husband and daddy, we absolutely count our blessings having you in o

Connor's Airsoft Channel

    

Jared (JIM) 

Jim 

 JIM is very similar to Tom, frighteningly so at times. He loves planes and has had some flying lessons. He enjoys making airplane models, being with his siblings, and playing football. Jim is one of the youngest to have passed his LGV lorry driving test and CPC certificate and he will be really enjoying driving lorries around the country! He has a great sense of humour and is probably the easiest person to make laugh. He is a keen cyclist, guitarist, song writer and drummer. Jim is really good with helping people and volunteers the most in the community. He helps many elderly with gardening and dog walking.  Jim would like to have a small holding farm at some point and keep  sheep and pigs. He is easy going and gets on with everyone and can enjoy conversations on pretty much

 

Liberty age 22

 Liberty loves designing dresses and making people laugh. She is a very good impressionist and isn't shy or afraid of being the centre of attention! Liberty won first prize in a talent competition with her impressions. She enjoys singing and dancing and loves to cheer people up. She also loves painting water colours and is currently writing her first novel. Her favourite colour is purple and she will usually be seen wearing something purple. Liberty is happy, and fills our home with her singing and fun personality. She is affectionately known as 'Big Mama' to the boys.
She loves to help people and is a great encourager and is always writing little notes or letters to people and is our faithful prayer warrior. She enjoys reading lots of books, and is currently a storyteller at our local library. We think she is like Hayley Mills from the Pollyanna movie. Find out more visit her interview here!

Talitha age 20

 Talitha is our joyful, little secretary (although she is the tallest of us girls.) She loves baking, horse riding, dancing, loves playing with her brothers and sisters. She would love to be a Midwife and was present at all but one of her nephew's and niece's births. She brings peace to all situations.

She does not like messy places, she's a great organiser, likes doing our shopping lists and she was clever enough to select and book all of the honeymoons online. She is usually the first to finish her schoolwork for the day and enjoys football! She is also a keen supporter of Tottenham Hotspur, and Formula One racing. Talitha has a photographic memory and is incredibly quick with facts and figures. No-one in our house can beat her at any word games or chess. To read more about Talitha click here Family Interviews: Talitha

   

Nathanael (Nat) age 18

 Nathanael is a real fun guy! He likes the great outdoors and has an unusually high pain threshold. He got stung by a wasp once and didn't even flinch! Nathanael likes cars, so he gets on well with Ike! He enjoys making things in the garage and doing different projects and mending things. His art work has come on tremendously and has impressed us all with his ability. He is a good cook too, but he would really like  to be an electrician.  He is a reliable, hard working, and honest little guy that everyone loves to be around. See his interview for more right here! Nathanael enjoys Formula One racing and everything cars, from designing them to driving them.

Magdalene age 16

 Magdalene is totally delightful and someone who you could never tire of being in her company. Her empathy towards others is always very touching. She enjoys learning all the time on any subject. She has become a really great baker, and makes the most delicious cakes. Magdalene is a really good actress too and has won second place in a monologue competition for her Anne of Green Gables entry. She is almost made of elastic and can do all sorts of gymnastic type exercises which is fun to watch. She likes, dancing, acting, singing and has a real air of fun about her. Magdalene is deep thinking and she has the ability to be a good mediator. She can also read body language and facial expressions like  a pro! Awaiting interview.

Magdalene: Anne of Green Gables    Magdalene: Dreamer monologue  Magdalene's Youtube channel

Berea age 15

 Berea is the ultimate girly girl! She loves to dress up with different hats and sunglasses, wearing lip-gloss and high-heeled shoes. She also loves colouring and all her school work. She's clever and smart too. Berea likes to read lots and likes to work with Magdalene. She is very peaceful, with inner calm and quiet confidence. Berea is full of bubbly joy, loves butterflies and dolphins, and brightens everyone's day. She really enjoys cooking and sewing and has started to sing as well as play guitar and keyboard. 

Click here to see her interview! 

                                    

 Aaron (ABE) age12

 And here is Aaron (ABE)  he is the youngest member our family. He enjoys playing with all of his brothers and sisters (including wrestling Charis!)  He is very creative and can build amazing things with LEGO. He likes playing drums, and writing stories, which he illustrates himself. He likes everything boy-ish!  Aaron is also proving to be quite good at singing. It seems everyone in the family has a musical flare. He really is a sweet, helpful, kind little boy and everyone loves to spend time with him. He has a lovely delightful personality and a very thankful spirit. Awaiting interview.

God Bless,

The Shepherd Family 

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A family photo with our Grandparents 2015

Family portrait 2017

 Not quite all of us!   May   2018

Ike and Sinéad's Wedding October 2019

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