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Volume 5, Number 10 • 32 Pages
Her Chicken Tender Is...
JUNE 20,2002
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Maggie Shoobridge
IREDELL CITIZEN
Where much is given, much is expected.
This is just one of the philosophies Tim and
Candice Watson embrace and teach their
seven children to live by. Living in the Cool
Spring area now, they moved from
Pennsylvania in 1997.
The Watsons lay claim to being blessed, and
they are, with strong work and family ethics.
Tim is self-employed which allows him to
work from home and still have time to tend
the 70-some acre farm. Candice is able to
work at her stamping, cross-stitch and scrap
books between her four daily loads of laun
dry, meal preparations and childcare. And
the children, oh- the children.
Let’s start with the fact that they all play
soccer. The ones who are old enough,
Brandee, Kyle, Tyler and Keenan, have all
made challe ge teams with the Charlotte
Soccer Club, considered one of the most
outstanding clubs in the country. Ethan and
Dallin play on the youth development league
and Hayleigh has her own soccer ball, just
her size. Honor roll is standard in the
Watson home and at eight, piano lessons
begin. Each child has at least one farm chore
and one or more house chores.
How can a family of nine do all this while
driving to Charlotte soccer practices and
games six days a week?
With careful planning, books on tape, not
wasting time and using a spreadsheet.
Summer schedule begins at 6:45 a.m. with
"ball work." (Soccer talk for mastering the
basics.) 7:45 a.m. is family prayer time.
Each child has a day to be responsible for
the daily devotions (handy that there are
seven, days and children). Then comes
breakfast, farm work, lunch and house
chores.
Everyone, even Hayleigh at two years old, is
old enough for chores.
See Ferdinand on page 12
Maggie Shoobridge/CITIZEN
Hayleigh, 2, is the chicken tender in the Watson family. Each of the seven children has a special farm
chore and Hayleigh is the only one who can catch Ferdinand, so she does the tending.