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30 Year Old Children

September 25, 2026

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Tipper holding Corie, Katie in high chair

How in the world did I get old enough to have 30 year old children? I can’t believe I’m that old and I can’t believe my sweet baby girls are headed towards middle age.

Thirty years ago today Matt and I were terrified first time parents sitting in a Gainesville Georgia hospital wondering what in the world we’d gotten ourselves into.

The pregnancy was a complicated one. From the morning sickness that never stopped to almost losing them five months along I was in and out of the hospital the entire time.

Even the day they were born didn’t go as planned.

I’d had round the clock monitoring and medication to keep me from going into labor but once it was time to have them labor wasn’t an option.

As crazy as it sounds I was more scared of natural childbirth than a c-section. I’d had surgery before, but whatever was causing the woman down the hall to scream for hours was something I hadn’t experienced and didn’t think I wanted to.

Even with all the twists and turns of a difficult pregnancy and delivery the girls were healthy and big for twins born almost a month early (6.7 and 5.13 pounds). They didn’t even need the neonatal team that was on standby.

From the day we brought them home Katie and Corie have brought nothing but sunshine, love, and laughter to us.

A little over two years ago they gave us the gift of grandsons. Seeing them mother the boys has only made me love them more.

Happy Birthday Corie and Katie! We love you more than you’ll ever know. We are so thankful God blessed us with you.

Last night’s video: The BEST Supper from Our Pantry (mostly).

Tipper

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  1. Awe, you sound like my sweet late mother talking. She had 5 girls and always said as we aged that she didn’t know how she was old enough to have children our age!!
    She also told me how much she felt blessed to have me as a daughter and how much she she loved me. She told me that it was a beautiful spring day and the flowers were blooming. It was sunny not a cloud in the sky..That special blue sky that early spring has. I was a month early and weighed 6.2 pounds. Enough about me.
    Happy birthday to the two most special twins I know!!! You’re talented beautiful and kind. Even though I have never met either one of you I feel like you are family because you have been kind to allow us into your lives. I hope you had a special day, you certainly deserve it.

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  3. Happy Birthday to two precious gifts from God! May your day be filled with Love, Joy and Happiness! Blessed by the hands of God!

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  4. Happy belated birthday, Katie and Corie. I’m late as usual, but better late than never. May you have many more blessed and happy birthdays.

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  5. Happy birthday, Corie and Katie. It’s a special day in our family too – – our daughter’s 37th birthday is today. Daughters are so very special and we thank God for them.

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  6. The very happiest of birthdays to Corie and Katie. May it be a fantastic and blessed day. Tipper, I can truly attest to the fact that time really flies; I recently hit that 89th and can only say, “where did time go” and it’s been an amazing journey. Happy, Happy Birthday, young ladies • enjoy!

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  9. Happy Birthday Katie and Corie! I pray your day has been amazing! You both are amazing women and shine the Lord in all you do! I’m so grateful to follow your channel, too. Many blessings on your birthday!

    Tipper, my sweet momma worked the OB floor for 13 years and I was a teenager at the time. I thought I never wanted kids from hearing all of the women in labor each time I met her for lunch. There were no epidurals back then for the women like there are today. My first pregnancy was awful and I was in the hospital all of the time, too. Dreadful, but the outcome of having children far outweighs the pains of birth. Our first daughter went on to have twins too and like you it was something constantly worrying us to death. My best friend was a twin and she was killed when we were 14. I thought I couldn’t recover from her loss. My best cousins are twins who are more like sisters than cousins. When the Lord gave us twin granddaughters I knew it was a gift straight from Heaven meant just for me. I know the Lord saw how deeply I had grieved my best friend and gave me a wonderful gift of twin granddaughters.

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  10. Happy Birthday to Corie & Katie !!! Congratulations Tipper & Matt on your beautiful family . We are all blessed by you all !!! Love & prayers for all !!!

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  13. All of the members today are wishing Corie and Katie a happy birthday, we should be doing that. But because of someone I know real well that is unable to have children I also think of these ladies and how hurtful is must be to them. The lady I mentioned fosters older children. I am going to make a statement, many of us are grandparents including Matt and Tipper, we dearly love our children but there is something about grandchildren and love that cannot be put into words. I kinda believe grandchildren are God’s reward to us for not killing our children! I know one lady that would say if I had known I would love my grandchildren so much, I would have had them first.

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  14. Happy Birthday Girls…make it one of the best so far. My Girls are now in the ‘getting greyer’ age. How in the world do I have Grands over 30…where does the time go. All I can tell you is for YOU to enjoy them cause life is way too short to mess around. Love and hugs to all of you, and yes you can get the Deer Hunter in there too. God’s Blessings on all….and yes I do miss Granny too.

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  15. Happy Birthday to Katie and Corie! They sure are special women! But how could they not be when they were raised in such a special family. Hope all of you are able to celebrate big!

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  16. Happy 30th, Katie and Corie! Thirty years of being sisters and best friends!! What a gift to share this milestone together. Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness as beautiful as the bond you share together! Love, Esme

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  18. I am sorry that you had such a difficult pregnancy with these sweet girls. I know it was a scary time for y’all. You did a great job. They were some really big twins for sure!!!! And goodness gracious, what adorable babies in this picture! I know you and Matt are so proud of the young women they are today with their own families and your precious grandbabies. Happy birthday to Corie and Katie.

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  19. Happy birthday, Katie and Corie! My husband and I are kind of in the same situation. Our daughter is 42 and our son is 38 and it still seems like just yesterday that they were born. Your girls were blessed to come into the world to such a loving family!

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  20. Happy birthday, Pressley Sisters!

    Oscar Wilde said it about being age 35, but I reckon it can be said about being age 30 as well, to the effect of, “Thirty-five is a good age for a woman. I know women who have stayed 35 for years.” So, Miss Tipper, if you don’t want to be the mother of 40-year-old daughters, then tell your daughters to heed Mr. Wilde’s advice, and remain 30 for years!

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  26. Happy Birthday to Chitter and Chatter, your beautiful, talented, Jesus loving daughters! You and Matt were doubly blessed!

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  29. Sending the Happiest of Birthday wishes to Corie and Katie! I know you’ll have a wonderful day with your families. May God bless you always and may you continue to be a light and blessing to others!

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  31. Happy 30th Birthday Corrie and Katie! They were both pretty babies and have grown into pretty and fine young ladies and now both are doting mothers now too. I’d say they’re successful in every way which should be the ultimate goal of parenting. Hats off to parents who’ve raised a fine family cause it ain’t easy! As a woman, nurse and mother I can tell you when I had my babies, I was in so much discomfort, I never hardly muttered a word much less a scream. (As a nurse, that woman’s screams were a bit dramatic and overdone in my opinion.) There’s some things we get ourselves into and regardless of the crap you will hear, if one plays with a loaded gun it will go off and hurt somebody and to believe otherwise is just plain stupid. I knew the facts of life and participated in such sports that lead directly to the state I was in. I recall that like it was yesterday and I’ve never forgotten it. I recall I told the doctor to tell my husband to shut up giving me advice on what to do while he stood there. Lol those were the days and I’m glad they’re over. God bless every parent out here. Being young and clueless is where most babies find their parents. I pray these little ones raise their parents well… lol

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  32. Happy Birthday Katie and Corie and may you both have a wonderful day with your family and friends and God Bless you all

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  33. Happy 30th birthday to twins any parent would be proud of! You are both equally beautiful and talented, and, as Pap would say, you’re little jewels.

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  34. Happy 30th Birthday to Corie and Katie!! May God continue to bless you both with healthy, happy, and fun birthdays for many, many, many more years to celebrate!

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  36. Here’s another Happy Birthday to the twins as you folks enjoy this milestone celebration. Tipper, the blessings new babies bring us can continue into old age. We already have a sweet great-grandson, and now both of our granddaughters are expecting. One will have a girl. The gender of the other is yet to be determined.

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  38. How the time does fly! We grew up too fast and so do our children. Each generation gets grounded in those lessons again. But – that growing knowledge deepens our thankfulness for the time we have. You and Matt were doubly blessed 30 years ago, then doubly blessed again with Woody and Ira.

    Happy Birthday Corey and Katie. The world is a better place with you two and all y’all in it. And that is by Design.

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  41. Happy Birthday to Corie and Katie!!!!!! Thank GOD FOR THE BLESSING THEY HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. My wife and I also had two children 9 years apart. Our daughter is 38 our son is 29. We didn’t plan on them being that far apart but it happened. Matter of fact the summer before my son came we were moving all the baby stuff in the shed to the back of the shed because we didn’t think we were going to need them again. If that was all it took to get another kid to come I should have done that years ago. Our son tells us He will see to it we are well taken care off in our old age. LOL!!!!!

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  42. Happy, Happy Birthday Katie and Corie!! May your day be as special, and fun as you!! God bless you and have a great new year!!

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  44. My Corey’s birthday is today too. But HE is turning 43 (how, when I’m only 45–lol). He’s not a twin but he blessed our family with a set of twins. Your family is a joy to watch! God bless all of you.

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  45. Happy birthday to Katie and Corie! You and Matt have done a fine job of raising them and I know you couldn’t be prouder of them! They share a birthday with my mom. She turns 71 today! Made her cake last night and will go spend the day with her with two of my other sisters and their kids. (I am from a family of seven kids). Between this weekend and next, all but one of my siblings will be able to get home to see her. My oldest sister lives in Charlotte and won’t come home until Christmas time. I hope this is a wonderful decade for the girls. I turned 30 a month before I had my first daughter and she was the best birthday gift ever! My mom also had me at 30 and her mother had her at 30, (she is the 9th child out of 18 children) so it was very special that God also blessed me with a daughter at 30! Have a simply wonderful day with your sweet and loving family, Tipper!

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  46. Happy birthday, Corie and Katie!
    You and Matt raised two wonderful women! They bless the world like you do, sharing the Gospel and telling what life with Jesus as your Savior can do.
    A mother’s love is a gift to both mother and children for always. You had the most difficult pregnancy, but you see your girls as a great gift from God. That is true love, the kind of love Jesus wants us to have for one another. Thank you to your whole family for sharing that love with the world.

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  47. Happy Birthday Katie and Corie! You are just a sweet as your momma and cute as your daddy. I just love your family! Have a great day and know you are special people!

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  48. Happy birthday girls! My #3 daughter is 45 today!!! God is so good to bless us with gorgeous daughters who are precious & love the Lord!

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  49. Happy Birthday Corie & Katie!
    You not only have been a blessing to Matt & Tipper, but to all who have found you on YouTube! You have filled my heart with joy & happiness.

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  51. Hi Tipper and Acorns. Happy 30th Birthday to Corie and Katie. Happy 30th anniversary to you and Matt for your home. I really enjoyed watching last night’s supper video. I want all of that today. I may start with fried tater and kraut for breakfast with a pickled egg. I love y’all Prayers for another blessed 30 years.

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  52. What a blessing for you and Matt to have two wonderful daughters like Katie and Corie. God is so good. I know how hard it must have been to take care of two children but you can look back as you have and see the many blessings you have received. I have three children and my first (age 57) was healthy and a pretty good baby but my second son (54) was sickly and demanded a lot of care. Our daughter (51) was born healthy, too. You are also have two grandsons which are blessings. I have four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. I look at my family and thank God for them. You, Matt, and your family are a blessing to many of us who watch your videos. its refreshing to see a Christian family like yours. I especially enjoy the gardening segments since I can’t do much gardening any more. Than you, Tipper for including us in your life. “Children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward.” Psalm 127:3.

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  54. Happy Birthday Corie and Katie! You girls are just beautiful people inside and out…just like your Mama…and Daddy too, of course. I look back at pictures of myself holding my babies and wonder how it went by so quickly. Now, I feel like my grandbabies are doing the same thing, with the oldest being 15 and the baby being 3. They will all forever be my babies..and I tell them that all the time. Life is good.

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  59. Tipper , you brought tears to my eyes this morning, Happy Birthday to the girls and may God continue to bless you in Jesus name

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  60. Childbirth is quite an experience!

    The girls were on my mind this morning at 5am. I was praying for both of them. I guess I know why now.

    Happy Birthday Blessings!!!!!

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  62. Happy Birthday Corie & Katie!! Those girls are a blessing, and the way they show their love for God and their family is a testament to their upbringing. I was lucky enough to see them perform at the Jan Karon book launch and they are truly musically talented and awesome entertainers. May God continue to bless them in this upcoming year!

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  63. Momma Tipper looks tired!
    Happy Birthday Corie and Katie.
    Tipper I am sure now that both of your girls are mothers themselves they do know how much you and Marr love them, not that they ever doubted it for one minute.

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  64. Having a child is a blessing unmatched. Happy Birthday to both of them and many more. You have been a wonderful Mama and they are too.

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  66. wow!! a woman screaming down the hall would un-nerve anyone! I thank the Lord everyday for my life and I’m sure you do also.

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  67. Happy birthday Corie and Katie!

    My wife had some problems during her first pregnancy when our daughter was born. I mentioned this a few days ago, it was not my wife but we were told during her second pregnancy with our son that something would be wrong with his back and it was suggested we consider an abortion. That was not a consideration for us. God blessed us with two healthy precious children. Our daughter was killed in an ATV accident when she was 32 but had blessed us with two grandsons before her death. My son will be 41 and my youngest grandson will be 21 next month. My oldest grandson is 26. They have all grown up to be fine hardworking Christian men. I am constantly praying everyday and thanking God for them and asking Him to keep them safe. Now without my wife, these boys are the only reason I have for living. With my health being what it is, I would be “up a creek without a paddle” if it was not for them helping me.

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