Stay at Home Wife

A stay at home wife, the job that I couldn't wait to have. The ability to sit at home, do laundry, clean the house and cook were things I couldn't wait to do as a stay at home wife. I had the assumption that I would sit at home do some laundry, clean, and in between that be able to work on crotchet and learn to sew... boy was I wrong! I haven't been able to do any of that! I had about 4 days being a stay at home wife before we left to go on vacation. I planned on doing a "spring" cleaning on the entire house so it was spotless before we left, as well as starting to crotchet and maybe even get rid of some clothes. Oh the ambition I had. Well, in reality I spent 2 of those days babysitting, and the other 2 days consisted of: laundry, grooming Wallace, grocery shopping, preparing 2 frozen meals for a family (of 8) who just had a baby, a church picnic (we provided another meal for the family of 8-turkey sandwiches), packing for vacation and paying some bills. Now that doesn't seem like a lot but it sure was a lot more then I thought I'd be doing; and that was only the first 4 days!

After the first few days we went on a great vacation with my family to South Carolina. This was Jacob's first time at the ocean and he had a great time jumping waves and boggy boarding. The house we stayed at had a private pool so most of our time was spent there swimming and relaxing. Wallace took his first swim in the pool, and by the end of week was coming in (on a raft) by himself. We had a great vacation spending time with each other and our family. This was the first time that we have spent 10 days together, without work, since we have been married and we are very thankful we had this vacation. It was a time of rest and togetherness that was greatly needed.

Speaking of vacation we spent a lot of time reading books; some of which were internship related and the Redwall series. Jacob loved these books as a child and thought I would enjoy reading them as well. I have read one and must say it is very good and enjoyable. Jacob has read many more and LOVES them!


This week has been spent getting back into the routine and enjoying time with our family here. We have also been preparing for new ministry ideas and arranging our house to be more conducive to studying. One of these new ministry ideas has been creating a new format for our newsletter.

Please pray for us as we revise our monthly newsletter into more of a prayer support/ministry letter, and strength as we continue on the journey of Seminary and ministry here.