This third week was full of time spent with my family and at home working on our own projects!
Since the wedding was in Dallas over the weekend, Brandon and I made plans to stay with my oldest sister Jen for a few days after that. We enjoyed some time at the pool together, Top Golf, and some ice cream dates. I really enjoyed the time I had with Jen catching up on life and watching as her and Brandon got to know each other better. Being on sabbatical has helped our family connect since we are generally so busy. It is a sad realization when I start hearing things about my sister’s life that I had no idea about. This was an emotional point for me as I began to realize I need to slow down a little bit and not allow the “busyness” to disconnect me from those I love.
During our down time, I was able to read more of my book and start connecting some of the realizations I was having to my own daily life. One of the recent chapters discusses the curse that we have as women from Eve. Quite honestly besides childbearing, I never put much thought into this. As I continue though, I am beginning to see some changes that need to be made in my life to not only grow in my faith, but also to be more of the woman God created me to be. More on this later!
My nephews were also in Dallas over the week while their parents went on vacation. We were able to enjoy pool time and dinner together out at Jen’s house. As always we had lot of fun playing together and just being silly. Below is a picture from our pool day with the nephews.
As we headed home, we randomly stopped by Brandon’s best friends house to ride on the jet skis and let them spend some quality “bro time” together. Nothing says love like throwing people off the tube right? Here is a picture before all the bruises!
After we got back to Abilene, I was able to start working around my house to get things back into order since before our wedding in March. With both of us working two jobs, it seemed as if every time we make it home, we were too tired to do anything. Perhaps motivation was my problem, but again I am thankful for this Sabbatical time to work on a few personal things that need to be taken care of. This helps with some of the disagreements that occur in a new marriage and I will gladly work to minimize those! The first big task is getting our guest room back in order so that we can have people over. The room is currently my wedding room, so it is safe to say it is time for that to change. This will also allow some space for my patient husband to have his own closet.