Living Life as a Preacher's Wife

As you can imagine we have started getting the question, are you going to find out what the baby is?  So we have decided to come out front and say that we are waiting until the baby's birthday to find out what we are having. Being our third and having been blessed with both girl and boy, it makes sense as to why we might want to wait. It wasn't really a decision made lightly but we have made up our minds about it and are content with waiting out the 9 months. Everyone has a reason why they choose to do things for their families and here are a few reasons that lead us to wanting to wait to find out. - We want the surprise. I am a lover of surprises. Always have been. Sure I like to try and figure it out sometimes and I get a little anxious, who doesn't, but overall I enjoy surprises especially when they are pulled off. (I can be pretty hard to surprise sometimes). They're also very few surprises in life anymore that are truly, good surprises. Everything is always

So when we initially signed the contract on the house (our elders) they told us 2-3 weeks until everything got approved and they would be able to pour the slab. Well, here we are almost 2 months later. Some things came up which put our house on delay, as well as the weather. And we finally just got the call to come and meet with the builder to make sure everything is correct with the layout. As of Tuesday April 4th, they laid the foundation to the new home! We've been driving by it countless times and it was exciting to see a change in progress. Here are some pictures we captured that night: It's so exciting seeing it start to take form, and knowing this is where we are going to make many memories here as a family and with our church family. The builder told us that the estimated move in date is looking like beginning of August. But lately they've been going up pretty quickly and the move in date has been a week sooner for some, so it could also

This new year has started off with a bang. First, a new member was added to the family, an adorable little beagle who has been the perfect addition so far. Secondly, our daughter lost her very first tooth which is a big deal! And now me and Jacob are excited to announce, that with much discussion between Jacob, the elders, and the men of the congregation, the church has decided to invest in a parsonage. This area is growing fast, new homes are being built, and are pretty pricey in this area. We have been struggling being able to find a house that has the space we need, being at the price we need. But we looked at few houses available (they come and go fast) and the most reasonable priced one is one in town, being built brand new in a little subdivision of 40 or so homes. We walked through the model home with our realtor twice (who also attends at Drippin), and one of the elders walked through it as well. And with all things considered, they decided today that they were going to put the