Living Life as a Preacher's Wife

It's that time again for me to get sentimental before baby comes. I recently reread the post I made about the unknown of going from one child to two. Oh how I was so emotional about it! I'm emotional this time but not as much. Because I see how much I came to love Easton, immediately, and now I cant imagine life without him (I can remember time without him when it was just Natalie, but I cant imagine life without him in it.) And I know that's exactly how this will be with our new baby. It will be hard to remember the times when it was just Natalie and Easton and baby 3 didn't exist. Or even when it was just our Natalie! Yes pictures help, but the love you have for your children makes it hard to imagine life without them in any aspect.  When walking around a baby store with Jacob while we looked at stuff he said, "Once we have this baby won't it be weird how it will be hard to fathom life without them here, yet there was all these years and memories as

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

I can't believe 2016 is coming to an end! So many things happened in 2016. But what I am grateful for is a New Year to do things over again. For however much time God allows, I am thankful for each and every day we have to live. We have so many chances to mess up and stray from Him, but He continues to love us and give us another chance to make things right in Him. And I have learned about God's grace more than I ever have in 2016. One of my favorite verses now is Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you." I think this verse is a good daily reminder for anyone who wants to be more like Christ. With this new year I have a few resolutions in mind, but one I plan on working on is not being so hard on myself. I tend to beat myself down with a lot of things and if I don't accept what is, I won't learn to be a better version of myself. And if I'm a better version of myself then I can be

This time last year I had no idea what the New Year would bring, and little did I know we would be starting a new chapter of our lives somewhere else. This year has definitely been a rollercoaster ride. One of the harder years I’ve had in a while. Your will for your life might not be God's will, but you have to trust Him and have faith that things will work out for the better no matter where life takes you.  This year I got to celebrate my baby boy’s first birthday; (I can’t believe soon it will be two years since his birth!) first birthday’s are always a memorable one for me. And one of the highlights of my year was going with my best friend to see New Kids on the Block. I had so much fun and I was able to just kick back and enjoy myself for 4 hours while putting all the emotional stress aside. And I’m so grateful to my best friend who came along with me so I didn’t have to enjoy it alone. It will be a time I won’t forget!  But as there were great times with friends wh