The Cahill's

Well, I have finally caught up on things around the house enough to sit down and catch my readers up on life as it has happened.

Katie was here for two weeks and we tried to theme some of our activities around Titus 2:4-5:

That they (the older women) may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discrete, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

…love their husbands…

We straightened the house and made a yummy candlelight dinner for Brian. While we were working we discussed things we admired about Brian and Dad.

…love their children…

Katie did a wonderful job taking care of Lance – even jumping up to volunteer if I mentioned changing his diaper. Lance got sick one day, crying and running a fever. He wouldn’t nurse but did take a bottle. Katie and I took turns holding the hot, miserable little guy for over six hours.  Such work can be exhausting.

We also checked out books at the library for Lance and his summer reading program.

…keepers at home…

Baking day made for a busy morning as we turned out bread, rolls, buns, pizza crust and muffins.

As a special treat, we made calzones and took them to Brian’s work for a lunch date.

…obedient to their own husbands…

Katie was very good about entertaining herself and Lance whenever I had a project from Brian or needed to edit his papers for school. She was also excellent about remembering to water the plants.

…good…

We helped out at a Bible club at an apartment complex near our church. Katie and I ran games and she helped out with snow cones on the last day while I supervised the bounce house. Here Brian is playing “wink” with some of the kids.

We also put together a meal and took it to a friend that just had a baby – funny thing was, except for being more filled out, Lance was smaller (in length) than the week old baby!

All in all, I enjoyed having Katie here and I hope we can do it again!

Titus 2:4-5

That they (the older women) may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discrete, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

My little sister, Katie is visiting for two weeks, to play with Lance, have special time with me and observe the household workings. Part of joining in my daily life is to see what a wife does each day and in light of that, we’re going through the above verses and putting them into practice.

Be Sober: To do one’s duty, be moderate, thoughtful, and learn to make wise decisions.

After a week of no women in the house, there were things that needed doing! Katie and I practice having a sober mind by planning out our day in order to accomplish everything. Schedules must be flexible however.

Before shopping, laundry must be done.

After Landry is was time to feed Lance.

In the middle of feeding, pest control showed up – surprise!!!

A short round of errands then back for lunch and cleaning the refrigerator before loading it up with groceries.

Lance has a nap and eats again.

It was 2:00 and we needed to pick Brian up at four. Supper had to be started because we were going to look at apartments after we got him and would be getting home hungry – I still had to get groceries and gas.

God took this time to step in and give us some help by opening a new line right when we needed to check out, and letting the gas station across the street have the lowest price.

We unloaded groceries, fixed ourselves up nice to greet Brian, straightened the living room and started dinner – just in time to whisk out the door and get Brian.

Having done all that we needed to do, we were able to relax and enjoy our apartment tour, coming home to good smells and a clean house. As Katie stated in the car, “we’re being sober!”

Lance and I are down visiting my grandparents near Corpus Christi. My siblings and I were all introduced to the beach here, and yesterday I had the priviledge of introducing my own son to the ocean…

He was thrilled to be there.

Once he woke up, we put on his little swim trunks, and carried him down to the water. I dipped his feet in and let the waves wash against his little body, jumping him up whenever they were too big. Once a big one hit me and splashed higher than I anticipated and got his face. Tasting the salt water, Lance dropped his stoic expression for a surprised one and smacked his lips several times trying to figure out this new sensation.

My little spartan finally got cold so I wrapped him up in a big towel and left him to play with aunt Lori while I hit the waves with my brothers.

After dinner, we carried out our tradition of making a sand sculpture – this year’s inspiration coming from having Lance with us. We built a dragon for “Sir Lance, Sleepalot” to slay.

Achieving victory, Sir Lance was carried home on his silver horse (our car) to wash the sand off and go to sleep, ready for the next days adventures!