I recently posted an insight into my life as the wife of a minister. Since that was a popular post I
thought I would open the doors of my life a little more and give you an idea of
what a regular week is like for me and my family.
I will start the week with Sunday (because
that’s where all the action happens).
Sunday: The crazy starts early on Sundays.
My hubby leaves at 8am to set up the church leaving me to get the three kids to
church by 9am. I generally finish my cup of tea, then fight with the kids to
get their hair brushed, teeth brushed, shoes on and into the car by 8.45am. If
I don’t scream at the kids, it has been a good morning.
Church is fun but busy. I don’t generally
get to sit and listen to a sermon at church as I am either serving on (or filling in for someone else) the children’s or crèche program. I love our church family and I especially love
having a cup of tea with them after the service finishes.
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| The little girls have been grabbing a Bible lately and pretending to read it. Awwwww! |
After church we often have people over for
lunch or a meeting (or both). Late afternoons are mostly free but they are
frequently meetings that occur at that time.
Dinner is rushed and hubby puts the kids to
bed just in time for me to open the door to the girls in my Bible study group.
As well as reading the Bible, the giggling and D&M’s go on well into the
night.
Monday: Monday is hubby’s day off and this
is the last year we will be able to spend it as a family without at least one
child in school. We often visit parks or kid friendly attractions around Canberra
or just relax at home and do errands.
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| Family time! |
Because hubby and I don’t hear sermons we
take the time to get together on a Monday night and listen to a sermon
together. We have listened to sermons from SMBC (where Tim studied) and we are currently going
through a Mark Driscoll series on marriage called The Peasant Princess.
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Tuesday: After getting up early to go to the gym, I often spend Tuesdays at home
with the kids. That way we can recover from the weekend and clean the house and
it means hubby can take the car to work (we only have one car).
Tuesday nights hubby is out at his own
Bible study so I take the time to study or write blog posts (depending on which
is more pressing at the time).
Wednesday: Wednesday is our playgroup day.
It is often stressful to get the kids there but once we arrive I really enjoy
catching up with the other mums. I was initially invited by a friend but this
year I have started to form my own friendships and just love meeting with these ladies each week.
Wednesday nights hubby is home but he
frequently heads to the study to work. He may also be avoiding having to watch
“The Bachelor” and “Wonderland”. I consider Wednesday my “night off”. It is
basically the only night I watch TV and I generally have a glass of wine and
watch rubbish TV.
Thursday: Thursday starts with the gym again. Thursdays are lovely because I
only have Ali with my because the older girls go to preschool and
childcare. When Ali slept in the
mornings I would do study, prepare for my Bible study or children’s program and
whatever else I could fit in. Now I meet up with friends or do groceries and
try to fit the other things in when she goes to sleep in the afternoon.
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| Thursdays with Ali |
Thursday nights I meet up with two friends
from church to catch up and pray together. Even though we are all exhausted by
Thursday night, it is great. We share the hard things and the great things
going on in our lives over a glass of red wine. Then we talk to God together.
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Friday: Fridays I have two of my three and
so we generally try to visit with friends and get ready for whatever is on the
weekend.
Friday nights we are generally at home
together but one of us usually has something pressing that needs to get done or
there is something social on.
Saturday: We could sleep in and have a
relaxing morning but recently we have been heading to the local park for the
Parkrun. It is a 5km run that happens every week and hubby and I will take
turns running it. I recently completed the run in 29 mins 25 seconds!
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| Yay! Under 30 minutes |
We then rush home for a shower and head to
a party, or a lunch, or a meeting or something else.
Having kids means Saturday nights are
pretty relaxed for us. We may watch a movie or just hang out together. There is
the occasional social event of course. Saturdays nights are also often used to
get ready for church the next day.
Then it all starts again.....
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| Here's a random photo of my kitchen while I am giving you a peek into my life. |
