Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Are You Sisters?

The great state of Texas hosted a wonderful reunion this weekend. Juris Mater, Kat and Bets all made the trek to our home for 3 amazing days. There have been many changes since our days as Princeton roommates, but we still love every minute we can spend together.

Mr. Incredible proved to be just that...babysitting 7 children under 4 so we could have a ladies night out.

The usher at church on sunday leaned over the pew in which we normally sit, which was was holding more children than usual, and whispered, "Are these your sisters?"

I smiled and shook my head no. But then I thought again. Sisters? Indeed we are. We share each other joys, sorrows, trials and heartaches. We are inspired by each other to be better wives, mothers, friends. We pray for each other and laugh hard together. I have to thank each one from the bottom of my heart for enduring travel to come to Texas in AUGUST just to spend time together.

One of these days we'll have to have a whole Building Cathedrals blowout. Do you think Mr. Incredible could babysit all our children??

7 comments:

Kat said...

Tex, you are an amazing host and it was such a privilege (once again) to witness the way that your beautiful family works.
Sisters in Christ are a wonderful bonus from God, I've always thought :)

AWOL Mommy said...

The baby monitor shot takes the cake. Glad you ladies got to reconnect in person, the military makes this hard, I am glad you take advantage of the opportunity.

Right Said Red said...

I think Mr. Incredible can handle all of 20 of our children. But we better do it soon because as the months pass that number just seems to keep climbing!

Mary Alice said...

Can I just comment on how GORGEOUS you all are! Good for you for making the time and effort to do this. Like babysitting for personal time and time with husbands, indulging in a trip like this can keep you sane and functioning as a wife and mother especially when the fellowship is so strong and supportive.

B-Mama said...

Such beautiful girls--so glad you all shared a wonderful weekend together! I am EAGER to make this happen for all the Builder girls. What a blessing that time would be!!

JesusThroughMary said...

Red, you beat me to it - I was going to say that it won't be 20 for long....

I say 23 by the end of 2010.

But you know what they say, once you have 20 kids, it's all the same after that. So 23 is doable. And besides, all 20 aren't under 4. He could always let the 8-year-old watch 6 or 7 of them.

Juris Mater said...

That you Tex, Bets and Kat... it all feels now like a good dream, and I'm so renewed in my spiritual life and family life. What a blessing all of you are. We really are blessed!