Thursday two weeks ago, Josh left for a 12-day research trip in Raleigh, NC. Josh and Lap (one of his Jarai consultants) spent their time gathering language data from the Jarai that live there. Josh and Lap were able to stay with Lap’s parents. Becca and I didn’t want to spent all our time alone at home, so we took a week visit to PA to be with my family. We had a late-night flight on Friday and didn’t get to my parents’ home until 2:30am. Becca was wonderful on the flights – a ball of energy!
Saturday we visited with Emily.
She was participating in a two-week CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship) summer missionary training camp. We spent time with her during her free time in between training weeks.
Monday we went to NJ and visited with my Grandma and Uncle John and many other Sutter family members. Uncle John made Becca her very own milkshake – she loved it!
While we were in PA, Uncle Joey came home from D.C. to visit with us. Becca warmed up to him, once she realized he would let her play with his phone and computer.
During our stay, my dad got out a drum and cymbal for Becca to play. She loved it! Also during the week, Mom and I worked on some wall hangings for Becca’s room. My mom is the sewing genius; I was just the “factory worker” sewing straight lines, etc. If it were completely up to me, the product wouldn’t have been half as nice. I’m really pleased with what we made and how it brightens up Becca’s room!
We had a great time with my parents! They treated us royally. It was nice to spend time with them without a large number of people around. We kept pretty busy the days when we were there. My dad kept the fridge stocked with my favorite pickles (I’m starting Becca on them too!), made sure we always had a lot to eat (late night fried chicken and Chinese food), and bought tiny ice cream cones for Becca (seriously, they were the size of my thumb!).
But being without Josh for 12 days was dreadful! 12 hours is bad enough, but 12 days! This was the longest we’ve been apart since marriage and I’m not looking forward to the next research trip! I cannot express how delighted we were to have Josh come home Monday evening! It’s good to have my man back!
Great pictures of your time with your family. You packed a lot into your week with them. I’m so glad you were able to do that while Josh was away. And I know it was a very special time for your family to have you and Becca there. Josh also looks quite pleased to be home again with his girls. Twelve days is a long time. Love y’all!
Twelve days is TOO long! Can’t even imagine. I’m sure your family was glad for your need for their company. Great job on holding up so well, and enjoy being all back together. The wall hangings look great!
Loved all of the pictures as usual. I really like those wall-hangings. I am becoming more and more convinced that I need to learn how to sew. I was thankful that Uncle Joey let Becca “chat” with me last week. It was so cute seeing all of the jumbled letters. ha ha. So glad you and Josh are back together. The pic of the three of you at the airport looks marvelous!
Thanks for spending the week with us!! Wow, we sure packed a lot into those few days!! Just too much fun!! Becca was great, she did so well being around so many new people, and being on the go, go, go every day. Glad you’re all back together again.