Another week gone...

Can I just say that at times law school can be no fun?! This weekend Nate had to spend a lot of time at school for a project and I missed him terribly. I often find myself living for the weekend because I LOVE spending time as a family. We have so much fun when we are all together and I appreciate Nate’s companionship and support with the girls more than he knows. I love living in Oregon, I love my friends, I love my job and I am so thankful for everything that has brought us here… but to be honest, I would be happy almost anywhere as long as I get lots of time with my family! So when I don’t get lots of that time, I find myself feeling discontent. Something I need to work on for sure. Nate works so hard at law school (and it is paying off!), but unfortunately it is time consuming. Yes, it would be wonderful to have a husband who is gone 8-5 and then home with nothing else to worry about except us for the rest of the night, but I am grateful that at least he tries his best and makes us his top priority. (And being realistic, I understand that that schedule may never happen… but a girl can dream!)

Alright, now I feel a little better, so on to the fun that we had when Nate was home this weekend! First of all – he got an internship for next summer already!!! Due to his extra hard work and diligence he has had several interviews and accepted a job offer at a law firm in Springfield, about 15 minutes from our house! The name of it is Thorp Purdy Jewett Urness & Wilkinson (it’s going to take me a while to get that one down). They cover many aspects of the law and Nate will get some really great experience working for them. He’ll work full-time during the summer then continue part-time for the 2011-12 school year. It is a paid position and we feel SO blessed that he will have such a great opportunity. Congrats Nate! So to celebrate the fun news, we had a special night out. After the girls were in bed, Nate and I enjoyed a candle-lit fondue dinner under the stars (complete with dancing…very romantic!). :) It was a wonderful way to celebrate a fantastic accomplishment.

Then on Friday, we got another camping bug! Unfortunately the time frame we had didn’t allow for real camping, but we made a pretty good substitute. We recently bought a 6-man tent (I’m SO excited!), so the girls “helped” me set it up on our back deck and we had a ball! I don’t think Kenna got that excited even for Christmas. She was literally giddy! We blew up our air mattresses and even fit in the girls’ little table so they could eat dinner in there (it’s pretty roomy!). When Nate got home we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and then just hung out in our tent. Nate tried sticking an M&M in the middle of the marshmallow and now Kenna asks for a “lemonem in a mellow” for about every snack. Guess she liked it! It was a lot of fun and made me so excited for next summer to start some real camping adventures! On Saturday night Nate and Makenna had a special daddy-daughter date sleeping in the tent. Kenna was so excited I thought she’d never go to sleep. Partly thanks to a late night, she hit the pillow and didn’t wake up until morning. They had a great time!

Other than that it was a pretty relaxing Conference weekend complete with pj’s till noon, bubble baths and lots of girl time. Why does the weekend have to go by so fast?

Our special evening

Roasting hot dogs and 'mellows...Kenna was pretty proud!

Dinner in the tent - what lucky girls!

Ready for the lemonem?

Reading bedtime stories in the tent...of course Kenna pays attention even though she knows the book by heart, and Sage can't sit through a book to save her life...guess that comes with being 1! :)

Our attempts to take our own family picture...

Giggly girls!

All snuggled up and ready for a sleep-over!

Bath-time fun!