We decided to go camping for one night and Justice found a place online that we typed the address into the GPS and followed it to somewhere, still not even sure exactly where we were in NY but somewhere near the Massachusetts border because we crossed it on a hike to see some falls.
It is moments like this when life just can't get any better.
Watching Daddy light the fire! the one match attempt was quickly thwarted but he still managed an amazing fire!
The perfectly cooked tinfoil dinners made by yours truely!! I was so pleased myself that all four dinners were perfect!!! Seriously how awesome am I that none of them were burnt or undercooked??
We were pretty excited about all our camping food and even had three deserts... yep we are that cool, popcorn over the fire, dutch oven cobbler, and S'mores!
All for our one night:)
Yummy, thanks for sharing Cora:)
Caterpillars!!!
Worms
Heading back to our tent
Another caterpillar friend
Going hiking
checking out the mushrooms
So excited to find a PINK mushroom!!
The mother load
Happy 6th Anniversary to us!!
I am so grateful for my little family and these perfect moments that make all the sacrifices worth while.
This last year of Dental school has been challenging for us. Justice has been working so hard at school and home studying every spare moment he has. He will leave for school before 8 and comes home by 8:30 on the best nights. He had two late nights a week where classes caused him to miss the x5 bus (which stops running at 8) and to come home another way resulting in him being home between 10 and 12 those nights. because the kids go to bed by 8 they would often go for days without seeing their dad. I thankfully got to say hi to him most evenings before he went back to his office for more studying...
It is hard to be alone with kids ALL the time but I get into a rhythm of life and routine. I am grateful for friends here that make life not so monotinous, and are always willing to help when needed.
I am grateful for many things here that take our attention and make life fun.
Some of our favorite things to do are:
Going to Chuck-e-cheese with our friends
Playing in water sprayers
Going to the childrens Museum
Going to the Zoo's and aquarium
Visiting at friends houses
Target and then Panera
Riding bikes
There are so many grate things that the kids and I get to do but, we always miss Daddy and wish he could be there with us experiencing some of these things with us.
It is hard not to feel guilty for every moment we do steal away to be together because we know that it is time that probably should have been used to study. That is why weekends like this (when we are in between semesters and there are no tests) are so special and rare. We just float in complete BLISS experiencing things together as a family and enjoying moments.
We are thankful for the oppertunity to be in school right now and to be preparing for a better future for our family.
3 comments:
So glad you guys got to have some much needed family time. We will be praying that Justice will be with you on the delivery date. Best of luck these next couple of weeks. PS I might not ever get my blog up to date but we are expecting April 13th :)
What a fun family outing!!! And you guys are working soooooo hard. I feel like a total whiner compared to you! What a good wife and mama. So glad to see you're well. :)
one day he will be working 3 days a week and make more money than you will know what to do with! you are great!
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