Kenya

Nate spent the first two weeks on February in Kenya working with some other men from Northside on the foundation of school, church and orphanage project.  We are both going back in July to continue work there. You can read all about it on our new Kenya page at the top. We are beyond excited about these opportunities to make Christ famous in this remote African town!

Daddy Daughter Dates

I love that Nate dates our daughters.  He took each of us out individually this week. 

He and Austin Kate enjoyed Ruth's Chris for Restaurant Week. 

He took Ave to her favorite restaurant, Olive Garden. 

 Ata and I went on a lunch date with him for Mexican, because that Bitty loves some chips, cheese dip and salsa.

And we went out with some friends this weekend to Capital Grill, also for Restaurant Week. 

In summery, Nate had an expensive week and ate very well!

*All pictures are cell phone pictures. I'm getting pretty slack with the real camera!*

The Jeep

One of the big events that happened during our blogging break, was the Jeep.  On September 21, after secretly saving money for a long, long time, I surprised Nate with a Jeep.  He has always wanted one and I've always wanted him to have one.  His car had died a few weeks earlier and I finally had enough money to get a decent one. When he got home from church, it was sitting in the driveway with a bow and SHMILY written on the windshield.  He loves it and I love that I was able to give it to him. 

I also found this perfect ornament for him for 2011.  It was supposed to be a gift he opened on Christmas, but he saw a package come from the Jeep store and immediately opened it thinking it was something he ordered.

 I'm glad he opened it early though, because now we get to enjoy it on our tree this year.