He really did it!

this is us at the airport- the kids had a blast watching the elevator and waving to everyone that got in :) It was way hard to pull them all away from their daddy though- hard for ALL of us!!

Well, it happened. He really went. I think I'm still in shock, but so far things are going okay. I just want to thank everyone who has offered support and words of encouragement....it means a lot to me. I know I'm not the first person to have their husband go somewhere and I probably sound like a baby even talking about this, but I can't believe how much I miss Nate. I never realized how much I really do depend on him. For dumb little things like locking the doors at night. It totally made me nervous when I did it and I couldn't stop running scenarios in my mind of how I would get all my kids out of the house if someone were to break in or if something else were to happen. I'm pathetic I know, but seriously!! Nate is really my everything! I won't even go into the empty bed problem! I never thought I would say this, but it was a huge blessing that Charity came up and slept with me. Craziness :) So anyway- thanks everyone for everything! I am done with my pitty party, I will tough this one out! I feel like Heavenly Father is really carrying me right now and I feel like things will be alright. Nate is doing well too!

I have a tendency to only think about myself and how hard this is going to be for me, but Nate's the one with all the pressure at this point. I know he will do great though, so it's not too much pressure ;) He was sworn in today, he is an official employee of the FAA now. He just has to pass this training, and then he will be working at the center here in Salt Lake. We're WAY excited to have it all done up to here- Nate's carrying the load the rest of the way- I'm SO glad that it's him and not me- he's much more dependable. Anyway- this should be interesting :)