It's Official...

Reid got the official offer letter for the summer (and potentially fall) internship for the construction law firm! He is really excited and thinks this will give him lots of good experience. Congratulations!!!!

Last weekend, Gonzaga Law hosted Heidelberg, better known as "Law Prom," which was pretty fun. As Patti said, it looked like just another Sigma Chi or Chi Omega function : ) It's always nice to get dressed up and be served a "nice" dinner.

As most of you know, we have decided to stay in Spokane and let Reid finish school at Gonzaga. That means it is apartment hunting time. We have quickly realized that we were quite spoiled with our first place (great size and storage for the money) but our neighbors happily re-affirm our reasoning for moving quite often.

We have found a potential apartment and put in the application. Checking out one more place on Friday, but hopefully one of these will be our new home soon!

Signed, Sealed & Delivered

Approx 27 cover letters and resumes were sent out in hopes of Reid obtaining a law internship this summer! Now we play the waiting game...
---UPDATE---Reid heard back the next day from a firm in town. He went on his first interview (in which the lawyer told him not to dress so nice next time) and is now scheduling his second "research" interview. Good news could be coming soon...


Tara is down to her last week of gymnastics!! While she will be sad not to be around kids as much, I think she'll be getting plenty of phone calls to sub!! Plus she's ready to get back into a steady workout routine.

REI Scratch and Dent sale is this weekend. We both have made a list of things to shop for. It sounds like it is going to be pure crazinessness?!?

Happy St Patricks Day!! Hope you're wearing green so you don't get pinched : )

Update...

Haven't been so good at updating lately, so this might turn into a mega-post



Tara heard good news about her job. They are going to hold out until Reid finds out if he is accepted into University of Washington Law School. So that guarantees her a job through July!! She's been contiplating searching for jobs in Spokane until then, but hasn't decided yet.



Tara is also done coaching gymnastics in 3 weeks!!! She couldn't be more exicted to have some time to herself back. She is still going to be a sub when they need the help. 4 days of coaching was just getting to be too much on top of a full-time job.



Reid is starting the process of applying for summer internships. This week we plan to address and stuff LOTS of cover letters and resumes and then we'll cross our fingers and hope for some good news!



Tara's gymnastics company had their Christmas Party in February this year. We did a scavenger hunt through the downtown mall and we started off pretty good, then got totally lost with the clues. Still lots to learn about Spokane :)

Tara celebrated her 24th birthday on the 24th of February. We celebrated by going to see Dear John. Tara read the book which ruined the movie for her (book was better) and Reid also thought the movie had a strange ending. Still nice to get out for a date though!!

My goal is to stay on top of the blog more (we'll see how that goes ;) ) Hope everyone is doing well!!

Toto, I Don't Think We're In Kansas Anymore?

So good to be able to travel back to Kansas for a few days. It didn't feel like we've been away from 7 months!! Enjoyed Mr. Goodcents, Oak Park Mall, lots of family time & even seeing our good friends. We even were able to make it to the K-State game and best of all got to meet our nephew Will (so cute!)

Tara's parents gave us a daily devotional book for couples for us to work through this upcoming year. Hopefully it will teach us some lessons and keep us going strong. But for now it's back to the real world. Reid starts school on Monday and Tara is getting back to the routine of working too much!

Happy Birthday Reid

The big 2-4! Tara has only a few months to brag that she is "younger and wiser" : )

Birthday dinner consisted of a store-bought cheese pizza, which we then topped with chicken, roma tomato, mushroom & spinach! And we found some holiday brews from a local brewery in Oregon.
Sorry, no cherry pie. But I did make ice cream sandwiches!

Reid playing in his birthday present. He was excited to get it all set up!

Merry Christmas!! Our Day In Pictures

Our first Christmas as a Jennings Family was a success. While we both missed our family and friends, we were thankful to have each other and are eager to see them next week!!

Christmas Eve ham glazed in a chipotle-raspberry sauce...YUM!!

Ham, fresh green beans & roasted potatoes

Christmas morning with our stockings!

Tara in her Christmas owl pajamas

And Reid decked out in his new Gonzaga gear...slippers and all!

After presents came Christmas morning breakfast. Cinnamon rolls, fruit salad, spinach & ham quiche & mimosas!!

We had a grand idea to go hiking in the afternoon but then got lost finding the trailhead. Better luck next time! This is Liberty Lake. One place we are thinking of moving once Reid graduates.

Christmas Cookies

Saturday morning I baked Christmas cookies with one of Reid's classmate's wife and her friend. They were super delicious and so much fun to decorate. We left the boys to watching football/basketball!! Can't wait for the holidays to arrive and to be back in Kansas.