happenings...

Summer is flying by! I can't believe it. I only have another 5 weeks or so of freedom! :(....however, I am excited to start teaching again, and can't wait for 1st grade! Matt's Paramedic Graduation is tomorrow...he's finally done with the Paramedic Program! YAY I get to see my husband again!!...well at least for a little while. He has his summer break now for the next 6 weeks, and I'm so excited! We plan on doing a lot of playing. :)

Can I just say how much I love summer?? Tonight I went for a walk at like 9, and it was SO pretty. The sun had just set, it was starting to cool off, and it was just me, the pavement, and Kenny (on my i pod of course). It was so relaxing to just take a walk and take it all in: the sunset, the smells, the temperature...it was all fantastic. I live for nights like these. :) I start to get really anxious when I think about fall coming. Don't get me wrong, fall is great but it's what comes after fall that's not so great. It feels like it is cold here 85% of the time...and that's just not okay with me. There's just something about summertime that makes me happy.

I just finished reading the book "The Alchemist". I really liked it...it was uplifiting and motivating. It's all about finding your life's treasure and listening to your heart in all that you do. I'd recommend it to anyone. It's a quick read, and really, it just makes you want to be a better person...which is always good.

So the half marathon is two weeks from this Saturday and I'm so excited!! I have been doing a really quick training program, but I think it'll all be good. I haven't run in a race since the St. George Marathon a couple years ago, so I'm kinda nervous. The St. George marathon was insaine. The first 15 miles or so were completely uphill...then the last 11 miles were pretty much all downhill. I thought I was going to die when I started running downhill. My legs LITERALLY felt like jello...ready to collapse at any given moment. It was a beautiful run though and probably my favorite marathon yet. Anyway, I'm excited/nervous for the Provo Half. I hear it's beautiful, so I'm sure I'll love it. I've never done a half before. I think it'll be fun!

Going out on the town!!
Taking pictures by the Rexburg Temple. It was SO windy
and Matt was SO sick of taking pictures...so this is how
the picture turned out. Cute face Matt.


View from the top!!

This was one of the first pics we took.

As you can see...Matt was still cooperating

at this time.

Apparently I do really strange things in my sleep.

The other day when Matt came in to kiss me goodbye,

this is how he found me sleeping. He thought it would just

be hilarious to take a picture so he could prove how weird

I am in my sleep (he tells me all the time, but I never can recollect

anything.) I'm not sure what's going on in the picture to

tell you the truth.

Matt learned how to suture the other

day in class. So he came home, put on his "nerd lamp"

(aka the thing on his head)
and started stitching up a glove. Gotta love him. :)

Charlie's Blessing Day!!! He is so dang cute! I love

how much hair he has. Look at his cute little face!!

Me and Krys just after the blessing. I could hold this

little boy for hours!!