Our summer is going very well though. Well, it's definitely been a different summer than we've ever had before. Danny has been preparing for the bar exam at the end of the month, which requires a lot of studying. He definitely has way more self-control than I've ever had. It's probably a good thing that I'm done with school because I was always very good at procrastinating, and that's not something you can do with the bar. So anyway, he has been studying a ton. His night class just ended, so it's been great to be able to sit down and have dinner together again! My time has mostly been spent nannying two cute little girls and trying to throw some sewing projects in there, too.
But here are some fun things we've done:
4th of July: Friday night we went up to Danny's family cabin up in American Fork Canyon by Tibble Fork Reservoir. We went up and had a delicious dinner prepared by his parents. It was so nice to go up to such beautiful surroundings and forget about worries and cares for the evening. We also played a few rounds of the legendary "Bloody Smash." It's a great card game, similar to phase ten or gin rummy that got it's name because Danny's Grandma was so intense while playing. I think we should play it more often...
Then on Saturday we had a barbaque with my parents and sister Charlotte and her husband Jeff. Another delicious dinner. Afterwards we all got lawn chairs and lined them up across the driveway, like we do every year, to watch the fireworks that are lit in the street. We found ourselves sitting there facing the street, as if we were expecting something to just happen. Usually the neighbors across the street are going strong by the time we get out there, but they were out of town, and Ted, Sarah and Tom (younger siblings) were all gone, so no one was jumping up and down to light them. So we sat in a row waiting for something to happen, getting weird looks from neighbors. I can't lie, I love lighting fireworks (and just fire in general. Danny called me a pyromaniac in church) so I was glad when it got dark enough to start lighting them. Some neighborhood kids came out to help, which was good because fireworks aren't as exciting when there aren't little kids running around.
It was a fun fourth of July and fun to be able to spend it with family!
House sitting: We also spent the last week and a half house/dog sitting for my aunt and uncle while they and their kids went to Mexico. House sitting really isn't that bad, especially when your whole appartment could fit in most people's living room. It was nice to have space, play the piano, not have to pay for laundry, be able to sit in the backyard porchswing at night, have a full size oven... and so on. Danny and I also found a new source of entertainment... last time it was Lego Star Wars, this time it was Lego Indiana Jones!!! I'm not going to lie, those Lego games are hilarious. And the nice thing is you don't really die! I hate it when you die and have to start the whole level over. I think we got way to into it though because (I don't know if I should admit this) we finished almost 80% of the game in a week (Indiana Jones isn't as long as Star Wars, so it's not that bad). It's almost worth getting a Wii just for those Lego games. Maybe someday. It's probably a good thing we don't have one now or we wouldn't get anything done. We just got our car back today after having it in the shop for a week. We've been driving around the awesome Silver Sled that my parents were kind enough to let us use. That thing is a beast. It's nice to be back to a car that doesn't lose all it's power when you turn the AC on. It is a good car though. But the Honda has been in the shop because a 12 dollar part was loose, and if we didn't act fast we'd end up having to replace the whole transmission, which would've been 2,500 to 3,000 dollars to replace. Luckily we caught it in time and that stinking $12 dollar part only cost about $1,400 to replace. Too bad they don't make those transmissions a little bit easier to access. It's nice to have the Honda back though! It's been through a lot.
Okay, that's about all of the excitement we've had that's worth telling about. It'll be an interesting next month or two as we leave the Village and head off to who-knows-where!
