Life

Sometimes I start to think, I'm not sure if life can get any harder than it already is. Just when I start to think like that, guess what? Life gets harder. A week ago I found out that I am getting laid off from my job which is our only source of income at the moment and has been for three years. I've been frustrated because I don't think I'll really be able to get much of a job for a month and a half until school starts again, and then there's finding a job I can doing during the school year. I keep wondering why and how much I can take, never thinking that I can take anymore, but amazingly I do.

I know that this life is the time that we get tested and tried, but its really hard sometimes. I am glad that I have resources that I can lean on in these hard times, like the church, my family - I just like to do it by myself. Maybe that's what I'm being tested on, humility and letting others help me.

So I'm looking for work and I at least found a job helping an old lady weed her flower beds, nothing big, but I can tell that Heavenly Father is watching out for me and not letting me be stretched beyond my limits. I'm just hoping that soon I can see this as a blessing in disguise.

4th of July weekend

We went camping and to Craters of the Moon for this 4th of July weekend. We went to Willow Creek with Joe's brother and sister-in-law, our two nephews, his grandparents, his parents, and his aunt and uncle. It was a lot of fun and I'm glad we got to go.

We went on a four wheeler ride to Marsh Creek. It was a blast. We saw a deer, a fox, and plenty of chipmunks on our ride!

On our way back home we stopped at Craters of the Moon. We didn't get to spend a whole lot of time there, but we're planning on going back sometime. It was pretty cool.



Here's a picture of the cave we went in - Boy Scout Cave. There was quite a bit of ice in it.



The weekend was really nice. I hope all of yours were too!

Another WEDDING!

I can finally announce it... my youngest sister Abby is getting married! She just got officially engaged last night. Her and her fiance Nathan are getting married on August 28th! Here's some picture of the dresses she tried on about a week ago. Can anyone guess which one she got? Oh and don't tell Nate because he's not supposed to see the dress yet.

This will be the second wedding this year for our family and both of my sisters will be married. Christmas this year will definately be different!

retro apron

Here's a picture of the new haircut I got today and the apron that I made. It looks kind of goofy because in order to get a picture that wasn't really blurry, Joe had to set the camera on the floor, hence my leaning over. Anyway, I guess you get the idea.

I told Joe I had to take another picture because he didn't get the cutest part of the apron in it, the ric-rac at the bottom!