Summer is almost over...lame

Well, I haven't blogged in a while and thought I should update, especially since I won't have time in about a week when school starts.

I went to girl's camp with my ward at the end of July. We went to West Piney and had a lot of fun. We got a ward day on Wednesday and we went to Jackson to do some shopping and then to Granite Hot Springs for some swimming. I think that the girls had a good time and we didn't have many squabbles or health problems. I have to say it was a success! I am glad that I got to know all of the young women in the ward!

We went to Cave Falls with my family on the 7th of this month. It was fun but also a little disappointing because the cave had caved in. We found some huckleberries though which were yummy!

My parents took us to Lava Hot Springs on the 10th. We went on the awesome new water slides they have there. I would highly recommend it to anyone! The prices are very reasonable!

August 12 Joe turned the big 30! We celebrated his birthday on Saturday at his parent's house. We had a lunch with some family (biscuits and gravy) and then went to hike around Vinyard Lake with his sisters Nikole and Jackie. We went back to the house for a dinner of won tons and cheesecake! Joe got a little spoiled with the food.

The 13th was our 4th wedding anniversary. It was a good day. We went camping at Big Springs near Lava. I am so grateful for my awesome husband. He tries really hard to make me happy and I think things are getting better for us all the time.



I got a new calling today. I will be the primary chorister. I hope I do a good job. I think it will be fun!

I've been keeping very busy even though I haven't been working much this last little bit. I'm kind of grateful for the break I've had before I have to start school again. Wish me luck with this semester!

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!

Here's a picture of the purse I made yesterday. It's definitely not perfect but you can't tell that from the picture! Actually it turned out pretty good for a first attempt. Sorry the picture isn't great. My camera isn't the best.

projects

Here's a couple of projects I've been working on this summer.

Squares from the quilt I'm making



And my lovely pajama pants