Summer is finally here, and you know it because of the hot, HOT weather. We're loving it!
We've been busy little bees here in Rexburg, so excuse my lack of blogging. I'll offer you a little recap on our summer events so far.
To start the summer off, we went to HAWAII! It was so much fun that it deserves it's own dedicated post. That, and there are way too many pictures. But we surely had fun and had a hard time coming back!
Tom and I both participated in our first ever 5K run. Thanks to his sister Marie for the heads up, we signed up and started training, which for me consisted of 3 morning runs. Oops. But we had a lot of fun and plan on improving and doing more races in the future!
A few weekends ago, Rexburg had an air show, free to the public. They have a really neat Flight Museum here at the airport and flew many planes from that exhibit, as well as stunt planes that were hired out. Tom and I joined his Grandma & Grandpa Christensen for a morning of planes, and lots of them. We really enjoyed the opportunity to chat with his Grandpa about the planes. He knows so much! He could tell us the name, year, make, specialties, etc. of nearly every plane that flew that day. He had a lot of fun reminiscing about the days when he owned a plane. We really enjoyed his stories. And the planes of course!
One day while I was at work, Tom went exploring and happened upon Rexburg's Nature Park. We're not sure the exact name of it, but it is really pretty and out away from things. Except the airport, it's right next to the runway, but that isn't much of a problem in a little town like Rexburg. On my next day off, he took me too and we explored. There were ducks, flowers, bridges, and even a snake! We had fun exploring with Tom's parents' dog Kannoli.
This (^) picture cracked me up. Tom saw two geese on top of this hill sitting on a nest. His curiosity was perked and he tried to get close enough to see if there were really eggs in the nest. Little did he know that Kanolli was wandering around behind that hill, slowly sniffing her way to the top.... HONK HONK!! The geese completely freaked out when Kanolli came up over the hill. They were both so focused on Tom that they didn't see her at all until she was too close for their comfort. Tom let out a squeal and ran for his life. The geese were up on their little webbed feet honking and hissing, guarding whatever was in their nest. Good mommies. Haha
The 4th of July came around and I was just itching to make a decoration or 2. I had Tom take me to Porters, the local craft store, so I could get my supplies. He was such a good sport the whole time. I think we wandered around for over a good hour. Poor kid. At least he finds ways to entertain himself...
But I finally made the right decisions and came home to create my conjured up masterpieces. They aren't perfect and might need some tweaking in the near future, but I was pleased enough to display them in our home.
We didn't do anything special for the holiday. I worked in the morning from 7a-3p, but got paid double time so I didn't complain too much. Afterwards we went to eat with Tom's parents and then just hung around at home. I ended up falling asleep early after my long day at work. (Something about the 4th sure made people grumpy. It was weird.) So instead of watching any fireworks, we listened to them through our open windows. Terribly exciting, right?
I have been working a lot at the hotel, and it has been exhausting. It's difficult being there until 11:00 at night and standing the whole time. I complain a lot to my husband about various things. But, it's good money though, right? The other night, it was so busy and I ran up and down the 4 flights of stairs enough times that I ripped a hole in my shoe... My poor little toe is exposed to the world. Looks like I need some new ones.
We've been very blessed over the past 3 months since moving to Rexburg. We really like the atmosphere of the town and are enjoying our time here. I will admit that it hasn't been all good and dandy. Both of our jobs are stressful and not quite what we want, and our living space is the same (minus the stressful). But, we have received some very, very good news that will change things dramatically for us over the next little while.
And we're so excited!!