Our Fun Week

Tyler had the week off from work, so we were finally able to spend some desperately needed time together. It’s been so crazy with him working so much, so I was very excited to have him around. We started off just being lazy and enjoying doing nothing. We played a little Wii, watched TV, the usual lazy activities.

On Wednesday, Tyler’s sister Jen invited us to go to Heise Hot Springs with her and our niece August. It was really fun. I’m a little disappointed that I’ve lived in Rexburg for about 6 years, and haven’t been to many of the attractions around here. This summer I’m hoping to go to more of them. I guess Heise was the start of it. It wasn’t as big as I expected, but it was still really fun. Although I have to say if I wasn’t a good swimmer, I wouldn’t have felt very safe with those lifeguards. They seriously looked no older than 14. All I can say is that it was a good thing I was there, to save August if necessary. All jokes aside, my favorite part was the waterslide. It was ridiculously fast! Even sitting up I was going all over the place. It’s a good thing it was fully enclosed, or I would’ve been flung out of there! After the swimming fun, we went to the pizza place nearby and finished off the day with some extremely tasty pizza.



On Thursday morning we cleaned our house before Jen and August came over to play Wii. That was a blast. We played Mario Kart, and with four people playing I wasn’t last nearly as often! I don’t like losing very much, and playing with Tyler I lose a lot! We decided we really love having people over and should do it more often. Neither of us are very good at being social with people, especially in our ward. But hopefully we can start to change that and get to know them. After all, we have been here for a year now and hardly know anybody. One of our goals now is to invite people over at least once a month. That should be an easy start for us.

Tyler's Birthday

Yesterday was Tyler’s 28th birthday, and I have to say I was a little disappointed. I don’t think he was as disappointed as I was, which is good considering it was his birthday. I have realized that we are VERY different when it comes to birthdays. He seems fine with a card and dinner, whereas I would like a whole week of celebration and gifts. It only seems fair. So when I wasn’t able to make him a birthday breakfast, have a party, or buy lots of presents, I was pretty upset. He's been working so much that he was home just enough for a shower and dinner before he was off again. But he ended up with a decorated house, cheesecake brownies, a TV, and a few small presents. Needless to say he was happy. Eventually I’ll learn to be happy with it too. For his birthday…not mine.

Crockpotting

Since I am home all day, every day, I have been catching up on my talk shows. My two favorites are Regis and Kelly (always been my fave) and Rachael Ray. Yes her voice kind of bugs me, but I think she’s funny. Anyway, today on her show was a lady by the name of Stephanie O’Dea. She made a New Year’s Resolution to make her meals in the Crockpot everyday for a year. Now I have always loved cooking in the Crockpot, but I can’t ever find anything I like other than the typical roast, and shredded chicken. Well, she has a blog (http://www.crockpot365.blogspot.com/) where she posts her recipes that she used everyday. So as of right now she has 191 recipes, with pictures and a verdict on how well it turned out. This is going to be my new favorite site to go to daily. I am very excited for some new, delicious Crockpot recipes! Also, if you have any yummy recipes, please share!

Happy Canada Day!

Today is Canada Day. Here is a little bit of history for you, compliments of Wikipedia:

July 1, 1867 marks the joining of the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a federation of four provinces. However, though Canada is regarded as having become a kingdom in its own right on that date, the British Parliament at first kept limited rights of political control over the new country, which were shed by stages over the years until the last vestiges were ended in 1982, when the Constitution Act patriated the Canadian constitution. Canada Day thus differs from Independence Day celebrations in other countries in that it does not commemorate a clear-cut date of complete independence.

In general, we celebrate as any other country…with picnics, face paint, and fireworks.

Summertime

This last week has been pretty uneventful. With Tyler working 14 hour days, it leaves little time for us to do anything. Such is the life of a farmer’s wife. Luckily it won’t be forever. We were able to take a day and go to the lake. One of my favorite things about the summer is hanging out at the lake. The closest one to us is Rigby Lake, which is fine. Since it is in Rigby, it’s quite full of white trash. But, once you learn to avert your eyes from some of them, it’s a pretty nice place. We spent the day lying on the beach, and then floating in the water. It was quite a relaxing and enjoyable day. If only everyday could be that nice…