July is Here!

What a model

This week was a HOT one in Rexburg. It's been around 95 every day, so being outside hasn't exactly been pleasant. Thank goodness for AC or Jake and I would have melted!

Monday Jake and I finished cleaning out our old apartment, in preparation for the clean check our management would be doing the following day. We got checked out and we're officially completely done with our old crappy complex! That evening Jake decided he wanted to try on a pair of my yoga pants, just to see what they were like. I have never laughed so hard in my life! He wore them for a while too, since apparently he found them comfortable. It was hilarious.

Wednesday was my last day of teaching the CSI Unit at Rigby Middle School, and I'm pretty relieved to have that over with as well. Teaching that many small children, especially when most of them are rambunctious boys, has not been easy for me. It was a learning experience and a test of my patience, but I'm thankful to be done! Next week I start my final unit; called "DIY: Make A Scene" where we'll be creating scenery, props and costuming for a Shakespeare play.

On Friday there were no classes up on campus, but Jake still had to work so I relaxed around the house for a while. I watched some TV, did homework, and scrapbooked a bit. My friend Anna asked if I wanted to go to Idaho Falls with her, and of course I said yes! (Idaho Falls is the closest real shopping we have to Rexburg, and it's about an hour away.) Anna picked me up and we went to Target, and did a bit more shopping around at some other stores before we headed back home. It wasn't a long trip but it was so nice to get out of Rexburg for a little while, especially since it wasn't a planned trip! Impromptu adventures are one of my new favorite things! And it's also nice to hang out with some girlfriends once in a while, which isn't something I get to do very often anymore since everyone gets so busy it's hard to plan times to get together.

Saturday was Independence Day! Jake had to work until the store closed in the late afternoon, but once he got home we got ready to head out to a BBQ hosted by the owner of the pizza place Jake works at and some other families in their neighborhood. At one point one of the fathers hosting the BBQ was running around dousing people with buckets of water or ice, and he got one woman who was standing over her baby in a stroller...and managed to COMPLETELY soaked the baby as well! That poor little girl screamed her head off. It was so funny and sad at the same time; I felt awful for laughing but I couldn't help it. We spent a while at the BBQ before we got too exhausted from a busy week and poor Jake from working a long day, so we went home to watch the fireworks from our apartment.

This Week's Spiritual Thought

This week was obviously focused a lot on the blessings we have because we live in this country, and have the freedoms that we do. At church today it was testimony meeting, so people were sharing their testimonies about the amazing blessings we have, experiences that have strengthened their knowledge of the church's truth, etc. At the beginning of the meeting our bishop opened it by sharing his own testimony, and he brought up a fact that I hadn't thought about for a while. We are incredibly blessed not only to live in the United States, but to live here at this time. We were chosen to live during this time and in this country for a very specific reason. It was a really awesome thing to think about!