A Midsummer Night's Dream

You know the drill - get ready for more pictures than you really care to look at! Here's what's been happening around here:

Starting with the month of JUNE:

It started with working my butt off getting ready for girl's camp. The theme was Treasures in Heaven. I was in charge of the 2nd year's cabin #2. I had an amazing time - canoeing/ flipping the canoe over, rafting, swimming, and seeing the growth of these incredible girls.

The rest of the month was spent having little adventures with our friends - we took them to a really good desert rose hunting spot:

We also went to the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History:

And we sat outside and watched our neighbors shoot off fireworks the whole week preceding the 4th.

JULY:

Speaking of the 4th! Road trip! Evan had work off and we took a couple extra days and a lot of hours and went to Bemidji - to see these people.

It's been a couple years since I'd seen Eli. He's been in Utah, Nevada, and West Virginia working on pipe line projects, he the lead hoe-hand on most of the projects.

It wasn't all kicks and giggles though because right before we came my family got hit by a crazy wind storm. My parent's lost almost 50 trees! Eli's house had no damage. Sierra's house had some big trees down but none of the houses were damaged. And my Grandma's duplex had some big trees down and some branches just scraped the side of her house - but no major damage. Evan helped Dad pull whole trees out of the ground! It was nuts.

But I did get to have a lovely lunch with some good friends - the Habedanks/ Williams. Katie and I grew up in Bemidji together and went to BYU-Idaho together too. I worked for her on campus at the Career and Internship Office. It's been almost 3 years since we'd seen each other which meant that I hadn't met her daughter yet: Adele. We had an awesome time together!

And then we were out of there! We did come back with a sweet prize - a new outdoor pool! It's 18 feet wide and 4 feet deep. It took us a little while, but we finally got it all filled up and mostly patched up and went for our first swim last night. It was way fun! And the forecast is showing over 100 degrees every day this week - eek!

We took a little weekend trip to Tulsa with Nate and Matt. There was a rock and mineral show! We also met some friends for lunch at this awesome Asian-ish place - Desi Wok. Then we went shopping - I mean... looking at rocks :) We did end up getting some Peridotite. It's beautiful and fun.

Also, we have a roommate! More like personal chef. Matt is geo-physics intern working in Evan's department at Chesapeake. He's been going to BYU getting his master's degree. He's spent the summer here - away from his wife, three kids, and one on the way! The A/C went out at his old place, so we offered him a room here. He cooks the most incredible food! We've had fun enjoying it :)

That's all folks! Thanks for staying with me - we really have had an awesome summer. Hope you're having fun too. Love you all bunches!