Off to the Fair we go.

I love fairs. Maybe its because of growing up in the "country" of Portland, or the chance to see all those cute bunnies. i don't know, but every year i always look forward to going to the fair. Actually one of our first dates was to the fair. Although if you asked me back then it was definitely not a date. I brought my cousin and my Uncle just to make sure of it. ( *spoilers* it was a date). So the fair is always the best. the end. Even though i only went two of the days this year. But i did finally get the courage to enter some of my photos into the fair this year. and i five of my pictures got ribbons! It's all very exciting. And worth it.

I also probably ate and drank my weight in food and lemonade. not kidding. But don't worry i didn't eat the hamburger with doughnuts as buns.... i have to cross the line somewhere. And that just looked like it was going to kill me on the spot. Just standing there in the middle of the walkway with my third lemonade in hand. And i just couldn't let that lemonade spill not could i. That would be a travesty. Now i will leave you with the some pictures of just how much fun we had.

something

We don't really do much. it's kinda sad. We pretty much just go to work, sometimes stay at Matt's parents house in Blackfoot, and then come home and go to sleep. I guess that is what we get for living in Rexburg when we both have jobs in Blackfoot an hour away. We had a pretty good summer, we went hiking, canoeing, made a trip to the fair and went to Oregon to see my family a couple of times. but I'm still sad to see summer go. although there is one good thing about fall. i finally get to bring out the sweaters again, although I'm not too excited for the snow. But the silver lining is that we are that much closer to Matt finally graduating, and leaving Rexburg because lets face, it it's not my favorite place to be, but it was pretty nice when the students were gone. so quiet, no lines at the store. it was the stuff dreams are made of.

So i'm just holding on. because one day, we can move out of here. buy a house and i can paint anything i want to! and hang all the shelves i can dream of. It's going to be nice but until then Rexburg is not that bad, and the Hay Maze just opened so i think i know what were doing next weekend.

Vegas.

Just trying to actually catch up on everything we've done this summer.... it's going to be quite a challenge though. And by no means will any of this be in order. ha.

So lets skip back to July when i went to Vegas with my sisters and our family friends! It was a much needed vacation.... although Matt stayed home and worked the week i was gone, so i don't know if HE thought it was a vacation....

We ate Crepes (twice!). Went shopping. Went swimming. Walked the strip (and luckily it was not too trashy that night, at least that's what they tell me....) and then went to the pool again. It also brought me back to my days living in Arizona and I'm kinda glad i moved. It was just so unbearably hot. i think i forgot about that! And it was so nice to see my sisters again now we we all live in separate states. This trip was completely worth it. I had so much fun but i did wish we could have all stayed longer.

A little bit of Catch Up.

Time for a little catch up. Back at the beginning of the summer i saw an ad in the paper about free breakfast... and to tell you the truth i didn't remember much besides that, and that it was at the airfield in town. All i needed was the sentence "free breakfast" and i had already set a reminder in my phone for that day. I only had my old Minolta with me (light leaks and all) so that's the main reason why these pictures are late.... well that and I'm lazy but lets just skip past that....

The best part of the entire day thought was talking to the janitor. He had the BEST stories and had us cracking up for a good hour with all the tales he had to tell. This man had been in two wars and even hitchhiked across the states with only 10$ just to go to an airshow, because as he said "it doesn't matter how much money you have, sometimes you only get one chance to do something, and in the end you get to keep the memories... that's what is more important in life... memories will long outlive the money you save"

That Time we hiked a waterfall

When we moved into our new apartment we had the choice of either going to the family ward or the student married ward. And since were planning on staying in this apartment till we graduate next July, We figured it was our last chance ever to be in a student married ward, so we went for it. I have to say it was totally worth it. And we came in the ward just in time to go to all the summer activities. Like this Ward Camping trip.

Now if I'm being honest I'm not the best camper. I don't like bugs, sleeping on the freezing ground is not my idea of fun, and after a day i really just want my bed back. But man do i LOVE being outside. So i put up with it. But it sure is annoying when i have one heavy duty sleeping bag, a hat, two pairs of socks, and three blankets on top of me, and i still wake up as a human popsicle! While my husband who has the equivalent of a thin blanket on him wakes up as hot as a furnace. Unfair. It's just unfair.

But in light of all that i still can't wait to go again next year. And if i'm lucky, climb that waterfall again. Seriously, i don't think I've done anything that cool in quite along time.

What we've been up to

I have never spent a summer in Idaho till now. ever. I was always on Fall/Winter track so i would leave in April and would not come back till September. Man i sure missed out on some awesome weather. And much to my dismay i think I'm actually going to miss Idaho. Summer sure is starting to make up for all that snow. And it also didn't hurt that i married into a family with a boat. We are making the most of this summer, since it will probably be our last since Matt is hopefully graduating next July. We even sat down today and realized that we have something planed for the next 5 weeks straight. canoeing, Backpacking, Vegas, Camping. This next moth is going to be epic.

And in other news Matts younger brother graduated from High School. It's so strange having younger siblings now. Growing up as the youngest in my family, and by a pretty big margin, It's kinda nice to not be the youngest anymore. and it only took 23 years.

And were still working on our apartment, the bed room is still a chaotic mess but the kitchen is looking better! Our kitchen is pretty small and awkward shaped. And there is basically no counter space. so we were trying to find a table to fit in our small long kitchen when i had the marvelous idea to just build our own. It would be cheaper and be the right size. and so far it's looking good. I'm post about it when we finally get it put together, which might be awhile given our hectic schedule. but none the less we will finish it!

Sometimes i still post on here

Yeah. I've been kinda bad. actually really bad. it's been months! but here's my attempt to actually post again. lets hope it sticks :)

So first off we moved! to an awesome apartment in downtown above a business ( my life long dream!) it's in this building, although the building doesn't really look like this anymore, this is an old picture we found in the museum downtown. Our apartment is the last six windows on the left.

I'm seriously so excited. the windows are amazing, and one of the rooms is finally done! (just don't look in the bed room)

This was taken at night but trust me. The light is Ah-maze-ing. we hardly ever turn on any lights. only when we have to. it's legit.

And i'm just going to throw this one in cause i love it. Thanks to Paint The Sun Photography for the pictures.

And little by little It disappears....

And that's all we managed to get before we had to shave it all off. Maybe we will think it through next time we have to shave it off and get even better ones! So stay tuned for part two in the beginning of January! It's going to be epic! And mushtastic.. and yes. I did just said that.

(and yes i do know that mutton chops are not a mustache but it sounded better then the Beard Chronicles.....so deal with it)