Our Apartment

Tim and I have had quite the summer, and it just got more exciting about a month ago when we finally returned back to Provo. Looking for housing in Provo is a nightmare-especially when you are not there to see the apartments. We were so excited when we found an apartment that we had actually looked at before we were married-and liked. The problem is that when we got into our apartment, it hadn't even been cleaned. The floors were stained and dirty, the toilet had a ring, and the tub had something green growing in it. Tim and I spent the first few days debating on whether or not we should look for another place to live.
One night Tim had gone to the store, so I got down on my hands and knees and started scrubbing the kitchen floor. Luckily, most of the yucky stains came off! When Tim saw it, he got excited and started scrubbing the tub. After many hours of labor and several trips to the store to buy cleaning supplies, our apartment was deemed livable! I even talked to the manager and he took money off our September rent (although, looking back, I probably should have asked for more off). Here are two pictures of our apartment. They don't show much, but I'll take more when we've hung pictures and everything.
We also got a duvet on clearance at Bed, Bath and Beyond, so we bought pillows and everything to go with it. It's really cute!

Fun with the Family

A few weeks ago, I went down to St. George to travel with my family to Phoenix for Makayla's second birthday and William's baby blessing. We had a great doggy party for Makayla with a fun cake (see middle picture). Her little friends enjoyed it too -as you can see in one of the pictures. Makayla was so happy to have us all there that she even played while we slept! (top left and bottom right picture). Little Will isn't so little anymore; he is a very cute chunk! I had so much fun and miss you guys!

Carlsbad Caverns

In Carlsbad, New Mexico, we stopped at the Caverns. There are some pretty crazy rock formations. The cave was huge; you can take an elevator down and there are little gift shops and modern bathrooms in the actual caves. Once you walk a little further, there are paved walkways for about a 2 mile loop. These caverns are so big that there are still undiscovered parts. To make our tour more interesting, Tim and I were naming all of the formations. The bottom left picture is of the three wiseman.

Cute Kids

Tim and I stopped in Phoenix to visit our new nephew William, and cute little Makayla. We also got to help Mindy because Thomas went out of town. We had so much fun playing with the kids. Tim was so cute holding little Will. We are really going miss them.

Schlitterbahn's

Since Tim's parents and Aubrey moved to San Antonio this summer, we stopped there for a few days on our tripback and went to Schlitterbahns. It is the biggest waterpark in the world. Schlitterbahn's is famous for a watercoaster ride, and an uphill slide. It was a lot of fun!

New Orleans!

It is finally time to head back to Utah after an exciting summer around the country. For our road trip back, we decided to make a few fun stops. Our first destination was New Orleans. It was an...interesting city. It's really come back from the hurricane, but it is still pretty dirty. There was a Satchmo Festival (N.O. is the birthplace of Jazz) while we were there at the Old Mint (picture #2). It made the stop worthwhile. Otherwise, it was just another city with a lot of souvenir shops. These are just pictures from the internet, but they do the job!

Washington DC

Tim and I went up to Washington DC/Maryland to visit Scott and Deanne (Scott's Fiance). I didn't take very many pictures, but there are a few of the Natural History Smithsonian Museum and Mount Vernon. There is also one of Tim and Scott doing what they spent a lot of spare time doing...playing nintendo. We had a lot of fun visiting and we're excited for the happy couple!