The month of June

I guess there's a few things I could blog about our lives, but I tend to be more of a reader of blogs than a poster. June has been a pretty fun month. I guess I'll just start at the beginning, and try to remember the eventful things that have happened.
The weekdays are pretty boring, but I guess we've done some stuff on the weekends that is pretty "blog-worthy".
We've been going back and forth from Logan to Salt Lake quite a bit this month, and it's been really fun to spend so much time with our families. I can't wait until James is done with school and we can move back down there again! The first weekend in June I'm pretty sure we spent in Salt Lake. Don't know if I told you guys this, but we got a NEW BED! So awesome. We were sleeping on a full size mattress, and we got ourselves a queen. It's so nice! It's amazing how much difference 6 inches makes, we have so much more room now! My parent's were nice enough to buy it for us as a wedding gift/you give us your old bed and we'll buy you a new one. Most of the weekend was spent driving our old bed down to my parent's house and moving a bunch of other beds around. We also got to spend some time with our good friends Jake and Sydney, and their beautiful/adorable boys Beckham and Holden. Jake and James are best friends from high school, and Jake just left for Navy Basic Training in Great Lakes, IL on the 20th, so we tried to spend as much time with them as we could this month. I LOVED it. Jake will be gone for a couple of months and then the whole family will be moving to a navy base somewhere that is too far for us to visit very often. We're pretty bummed about the whole thing, we're going to miss them a ton. They're one of the very few couple friends that we have. We're super proud of Jake though.

The next weekend we traveled down to Salt Lake again for our nephew Logan's baptism. It was so neat, he's such a great kid! He promised that he's going to be perfect from now on. I got to spend some quality time with Lynette (Sister-in-law) and the kids while James helped her husband Ian go pick up and move in the new fridge they just bought. I freaking love Lynette, she is an awesome SIL. That night (Saturday), we were also able to go on a double date with James brother Randy and his wife Angie. They are awesome. Even though we're like 10 years apart in age, we have so much fun hanging out with them. We went to dinner and then went and saw "My Life in Ruins". It was an okay movie, not my favorite, but I still had fun.

That week and the week before (like the 3rd through the 18th) I was SUPER sick. I seriously wanted to DIE. I went to the doctor right before the weekend of the baptism and they told me I had a weird throat infection that is similiar to strep. They put me on antibiotics, but I was still sick for like 2 more weeks. It was awful. I'm so glad I married a man who holds the priesthood though because he was able to give me a blessing and it helped so much. Man I love him! I'm finally at the end of the illness I think. I only had to take like 2 days off of work, which is awesome because we can't really afford for me to take a ton of time off. I'm about 95% better, but I can't WAIT to be 100%. I don't think you ever realize how much you take for granted being well most of the time.

The next weekend (11th-14th) we decided to take a break from going home because it was starting to get expensive! We did have a chance to go on a little date on Friday night though. We went and saw UP! It was so ADORABLE. I am in love with that movie. They did a great job on it, it's definitely one I think we'll be buying in the future. It made me think a lot about my own life and how I am so glad I chose to marry someone who I can see myself growing old with. The adventures will never cease, I'm sure of it!

Last weekend was Father's Day, but we only went down to Salt Lake on Sunday. We got to spend a little bit of time with James' family. They are the coolest in-laws ever. I love his Dad a ton. He has always welcomed me into the family and made me feel like I'm one of his own. Right after James and I got engaged, we got together with our parents so they could all meet for the first time. After dinner my Dad kept saying "Boy, his Dad sure likes you." I guess Chris decided he should tell my parents how great I was and how happy he is that we were getting married. He's so sweet, I love him so much. I couldn't ask for a better Father-in-law, and he raised James really well (with quite a bit of help from Peggy, might I add), so I love him for that too.
After we spent a few hours with the Blacks, we had dinner in Ogden with my fam. It was a lot of fun. My dad is seriously the greatest. I have never questioned that he loves me unconditionally. He was always a great dad, and he taught me a lot. One of the biggest things he taught me is that I am a daughter of God and that I have a lot of worth. James and my dad are alike in a lot of ways, and I know it's because I've always thought my dad was great, and I loved the way he treated my mom, so why wouldn't I marry someone like him? Love you dad!
I gave James a little "Future father-of-my-children's Day" present on Saturday and he LOVED it. I bought him Finding Nemo and we watched it on Sunday night when we got home. Pretty sure he cried/teared up through a majority of the movie (he's so cute!). I love that about him. After we watched it he said that it was probably the best Father's Day movie that he knows of. I wish that boy would get done with school so we could just have babies already! I know he's going to be SUCH an amazing dad.

Well our plans for next weekend are going to Salt Lake again. James has Saturday off so he wants to go and hang out with our families a little bit. Our 3 main reasons for going are:
1. We want to FINALLY get my ring cleaned, sautered, and tightened at Shane Co.
2. Transformers is coming out, and James wants to see it with some of his brothers/family.
3. Hedgehogs. Yes, Hedgehogs. James "stumbledupon" a picture of a hedgehog a month or so ago, and ever since he's wanted to get one as a pet. SO, we're going to look at a pet store that supposedly has them in West Valley. They are really super cute, and hopefully if we have a pet we won't be so baby hungry, haha. James started a "hedge fund" and has been putting money in a drawer in my jewelry box for the past month or so. We've earned up quite a bit, so hopefully we'll be able to get one in a month or two. EXCITING!

Well, sorry that every time I post it's like 3 miles long, but I guess that's what happens when you do it MONTHLY! I'm going to try to get better. I have a lot of free time at work, so being busy isn't really an excuse anymore. I'll have to tell you how the hedgehog adventure goes, so check back in about a week (hopefully!).

Bye!