summer is here... FINALLY!

So today is one of the first days this "summer" where we are actually supposed to get to 80 degrees. I am so excited!!!!!! On average, I am not fond of the heat. I don't like days that get to 100 and I can barely handle 95. But I mean REALLY Idaho? Yay, we are not experiencing drought conditions this year. Couldn't we have had the rain with warm temperatures? Is that so much to ask?! It is finally warm enough to not take a jacket everywhere and it is almost July. This summer had better be a long one. We already had the winter that wouldn't end and the eternal early spring. I would like to put in a request that it doesn't get cold until late October or early November.

Anyways, life has been moving right along and it has been crazy. Lyle and I are both working full time and he is also doing school. This basically means that we only see each other for 3 hours a day (at the most) and quite a bit of that is filled with homework. I am so excited for the day that we are done with school and can at least see each other more often. I'm not pretending that it will be easier when school is done, and who knows what future careers will bring, and future children. But from where I am sitting right now it looks good. More than anything, I am excited for the day we are empty nesters and are retired and we can focus on just each other.

Also, in my list of random things to write about that have no order, my little sister got engaged last month. Her name is Kimberly and her fiance is Caleb Gunderson.They are getting married in the Idaho Falls temple on Aug. 24th and their reception will be on Aug. 28th.  They have dated off and on over the last year. We are unsure if they are really sure about this wedding thing. She worries me with her over exaggerations of how busy, unhappy, scared, etc. she is right now. When I was engaged I was stressed, but so happy. I hope they are making a good choice. It would make me so sad to see her unhappy in marriage. Married life is hard, but it has been the happiest time in my life. We make the most of every up and work really hard to get through the downs. Despite what the majority of people in the world say or think, marriage is instituted by God and is supposed to bring us joy, not misery. I worry that she focuses too much on the negative things of life and not enough on the joy that life should bring.

Anyways, those are my random thoughts for now. I'm sure there will be more later.