When we first got home we moved upstairs! I can't tell you how excited I was to move upstairs and be out of the basement. This is the first time in our married lives where we have not lived in a basement. And it is awesome. I love it up here; it's so nice and pretty. Pictures to come. :)
Honestly, August is all kind of a blur. I can't remember what we did but I do know that we went mountain biking and rock climbing which was awesome! We also had some BBQs with friends from the ward and went to some parties because friends were leaving (Michael Barney).
For Labor Day we went home to Boise. I had to work so we got there Friday night pretty late, but got to talk to my dad for a while. Saturday morning we got up early and went and saw the Hot Air Balloons which was something I have always wanted to do! Boise does it every year, and for some reason I never made it there. After that we went to JB's for some delicious breakfast. It was so good. Then we went home and relaxed a little until it was time to go up to Starlight Mountain Theatre. For their birthday presents, Rusty and I bought them some tickets and we all went up together! It was Charlie Brown, and although I was a little skeptical at first, it was awesome. The girl that played Lucy was hilarious. It was fun to show Rusty that part of Idaho too and let him see up in the mountains. For the rest of the weekend we hung around and got some stuff done (like sewing things and going through some of my old stuff), and went and saw The Butler. We also celebrated Rusty's birthday with a delicious BBQ dinner of steaks and a birthday cake! It was so much fun to be home!
The fair was here and I REALLY wanted to go so we invited our friends Chelsea and Michael to come with us, and it was a BLAST! I loved it! We walked around and saw all of the animals, went to a cool art display, and then saw a Lumberjack show haha. Real classy. Obviously we ate all kinds of delicious fair foods and Michael bought a Turkey Leg and was nice enough to let me try it. I have always wanted one, and this one was delicious! Rusty said it was the best one he has ever had, probably because there were a bunch of Polynesians cooking them and they know how to cook meat. For sure. Anyways, it was so much fun. For some reason none of us really felt like riding any of the rides (maybe I'm getting old?) so we just walked around and people watched and enjoyed it. It was perfect.
We went trail riding (for my first time) and it was awesome! I was really surprised but I actually liked it a lot! And I only got psyched out a few times, which is pretty good. Pretty dang good. We went up Hobble Creek Canyon and it was beautiful. The loop took us around by the Spanish Fork Canyon entrance with the windmills and then to the front of the mountains where you could see Utah Lake. Eventually we got up to the top and were surrounded by mountains. Loved it. Also, funny side note. It rained the next weekend so we took the truck up and did the same thing and went the whole way across, coming out in a canyon in Provo (going in the canyon in Springville).
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Got my new gear! Woo hoo!
Something else fun we did was that we hiked Mt. Timpanogos! This is something that I have wanted to do since I moved to Provo but with us being gone during the summers it has been difficult. Finally this year we decided to just plan it and then follow through, so we did. And Chelsea and Michael came with us (even though Chels is preggers) and brought their friend Carlos with them! It was a lot of fun, much more than I thought it would be and it sure was pretty! I guess it was fun until we crossed over the saddle... then it wasn't fun anymore. Then it was windy and freezing and I felt like I was going to be blown off the mountain. Needless to say we didn't stay up there very long.
Boeing invited all of their BYU interns to go to the site, and when Rusty talked to the head guy in Salt Lake about possibly getting in there he told Rusty to come to the event and to bring me. Little did we know that I would be the only wife there... but long story short, that guy told Rusty to bring me but he didn't talk to any one else, and the lady didn't mention that to the other interns. So, yeah. It was awkward at first but I know a lot of them so it was alright. We sat through a little presentation then got to tour the factory! It was cool to meet some of these guys and see the building because long term this is where we are aiming at coming. Rusty has already spent a lot of time talking to them and they are hoping to get him back here in the next couple of years... and so are we. Then we went down into Salt Lake and ate lunch in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building up at The Garden. The view there of the temple was amazing of course, and the food was delish too. And because we didn't pay for it, it was even better. :) After lunch Rusty and I walked around Temple Square a little bit before heading home.
I also rode for the first time at a Motocross track... something I swore I would never do. But I have to tell you, I LOVED it! It was so much fun! And, I even got air a few times over those jumps. I know, crazy right? I never thought I would do that. It wasn't a lot, but it was like 6 inches which is a lot to me! Crazy.
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