I'm Not Dead I Swear!

Sorry I don't blog much anymore. School is over thank goodness. One more week of it and I was going to explode. So summer break came in the nick of time. Now my days are spent sleeping in (we need to fix that, I don't like sleeping in so late), reading and/or watching random TV shows. There is a show about every little thing, seriously. They even have one called "My Teen is Pregnant and so am I". Is anyone else as mind boggled as I am that anyone would actually want to admit that?

Garett's favorite show lately is "River Monsters" which by the way is on Netflix instant streaming (as well as Fullmetal alchemist: Brotherhood). It's kind of cheesy, but cool. Mostly the narrator's voice is just amusing to me.

We have gotten to do some fun things though. A few weeks ago we went to the sand dunes with some of our friends. We brought snacks, blankets and some wood for a fire. While there was still sun the men ran off to go jump down the sand dunes and us wives had some much needed girl time. Once the husbands came back we played "Betrayal at the House on the Hill", ate some snacks & enjoyed the fire, especially because we all forget that it still gets pretty cold at night in Rexburg and were wearing shorts. It was a lot of fun. I definitely recommend that game to everyone. =]

Friday night we had our friends over again. It was originally going to be a movie night, but ended up being a game night. We played Buzzword (thanks Jess & Nik) but quickly realized whoever was on Garett's team would win. Guess who never got to be on Garett's team....yeah me. xP So instead we decided to go around the room and have someone read the card and everyone else guess the phrases. Strangely that ended up being a lot more fun and we laughed our heads off. Partially because as married people we don't stay up late so everything after 11:30pm becomes hilarious. I felt like a kid again. It was great. =]

Yesterday we got to help some people move out, which felt great because I've felt so useless lately and being able to serve felt really good. Sad though that we're losing more people. 4 families are moving out this week which means we have about 40 people left in our ward at church. =[ (not even kidding....I counted on Sunday).

Garett has more books to read since we went to the library and I'm finally getting around to my never ending reading list. I'm currently reading "Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. He is definitely a favorite of mine already. =]

But I digress, so yesterday we got to help people move, went to the library, then work went really smoothly which was nice. We came home and got to take a walk together. That was needed even more-so since we haven't gotten to take any walks since we were in California. and we haven't really gotten to explore this side of Rexburg (aka married and family housing) I'll take pictures one day.

And then we came home, ate dinner and probably my favorite part of the day, we curled up in bed and read our books. It sounds simple but it was a wonderful feeling. There is something sweet and altogether happy about just being side by side reading. I don't expect many to understand but I hope at least Catherine might know this feeling. It's just a peaceful blissful feeling. Needless to say, yesterday was a really good day.

Not sure how the rest of the week will compare....but I hope it goes well. Saturday at least should be fun.
Oh also we've been getting a great deal of rain which means Rexburg has been nice and cool the last few days. Lets cross our fingers and hope it lasts a bit longer.

Next week we'll be headed down to Utah to see my family and Garett's family. We can't wait to see everyone =D

Love you all. =] Hope everyone has a fantastic week =D

Meg

Real or Not Real?

Real.

I think those might be my new favorite words.

I just finished the Hunger Games Trilogy in a week, which is a world record for me.

Seriously you're looking (so to speak...) at one of the slowest readers ever.

 

I won't ruin it for those who haven't read them, but they are great books.

The titles are very fitting, along with the images.

Easy reads.

But amazing.

Suzanne Collins, my hats off to you.

Also to the people who made the movie.

I hadn't read the books at the time, so when I read the first one, I felt I was reading it for a 2nd time already. This cast is pretty great, I just hope they can live up to their characters in the next 2 movies.

I am proud of the directors for not screwing up the book and actually doing it justice.

I also wanna give credit to the people who cast these actors, they clearly knew what they were doing. 

In other news I am headed to California in 5 days and I cannot wait!
Also I get to see my family in 4 days!

Maybe it is mood swings, but I have been wanting to be and talk with my family ALLLL the time lately! I love y'all!

Expect HUUUUUUUUUUGE hugs in Friday.

Albert, expect them at work tomorrow.

Geez that was a lot of exclamation marks....

4 months from tomorrow I get married!

Sam called me Mrs. Bonds tonight.

I squealed with joy.

Matt B said he is going to start calling me that too.

I like it. 

 

Spelling "Bonds" in cursive is hard work,

good thing work gives me lots of time to practice. 

This week is going to be busy:

Writing a twelve page paper (half way done)

Passing of the Proclamation to the Family memorization

Take the Family Foundations Final

Science project

Clean the apartment

Pack

Switch apartments

California with GARETT =D 

I think I can do it. 

After all, I get to go to California for a week, that is enough to survive any week.

Read, read, read

Drink milk

Kiss Garett

Life is good

Meg