Straws are a Luxury: Toads

It feels like summer is officially in motion for Joe and I and we are really enjoying the time off from school. Joe was able to get a TA job with one of the chemistry professors at the college so he is gone every morning of the week working at the Orthodontist or for the class. He's awesome. The restaurant business in Cedar is struggling right now because SUU is out and the "festival" season has yet to pick up... so it's been a little on the slow side for me at work but should pick up within the next couple of weeks. Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend and Brady, Megan, Lucy, and Jude came to visit Joe and I. Unfortunately I worked double shifts on Saturday, Sunday and lunch on Monday so I wasn't really able to hang out with them which was a bummer. I think they all had a good time relaxing for the weekend... Joe said they even watched 3 movies in one day! (not quite his ideal Saturday activity ;) We also spent last Friday night with my family in St. George with a trip to the temple. It was rather last minute but a super fun trip. We rode down with Mom and Cassi and met up with Dad and Grandpa. Cassidy was able to baptisms while did initiatory's. We ate at Kneaders Bakery afterwards and then Grandpa showed us all his new home is buying-it happens to be a block from the temple. His dedication to work at the temple is amazing. Oh! This is important. As a wedding gift, Grandpa commissioned Del Parsons to paint a portrait of me. I sat for Del a few days ago and he handed me the painting to take home. It will be a prized possession to me for my entire life. What an amazing and beautiful gift.

Joe has been increasing his training schedule for his triathlon too. He even started a blog called "Clydesdale'd" where he records and talks about workouts. He's awesome! We gotta get him some tri-apparel so he can feel comfortable during the race too.

Our first lake trip of the summer happened last week. We went with a fun group of people and had a blast! The water was still pretty chilly for my liking but we had a great time swimming to the island to cliff jump and hang-out. I'm pretty sure I caught some sort of virus from the lake. I have been a congested/nasally mess for the past week. We'll see, maybe it's just horrible allergies!

Since Joe and I still like eachother... a lot ( which we have come to find out that most people are surprised by?) we decided that we want to do date-nights every couple weeks when we can. Joe captained last week's date by taking me to the local restuarant/bar called Toads. I had purchased a Cedar Daily Deal a few days earlier so we could try it out for half the price. For a bar, it was surprisingly classy and nice. We ordered a virgin daiquiri, wings and Deseret to split. It was Kareoke night and we lasted about... oh... two county songs before we couldn't handle it anymore and left for a movie at home. We watched Ghost Protocol, it was pretty awesome.

One of Joe's friends had his bachelor party this week too. Joe was sweet enough to leave after dinner and take me to Krave so I wasn't by myself the whole night. He has such a tender heart.

Today we were able to attend our ward for church after two weeks of me having to miss because of work. A friend from high school just recently got married and moved in the ward so it was super nice having someone to talk to during Relief Society for once. Joe also got a calling today. He is the 1st counselor in the Sunday School Presidency. It was a new experience for the 2nd counselor in the bishopric to meet with both of us to give Joe his calling! We were able to eat lunch with my family today. Mom had steak and salad for us. Dad got sick on Saturday and is still recovering from some food poisoning. Joe and I disovered I get my low tolerance for illness from my dad... He's sort-of a weenie ;) We came home to another delicious meal because Fiona thought today was Father's Day. It worked out to everyone's benefit with a delicious tri-fold for dessert. To finish this post off, today I gave my first haircut... and Joe was my tester! Fiona helped me

but I think it turned out decent... we'll see what he thinks tomorrow.