Please Excuse Our Dust...

Last week Ryan and I got to go to the temple before it closed on July 1st. They are doing renovations and it will be closed for 15-18 months. It's kind of a good reality check, because we take advantage of how close we are to it and now will have to drive 2-3 hours either to the Birmingham, AL temple or Columbia, SC. Ben and I literally drive past our temple everyday. It's also a little sobering because they are downsizing the space of the temple too. It will operate as a "mini" temple. No more clothing rental, we'll most likely have to make appointments... etc. We're all very curious to see what they do inside, and probably secretly wish they'd do something outside. It'll be cool to (hopefully) go to our first temple dedication too when they finish.
Anyway, I am glad we got to go last week though, it was a neat experience for us and I also enjoy being in the temple with my man. The temple worker we were with said that when he came in at 4pm that day there were 450 endowments done, which is probably a record for that temple in a day. It truly is a special place, and brings a smile to our faces while we are there. I realize that it's so important to be there because it brings us closer to each other and reminds us of our covenants.

Nice Long Weekend

We have had a very fun and relaxing weekend, although we've kept ourselves pretty busy. We had Friday off, which was nice. Since we were in UT for Ryan's birthday and didn't get the chance to celebrate it with our friends here, we decided it would be fun and go to Chucky Cheese's Thursday night! Thanks to everyone who came, Ryan had lots of fun. And so did Ben! He was so mesmerized by everything that was going on. And he LOVED the merry-go-round. (He wanted to go like 3 times!)

Friday we woke up and did some yard work and then in the afternoon went swimming with a bunch of our friends. It was a nice day, the pool wasn't too busy and we had a lot of fun! Ben LOVES the pool! That night we hung out at our house and ate nachos and watched Better Off Dead. Good stuff! Yesterday, the 4th, we headed over to the Terry's early afternoon and started cooking while some played golfing on the Wii. We had a AWESOME plethora of food and gobbled it up! After hanging out and letting all the food we cooked/ate settle, we headed near Marietta Square fireworks and got a good spot and watched the works. Ben was intrigued and I think almost fell asleep! We had an encounter with a mangy stray dog jumping in the car and me and Ben scouted out fireflies. And, oh yeah- remember that one time Clint made homemade ice cream and it had raw egg in it? Yeah, me too! It was pretty tasty though I have to say...Now it's Sunday... we hung out with Delinda today and had fun. I personally am bummed the nice long weekend is basically over. This week is going to be pretty crazy with work and I'm not excited about that. AND, no more long weekends until like September! BOOOOO! Well everyone else is napping... why not me?