Update

Ok, so it's been a while - sorry! Things have been crazy with trying to get all our summer fun crammed into two weeks and then starting school. But we've almost made it through the first two days of the semester so hopefully we can survive the rest.
So here's the update... we got two blissful weeks without any homework! We went to Bear Lake, spent time with family a few times, and just enjoyed being together without too much stress from school. Now we're back in the thick of things.
Yesterday (the first day of school) was a little intense because I went from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. without a break, but I better get used to it because it's definitely not going to be the last time. :) Mike's day went great yesterday until he started feeling a little under the weather, but he's getting back to normal today and hopefully will be fine tomorrow (we both still have no idea what caused this, but hope it leaves soon!)
Today I started my new second job working as a student office assistant in the administration dept. of the library that I've worked at for the past 2 years. My job basically entails running errands, answering the phone, and doing what people ask me to do. It's kind of cool though because the administration office is the Dean's office so I do work for him sometimes too. It's just an addition 5-6 hours on top of my regular library job, but I get paid better and get to do homework most of the time. We feel really blessed to have had this job, which basically fall into my lap. It was definitely an answer to prayers!
We now have family living very close by! Justin (my bro) and Cade (my cousin) are now living just five blocks away from us and it's fun to have them around! Cade even works at my same job in the library! It's great to see them often and feed them often.
More info to come soon... with pictures!

Best Cousins

Wow! It's been a while - sorry.
Well, we are off on our last big vacation for the summer - St. George! I can't wait, but first I wanted to share something about our previous vacation. We went to the tiny town of Monroe, UT, where my dad grew up, for the 24th of July. We had a blast visiting with friends and family, going to the parade, lighting fireworks, and sitting on the porch enjoying the small town life. Sadly, Mike spent the majority of time writing his paper for his online English class and everyone really missed not having him around as much as usual - especially me.
However, my favorite part of the whole weekend was watching my cute 5 year old sister Whitney and our cousin Keller, who is the same age, play. They spent every waking (and sleeping) moment together and never had one fight or disagreement!

On Saturday, my mom and I were sitting on the porch talking and watching them play. I heard Keller say "Whitney, we're best cousins huh? And I don't even know why?" How cute it that?

The best part of this cousin friendship is that one morning we woke up and found this...

And this...

and this...

Isn't that so cute? They had fallen asleep on my grandma's love-seat couch together and nobody knew until the next morning. We have a tradition that all the grand kids sleeping in the living room together during family get togethers, but I am pretty sure they started out the night in separate beds.
I hope they always stay just as good of friends as they are now, but I guess the sleeping together will probably have to end soon. :)