I can't stand the heat. it kills me. call me a baby. i am. this summer is the worst though because we do not have an air conditioner in our house and we live on the 2nd floor, with lots of windows that allow the sun to shine through all day. the AC in justin's car is broken and that is the vehicle i drive. my work is hot. i'm always sweating. i never want to run. i went running at 9:30 last night and it was still freakishly hot. i am so so so grateful for people who have their sprinklers on when i run. instant cooling effect, but only lasts about 3 seconds after i get out of the water. i can't sleep at night because i am sweating so much. justin and i don't want cuddle ever because when we touch we get so hot. blah. i know i am a baby. and yes, i know arizona is like 115 and people survive that. whatever. it's hot and i hate it!

'Merica!!!

the fourth of july did not disappoint at all. even though the only fireworks i saw were from me peeking out the window and watching the fireworks that were being set off by our mexican neighbors in the street. it was a good good one.  we went up to bear lake tuesday night to justin's gma and gpa's beachfront house. we spearfished, swam, ate, relaxed, ate, ran, and enjoyed the company of the family. we slept under the stars and were awoken by a hummingbird hovering above us (it was wierd). in the morning we went boating to take advantage of the glassy water.  i love to watch people slolem ski. and i want to get better at it this year before our lake powell trip.  i got over my fear of wakeboarding and got a little bit of air over the wake before i crashed (i am such a baby). justin was very manly and went spearfishing for a couple of hours and proudly came back with this:

such a man i tell ya.

I had the best time bonding with my in-laws. they seriously are the best and i can't get enough of them.  i am getting better at my favorite water sport: wake surfing. this is seriously a love of mine. it is so relaxing and as close to real surfing as i can get in utah. my goal is to be able to do a 360. 

Watch out guys. that's gonna be me! sponsorship from billabong here i come! i wish.

ps. the reason we didn't really see fireworks is that we couldn't set them off at bear lake (i guess there is a fire danger or something....) and when we got to logan justin was feeling pretty sick and realized he maybe had a concusion from when he fell super hard wakeboarding. not fun for him.

DID YOU KNOW THIS?!?!?!

I feel a little betrayed. i feel like my whole educational career has been a lie. i have always prided myself on haveing better grammar than your average person, and finding this out threw me for a loop. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html


allow me to nerd out.... did you know that it is unacceptable to do a double space after periods? if you did, then WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? i feel like maybe someone early on in life told me that was the correct way to do it as a joke, and then i continued to do it and probably gave all my high school teachers and college professors a good laugh. "look at this girl, she still thinks that you are supposed to double space after periods, what a FOOL, mwahahahahaha (evil laughter)." I am sure that is what happend. they just kept getting a laugh out of it and didn't tell me.

i don't think you guys understand how devastating this really is to me. not just because i feel lied too and emberassed, but also because for the last 17 years i have been using extra energy after every sentence to put that extra space in when i didn't need to. that is energy that could have compiled to go towards something even greater! like playing a musical instrament, or running faster! i feel a little cheated. thanks for nothing!

This past weekend was a good one. i haven't been feeling very well lately, so i was glad that it wasn't full of exhausting activities, but rather it was filled with good company. i got to see these girls again, most of them i haven't seen since high school (5 years ago). elyse and i headed down saturday afternoon to have a bbq at maren's parents house. since the last time i saw these girls 3 of us have gotten married, 1 had a baby, 2 served missions, one has excelled tremendously academically and has a scholarship to grad school.  

 it's weird. cause everything's different. but still the same. i can't really explain it. but it was fun and i enjoyed it. i liked talking about high school and how dumb/funny/awesome we were. it was fun to talk about what other people are doing with their lives. i also made a tres leches cake for dessert. It was pretty divine and i took it too two different functions: my friend get together and a family dinner at my in-law's and it was a hit at both venues. Here is the link below.  seriously guys. it's the  best. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/09/tres-leches-cake/

What did justin do while i was away? he has a test on tuesday that he was studying for. which means he was really at home posting new things on his blog. and guys! it's really good! if you haven't looked at it yet you should. sorry if i am annoying about it.

This week is looking to be a good one. it includes my favorite holliday, the start of the twilight concert series, the cruise in, friends band show in rexburg and hopefully ending up at heise hot springs to show justin around the place that i pretty much grew up at.

hope your fourth is magical. xoxo.

best day

Yesterday after work justin and i headed to hyrum dam where we were told we could rent paddle boards and explore the lake. i have always wanted to paddleboard and i love anything that makes me feel like a i am a native hawaiian, so i was stoked. it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be. except for the times justin thought it was funny to hit my board with his paddle and push my board out from under me. after a while anytime he was near me i would quickly get on my stomache and hold onto my board for dear life. i got him pretty good a couple times too. i think i ended up winning the pushing-of-the-board-battle, i'm sure he wouldn't openly agree (boy pride), but we all know who won. 

It was the most relaxing activity, we paddled to the other side of the lake and just layed on the boards in the water while bro's on jet skiis did circles around us. After about 45 minutes though i began feeling super naseous and thought i was going to throw up. I think i got sea sick!

We saw a couple with one of these sailboats and they looked like they were having so much fun. justin has always wanted one and i think it would be so awesome. too bad they cost an arm and a leg. i think it would be cool to make one. too bad i don't have those skillz. someday..... 

Music Blag

so yesterday i came home from work, dropped my stuff on the floor, and the mr. came up to me and gave me a hug with a sheepish smile.
justin: heyyyyy kim. so.. i decided to start a blog.
kim: hahaha what?
justin: a MUSIC blog. and i can post lots of stuff on there and if people like it a lot then i can also maybe make money! (he knows the way to my heart)

he has been hard at work on this since yesterday. i'm pretty impressed and proud to say the least.

here's the link:

http://thewolfandtheswan.wordpress.com/

since i have been with justin he has opend my eyes to a wide array of music and my musical taste has pretty much expanded to include any and every genre.  sometimes he wishes i would just go back to being the girl he met that only listened to folk music, but i can't, i am a changed woman.

so if you are looking for some new music or to expand your musical tastebuds check it out.

if you love me and you want to help us become rich and famous check it out!

ciao.

Magic.

This weekend was full of magical happenings (and magical food). it started off with this movie i have been wanting to see for months (ever since i saw the trailer).

let me tell ya... it did not disappoint. everytime i watch a wes anderson film it becomes my new favorite movie. and between margot in the royal tenenbaums and suzy in moonrise kingdom, i want to wear heavy amounts of eyeliner all the time, not to mention be super rebellious. ah, i am in love with this movie, this soundtrack and everything about it. 

the next day we went up near preston, idaho and floated down the oneida narrows river. omg. floating down rivers on my king kool is one of the greatest summer passtimes in existence.  there were rapids, there was a rock to jump off of, there were great great friends. best of everything right thurr.

 and nohohohhohohoh don't think for a second this was the end of the day.... we then headed to a magical little place called mink creek that i had only seen on people's facebooks and heard stories about from my husband.  I guess there is some middle school biology teacher that has a lot of land and he decided to build a series of treehouses that have hanging bridges that go from tree to tree, boardwalks underneath, rope swings, gazebos.... yeah, pretty magical right? i wish i had more pictures of the actual treehouses and swinging bridges, but i don't. the bridges were kind of scary and really steep, but awesome nonetheless.
 

acting out the sound of music gazebo scene of course.

did i mention the biology teacher guy likes to raise awesome animals. here is a baby racoon that just wanted to snuggle up. to bad it is going to grow up and probably get rabies.

blissful rope swing. could have stayed here all day.
P.S. happy 6 months to my bestest friend in the world and guy who makes me laugh even though i don't want to sometimes.