Another Month Gone By

Wow I can't believe it has been another month already!! Week to week seems to go by so slow sometimes but then you look at it and it's already August. I guess that is a good thing, means we are a little more settled and staying busy right? Well good news, TJ finished his first block of school with a 98 percent and ended with a perfect score of 100 on his last test, and now finished his second block with another 98. He is doing great in school and just loves it. He also just recently got a job with Cabela's at the gun counter. I'm so excited and grateful. He will start that on August 12 with a few days of training then be put into the schedule. Yay!!  We have seen quit a bit of rain and storms and heard of a lot of flooding in the area. I'm so happy we kind of live on a hill. We found a few leaks in our town home but the owners were very nice to quickly get a handy man to come check it out and fix everything.

We wanted to show really how small he was so this is a penny in the jar with him

We don't do a whole lot on the weekends but tend to our tiny yard and clean. Last weekend I tried to plan a cheap date and go play mini golf in Scottsdale. I was so excited and we had a great time for the first 4 holes, then it started to downpour and wasn't going to let up any time soon so we went home. Ha at least I tried. That Saturday TJ decided to fix some sprinklers, cut some of the trees in the yard and spend almost the whole day outside killing bugs and catching them and enjoying the heat while I stayed inside and cleaned the house. He found and caught the tiniest baby lizard we kept it in a container for a few hours to look up what it was then let it go again. Hopefully he survives the dang birds. 

TJ had to set up his tent for more shade while fixing the sprinkler under this bush. And you can see all the tree branches and flowers he cut to make our yard look nicer. Hopefully with some of the branches out of the way our grass will get some water and grow better too. I have no idea what he would do without a yard to mess with. He would go nuts with nothing to do. 

Our new ward is great. We had the opportunity to help a guy in our ward (one of TJ home teaching families) move a new couch into his apartment. He was very kind and it was a good day. I got called to the primary to teach the ten and eleven year old class but haven't got any information from the president yet. We also have been given our speak in sacrament assignment for the last Sunday in August. It's definitely different but everyone is very nice.
Work is getting better, I have my days but who doesn't. Walgreen's is going through some major changes, some good and some not so much, I am grateful for all I did and learned at home because I do have a bit of an advantage over the other techs. It is suppose to start to really pick up come the end of august and through September. I'm excited to hopefully get more hours and get busy again.
TJ has proved to be a pretty dang good cook. We have tried anything and everything and made up our own little recipes. At times it has been interesting and we worry but for the most part everything has turned out pretty good. The other day he told me that not everything on Pinterest is edible, so I made him cook dinner for the next few nights ;) We have fun cooking and making it work.  Well we miss everyone so much but want you all to know that we are making it. A big thanks to everyone for all of their love and support and prayers. It's been rough but slowly starting to get easier. We are still trying to adjust to the heat but it's getting better. I'm excited for it to start cooling off and enjoying the outdoors a little more. If we are not too busy by then. I'll try to keep this more updated.