Postal Code 99203

Life has officially been turned upside down. We now are located in Spokane!

But first...

I have been a bad blogger. The month of July was a blast and we did bunches of fun things. I am short on time so pictures and a few comments will have to bring you up to speed. 

 1. I went backpacking for the first time! My brothers have been telling me for the last few years that I have to come with them. I have been terrified of going because I'm a girl and I hate outdoor potty's but I got over it. We went with my brothers, my sister in law, some cousins, and some friends of my older bro's. We hiked to Teal Lake in the Uintahs. Now a million pictures.

We caught Salamanders

1st time using our new tent

The cold water addled their brains

It snowed!

2. We slacklined a lot and ate at all of our favorite places in Utah county. I am going to miss eating at Cubbys, Marleys, Zupas, Menchies, Savory and Sweet, El Vaquero, La Dolce Vita, and many others. 

3. Caleb, my brother Blair, and I hiked to Timpangos. Well... sorta. We attempted to hike it I guess you would have to say. We started our hike at 11:30 PM and hiked all night. By about 4 am we had made it to the saddle. At this time I had been awake 23 hours and we had hiked uphill 4,000 feet. I was exhausted. We started going to the summit but at one point I got freaked out because it was dark, steep, and my body was shaking. I freaked out. I had to plead with Blair not to go any farther. He was one pissed off boy but he also was super sweet and he hiked back to the saddle with us. We waited at the saddle until about 6:15 when the sun finally came up. It was beautiful! I hope next time we try to hike it I can actually finish the hike.

Blair looking so unhappy and point to the summit... 

So happy we survived and so ready to sleep

4. We bought a new car!

Her name is Ruby Roo

5. We had a last hurrah at my parents house. It was a blast, crazy, delicious, and heartbreaking. I had to say goodbye to my oldest brother GR and his wife Christine and also my grandma. I hate not being close to family. The weekend was fun tho. We slacklined, lit off fireworks, had a dance party, ate lots of food, slept in tents and on the tramp, played with Lily, watched movies, and plainly enjoyed each others company.

6. Caleb did a triathlon and I ran a 5k.
7. My sister moved to Utah county!!!! and less than a week later....
8. We moved :(

So far Spokane is... meh. I hate that there are no tall mountains. I hate the street names. I hate the one way roads. I hate not having any money. I hate job searching.

Good things about Spokane are: the parks, the used book store a few blocks from me, being close to Canada, and being close to Seattle. I'm sure this list will grow over time but it's pretty meager right now.

Hope things start looking up. I miss my family lots. I miss Utah lots. I balled the other day when the movie we watched played a song from Imagine Dragons that we listened to on our way to Moab. I also balled when the mountains looked like Utah. I balled when our neighbors moved some furniture and it sounded like when our old neighbor used to move furniture. Apparently I don't do well away from home. Again, hope things start looking up.