Summer is definately here!

Boy is it HOT HOT HOT out here! This month hasn't been any cooler than 109 degrees. The hottest day was 116 degrees! I can't even walk out and get the mail with out beads of sweat dripping from my forehead. The other day Ella and I were walking to the mail box and we saw another dead pigeon on the ground. Gross. This is the 3rd one we've seen since the summer! I really think it's b/c of the heat. Lots of transformers and air conditioners have blown b/c it's so hot and they're working so hard. It's crazy! Hospitals and community centers have been taking in the homeless b/c it's so hot they are dying on the streets. I feel so bad for Joseph. He's out side everyday working at least 8 hours a day in the heat. He just sits next to a hot car on the black top and works on the cars. He has the best attitude about it though. He never really complains about the heat and just goes out everyday with out thinking twice about how hot it's going to be and works his tail off for us. The other day Joseph told me that he drank over a whole gallon of water and didn't even have to use the bathroom once. So we're all really excited to go to my family reunion next week in Park City, UT. The nights alone are going to be like 20 degrees cooler than the nights here! :)



Not much else has happened...Last night we went to a friend's house for their daughter's birthday party. All the kids had a blast playing outside in the pool and water toys. It's so nice for Ella to have a lot of friends to play with that are her age. Here is a picture of all the girls playing. Not the best picture but nobody would stay still so it's candid. Hannah (on the slide) got kind of cut out of the shot. Katie is out of the pool, Ella is in the green, Emma in braids, and Sophie playing with the boat. There is only one boy in the group and that's Emma's brother Charlie who is Ella's age. Sophie's mom is having a boy next month and me and Katie's mom are both pregnant and everyone is counting on us to be having a boy for poor Charlie. lol

Joseph and I were talking about how much we love our ward. It's perfect. We have friends our age that get together for bbqs, dinner or just to hang out a lot, kids Ella's age, fun play groups, great ward parties and nobody is stuck up like they were in Henderson. It seems like everyone in the ward cares about each other and they all help one another out. We do live in the ghetto but there are some nice neighborhoods in our area that we are hoping will stay nice so that when it comes time for us to buy a home we can stay in our ward.