It's not that I haven't had anything to blog about over the last month, I just haven't had any time! My summer has been jam packed and I wouldn't have it any other way. Here's my attempt to give you a recap through pictures of the last month.

I went fishing. This is a miracle in and of itself. I even had to buy a fishing license! Here are the girls, Wendy, Jodi, and Kara, getting ready to go out on the boat.

I wasn't really sure what to do once I caught them. I just handed them off to anyone else to unhook. It was all I had to put the worm on the hook, I wasn't ready to actually touch a fish.

Up until this point I was only catching blue gills. Jesse said this is a crappie and I was the only one to catch one that night! It was the last fish that I caught and we were heading to shore since our boat was flooding so I decided to actually try to get him off the hook. Well, he was a slippery little booger and when I tried to grab him he flipped around like crazy and got off his hook. Remember how I said our boat was flooding? This fish, that we lovingly named Danger, decided to swim around the boat. I couldn't get him out until we docked and got the water away from him. I eventually scooped him up and threw him back in the water.

And THAT is how I unhook a fish.

The 4th of July was fantastic. This was my fantastic view of the fireworks. We decided to stay in the burbs and avoid the city crowds. It was actually really fun and reminded me of the fireworks at home.

After the fireworks we went to my friend Jessica's house for a bonfire. We made s'mores and roasted starbursts. They were really yummy!

We went to Nauvoo, IL for a church history trip. We had so many people that we stuffed a big old van and a couple other cars and made the five hour journey down there. We were all pretty pooped at this point.

We stayed in a house that looked like a castle! I wish I had more pictures of it but at least I got Blake sleeping in the tub.

We walked around the city and enjoyed the local sounds,

games and activities,

and the beautiful scenery.

We got a chance to go to the Nauvoo temple and do some work. This temple has an amazing history. The saints built the temple right before they made the trek to Utah. It burned down after they left and was recently rebuilt almost exactly how it was made the first time. It was an amazing experience.

It's a beautiful temple.

I went fishing again. I couldn't believe it either. This was my favorite thing Jodi caught. Jodi and Jesse actually caught bass this time so they were really excited. I made no further attempts to get the fish off the hook.

Sorry this picture is sideways, I'm too lazy to fix it. I went to a wedding of a fellow BAP where Elvis Presley was a special guest. It was amazing.

I've been making new friends too...

Actually I have been making more friends. I joined a flag football league at work and I'm currently kind of obsessed. I am bugging my friends to practice with me so that my team can see how good I am and hopefully they'll actually throw to me. Better yet, when they do throw it to me, hopefully I will catch it.

I have a lot more random updates to fill you in on but that will be for another time.