Well. It’s
official. I am back in Rexburg. There is only one problem… I am husbandless. It’s
funny because all week I could not wait to get out of that apartment. Over the summer we lived in Salt Lake City in
a studio apartment. We had done it
before and it was no big deal, but our last studio was bigger than this
studio. It was a little less than 300
square foot. And ever since I have been
done with student teaching (July 2nd), I have been sitting in that
apartment like a hermit. I was working
on my teacher duties, but you can only do so much in a small apartment that’s hundreds
of miles away from your classroom. So
this week I was going crazy. But now
that I am here without Trent, I just want to go back. If you look past the itty bitty living space,
we really had a great summer. While we
were traveling up here we talked about all the amazing things that happened
over the summer.
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My brother came over for dinner every Sunday –
priceless.
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Tim McGraw Concert
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Brad Paisley Concert
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Kelly Clarkson and Carly Rae Jepsen Concert/Cirque
De Soleil/Fireworks – Stadium of Fire
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Met Steve Young
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Seeing friends from everywhere – Erin, Victoria,
The Merrell Family
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Duke Family and Thompson Family visited us
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Dropping Dallas off at the MTC
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We were able attend the Salt Lake Temple and do
a session. BEAUTIFUL.
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We were able to clean the Salt Lake Temple –
AWESOME experience and Trent enjoyed learning all the secret passageways ;)
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Witnessing our dear friends, Kim and Joel, be
sealed for eternity. Oh I about died –
it was incredible.
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Disneyland
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California Adventures
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Beach
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Someone attempting to break into our apartment
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Traveling around Palos Verdes where Trent grew
up. There is a mural with Trent’s
artwork and name on it at his middle school.
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Teaching Primary
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Camping/Shooting – Stansbury Island
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Promotions/Awards
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Saying Goodbye
Seriously. This
summer has been amazing. These past two
years have been crazy. It may have had a
rough start, but everyday life with Trent just gets better. Our marriage is like concrete, hard, stronger
than ever. Now, you may be like “Why
would ‘saying goodbye’ be a fond memory?”
Well, it’s like a bitter sweet memory.
Now, we are only separated for 2 weeks {and I am going down this weekend
to help ease our pain ;)}. But it was
super emotional saying goodbye. I mean –
we are going to see each other in 5 days!
But we just both cried and expressed our deepest love and concerns for
each other. Trent is crazy protective
over me {I love it}. So knowing he won’t
be here to protect me is difficult for him. But it’s Rexburg – so I am not too worried. It was just sweet,
heartfelt goodbye.
Trent – thank you. It
has been such an amazing summer with you. I have loved every minute of being
your wife. I love how you notice all the small things. Like when you come home and I tried to
prepare dinner and attempt to organize our ridiculously small and crowded
apartment. You noticed those things – and you thanked me for every little thing
I had accomplished – dishes, laundry, making the bed. You named them all and would thank me. I love that about you. And on those extremely frequent days when you
came home and the house was messier than before and I was just being incredibly
lazy you would say, “Oh good honey. I am
glad you took a break today. I will make
dinner tonight, don’t worry.” Thank
you. Thank you for putting me through
school – for working and going to school full time – and still finding time to
do the dishes and other household chores.
Thank you for putting me first. I
have never felt a shortage of love or attention from you. We make an amazing team. You have always given me the wings to fly,
and I have loved you for it.
