Green Fuzz Monster

On August 9, we moved out of our hotel room, and into a little two bedroom apartment! It got remodeled right before we moved in, so now it's practically brand new!

As newlyweds, we don't have much furniture, but we're well on our way to fixing that problem

On August 15th we went on a little shopping spree at DI. We were looking for a couch, a desk, a small entertainment center, and a queen sized bed frame. We managed to find everything on our list except for the bed frame. Yay!

Not too shabby for a DI couch, right? That's what I thought too. Sure, it's been used, it has a tear or two ( that are almost completely out of sight), and it's comfy. I was happy with it, until we moved it into our apartment. After we (very awkwardly) carried it down the stairs and into our front room, I found that I was covered in green dust. It was like a green fungus had taken over my left shoulder.

So, I went to work. I vacuumed of the whole thing, making sure I went over every inch of that couch at least twice. But it still wasn't good enough. So I pulled out one of our extra lint rollers. And I used the ENTIRE thing. All 50 sheets. And they we all entirely covered in green dust.

But now the couch is pretty much dust free, and it smells like Hawaiian Breeze Febreeze. Refreshing. [: And it's still as comfy as ever!

As for the desk and the table that was going to be our entertainment center; they are in the process of being refinished. Soon I'll post before and after pictures of them! [:

Dinner Time!

Our first dinner guests in our new apartment. [:

Don't worry, it's a LOT cleaner now. [:

Emerald Pools

On August 17, Ben & I went to Zion and hiked up to Emerald pools. It was so much fun! Right when we got to the park, we saw this..

On the back, it had a bumper sticker that said "Back off - I'm a Musician!"

Turkeys!

Ben likes to take pictures of signs that show people falling off of things, so here ya go. 

We got up really close to this little guy, who was just chillin' in the tree, eating acorns.

Ah! These little guys were so cute! I tried to catch one for about twenty minutes.. haha.

I have no idea what he's doing.. haha.

Trying to catch a tadpole..

It seems that whenever we go somewhere that's outdoors, Ben becomes a pro photographer. He's always giving tips on what to get pictures of and at what angle. This one.. He said something along the lines of "You stay right here, and I'm gonna walk down running my hand against the wall. Try to get a picture, it'll look really cool!"

He's silly. And I love him. [:

(And the picture didn't turn out half bad, either.. :P)

This waterfall was SO COOL!! I took about a billion pictures of it. 

Man, when they named them "Emerald Pools," they weren't joking!

We had a lot of fun up in Zion! I took a TON more pictures, but I'm too lazy to wait for them to upload. :P

Adams Family Reunion

The weekend of August 5th, we went to the Adams Family reunion. (My mom's side of the family)

Friday night we went to the Lion's Park in Parowan and had dinner and played games and caught up with everyone.

The next morning, we all travelled up Cedar Mountain to the Adams Family cabin. I absolutely love going up there.. I have so many memories of playing in the tall grass and drinking the ice cold spring water from a copper ladle, eating on Picnic Rock and having watermelon seed spitting contests.

I love being in the mountains!

We found a huge patch of these daisies and trudged through muck and mud to get to them. They were so pretty!

This is the prairie in front of our cabin. It's so big and beautiful! The grass gets really tall in one spot, and it's perfect for hiding in. [:

When we were on our way back from the daisy patch, I slipped and bit the dust. I know it doesn't look super bad here, but it stang so much! And when it did scab over it looked pretty grotesque.

Uncle Bob did a presentation on how to make sourdough biscuits! Before we left to come home, we took some of my mom's sour dough start. It's got a pretty neat history, it came across the plains with our pioneer ancestors!

We like to be cute and share our food. [:

Sloppy joes, watermelon, and corn on the cob. This was only the first round.. Ben went back about three times after that to sample all the salads and desserts. And we probably ate a pan of sourdough biscuits between the two of us!

This.. is what happens when you don't wear sunscreen! Because the elevation is so high at the cabin, you sunburn a lot easier. Poor Josh!

Anyway, the weekend was so much fun! I'm really glad we were able to go and spend time with my family, at the cabin, and with amazing food!

Speaking of hiding in the tall grass..

Oh yeah, and then there's this.

Oh my goodness I love my husband! :D