Where does the time go?

Wow! Can you believe the month of June is almost gone? I can't believe we've been in Texas for 2 months already. Most days I don't really think much of it, but some days it still feels like I'm supposed to go back to my home in Utah soon.

In a recap, June wasn't nearly as eventful for us as May was. Maybe because we're both working now and don't have as much free time? Or should I say, I don't have as much free time. Lounging around the house and going shopping/running errands whenever I pleased was nice for the month of may. I kind of wish I could still do that instead of work, but at the same time I remember how bored I was when I didn't have a job. Oh well, thats life, the grass is always greener on the other side :)

so back to my June recap:
- At the beginning of the month my sister and Scott came to visit. It was so fun, I miss my sister and I like that she only lives 3 hours away now. I'm lame and didn't take any pictures of us though.

- We went to the beach. I LOVE the beach. I don't care how many people think Galveston isn't very nice, I LOVE the beach. That is one thing I always missed about home. In Utah my tan was nearly non-existent and here, I can go to the beach every weekend if I wish to! Houston, Forrest, and I went down to Galveston with my parents for a little day trip. We lounged in the sand, I read a book and caught up on my tan, while the boys play frisbee in the water for 2 hours straight I think. Then we hung out with some family friends at their beach house and had dinner. To top off the evening we got in their boat to watch the sunset over the water. It was great! The highlight of my day was the ice cream truck that came to the beach!! I was so excited. Funny how little things from your childhood are so much fun. When I was little, during the summer we would go swimming in our back yard and the ice cream truck would make the rounds through our neighborhood, playing it's awesome little song, and we would run to the end of the driveway in our bathing suits after begging my dad for quarters to get a popsicle. Then we'd go right back to swimming after enjoying my ninja turtle treat with gumballs for eyes. This time I went for the Pink Panther Pop. It was great!

- Troy came to visit! Houston's college roommate Troy lives in San Antonio now. He's about to start medical school there and he drove down here for a weekend just to hang out. He got here on Friday night so we showed him town center and grabbed a Jamba Juice. Saturday we headed to Galveston again! Beach trip #2! This time Forrest and Sarah came along with us. We beached a bit, then grabbed a late lunch, and walked around the Strand. I was sad that my favorite place on the Strand, La Kings (a cute old-fashioned ice cream/candy place I've been to every summer since I was little) was still closed after Hurricane Ike. There were people inside still trying to fix it up so maybe someday soon it will be up and running again.

After the beach we came back, freshened up a bit, then Nick and Julie joined us for a night on the town. We went to Chuy's for dinner. Mmm...Mexican food. I think it is officially Houston's favorite restaurant at the moment. I need to help him branch out more. There are so many awesome places to eat in this city. After dinner we drove around where the Harris kiddos lived a long time ago close to downtown and then we had dessert at Amy's Ice Cream.

- Troy left the next morning; I went to church at 9 to hear Houston's parents give talks on father's day; then at 1 both Houston and I gave talks in our ward. Talk about a full weekend!

- We might be moving into our new place soon!!

**Sorry all the pictures are out of order, I can't move them either. Blogger won't let me see my pictures when I try to edit the post...I only see that html code mumbo jumbo.