The end is near!

Well, our summer in Kentucky is almost at its end! Once again, we are filled with completely mixed feelings. It was a hot, hard summer. But, it was also a really fun summer. We're really grateful we were able to both work full-time and save for school. Plus, it gave us a few months of spending a lot (and I do mean A LOT) of time together-good thing we like each other so much, eh? :)

So...to fill in on the big events that took place this summer:

1. We got a kitten! We got her during the Memorial Day weekend in May. We had just read the Hunger Games series and Eduardo thought she looked like Prim Rose, so that's what we named her. Prim's already grown a lot, and is super cute, but I'm not going to turn into one of those people who sits and blogs about her cat since she has no kids quite yet.

2. My mom came to visit for nearly a week! Eduardo was working such crazy long hours, we were getting at best 4 hours a day together, half of which was spent cooking/eating/cleaning etc. My mom couldn't have come at a better time, and we couldn't have needed those two days off more. She came with Aubrey's mom (Aubrey and Eddie Barlow are our friends who also came out to work for Bull's Eye this summer. Eddie is a salesguy). Anyway, they came out together for a few days so we partied :)

We all drove up to Ohio and went to Cedar Point for a day. We seriously lucked out! It had been in the low hundreds the week before and the week after she came, but while she was here in was in the high 80's and low 90's. When we went to the theme park it was relatively empty so we were able to get on all the rides we wanted, and even go on our new favorite roller coaster three or four times. After Cedar Point, we drove over to Kirtland, OH and spent two days there seeing all of the church history sites. It was a lot of fun. Eduardo hasn't really seen very many church history sites, so it was a really neat experience to watch him throughout the tours. I was really grateful that my mom took the time to come see me and spend so much one on one time with me. It had been awhile since I was afforded that luxury, and it's something I cherish.

Here are a few pictures of our time in Ohio with my mom :)

**unfortunately, I don't remember which house this was in front of. Let's just say a really cool one**

**That is the Kirtland temple behind us. It's sad to see it owned by those who do not treat it with the reverent respect it deserves. However, we were grateful to be able to take a tour and learn more about its history**

Here is the whole gang in front of the Whintey store. The store still had the original doors that the Prophet himself once touched. Very cool :)

CEDAR POINT!!! Seriously...so much fun.

3. We registered for, hopefully what will be the LAST semester of school in Idaho! After this semester I will be DONE with all my classes, and will simply have student teaching left, and Eduardo will have his associates degree. The plan is for him to transfer to BYU-Provo for this upcoming winter semester. We'll hopefully be able to find someone to take over our lease for our apt in Idaho and find a new apt in Provo all within about a months time. (We can't even apply to move into the on-campus married housing in Provo until he can prove he is a student, which we won't know the status of his application until mid November!) Ack. That brings me stress, so I'm choosing to simply not think about it.

4....No, there is nothing else. We are now in the process of finishing up work here and doing the last of our tourist type activities since we plan on moving back to Idaho in less than two weeks! In two weeks from right now we will be with some of our best friends, Jay and Leeann, and then family, family, and more family!

Overall, Kentucky was definitely an answer to our prayers. Not just for the money, but for lots of things. It amazed us throughout the summer how many small tender mercies we were able to see each day. It will be sad saying goodbye, but we're ready to move on and be with family again.