What're ya kiddin' me? We got ourselves an apartment here!

Last week we went on a double date with Meredith and had a fun picnic. That night we drove up to Jeff's house to spend the night. The plan was to do a pioneer hike but it turns out it was actually yesterday. We ended up walking around a park and around the Bonneville Trail. The trail was gorgeous because it overlooked all of the valley. Andrew and I went to Ikea afterwards and got lots of new and beautiful furniture.

We got a new desk of glass that stands on two easel type legs. Our tapestry came in and we got two new chairs. One is see through and soo cool. Can you find it in the picture? We picked up a new bed frame too because it was inexpensive and soo attractive and Anthropologie-esque. We also got a picture for our room that is the alphabet in a pre-helvetica typeface (Andrew fell in love with it). We spent hours putting everything together Saturday night. We actually enjoy putting Ikea furniture together. We were giddy about our new look for the apartment. I used to hate shopping for clothes and home decor because I didn't ever have direction. Now that I have a goal for my fashion and a husband who helps me understand what to look for and what is cool, I love shopping.

Wednesday I started working with the Chinese youth camp. The first 3 days were so tiring because we were in the sun and active a lot. It has been fun though to learn a bit more about the language and culture. I get to be a camp counselor and do the fun activities with the kids as well as help supervise and organize 180 kids. We hiked Timp Cave and the caves were extremely cool. The people who discovered one of the caves just put a ladder down a hole and then climbed down and back up a rope. I would never have the guts to go into a dark cave and dangerously explore. There were so many formations and we got to experience true darkness.

Friday night we did sealings at the Mount Timpanogos temple with Debbie. We ate Thai food for dinner. We spent the night at Jeff's again and actually did the hike from Donner Park to the first encampment of the first pioneers. It was neat to take that path and see the view they had when they arrived (obviously today there are tons of buildings and so it is quite different).

Recently Andrew has gotten this idea of expanding Vada. He has been researching what it is like to open a physical studio and needs partners, etc.. I love having a husband who doesn't get scared by the thought of doing hard things. He has a vision that he will make happen if he wants. He doesn't have a scarcity mentality when it comes to money or business so that helps him think big. I support him and know that he will be successful. I would want to have experience working in a design studio before I set out to build my own. That is still a possible goal for his near future. It is great that he can say that he wants to expand and move forward because some people are just having trouble finding a job let alone move forward in it (namely me.......). We will see what happens. Speaking of waiting to see what happens, I had a job interview at an awesome school and I really hope this part-time job works out. I am totally at peace with my job plans for this Fall, whether this works out or not. I know that I will be using my talents in some way that will make me happy and feel fulfilled.