Summer!!

After a long snowy winter and a rainy spring, it finally feels like summer! It's mostly a good thing. Part of me is afraid that it's going to get too hot too fast, which will not only decrease the temperature comfort level and increase our AC bill, but it will also speed up the browning of nature. I love springtime when everything is green! I've been keeping a close eye on the mountains, hills, fields, and trees lately, and so far they've hung in there pretty well.

This past Friday night, I stopped at Target on my way home from work and checked on a TV we had been eyeing, hoping it would go on sale, and it was on clearance. They were out of them at our Target, so I met up with Nate at a different one on his way home from work, and we finally replaced the little 13" TV (with 5ft rabbit ears) that we had been using ever since we got married. It's still definitely not a "big screen" but feels pretty fancy to us, and you can see it when you're sitting on the couch! We decided to try it out that night by renting a movie. We usually watched movies on a laptop screen because it was bigger than our old TV, and we could move it closer to us, so watching on a normal TV was pretty exciting.

Saturday, I went and watched Jake and Stacey win their intramural championship tennis game. It was pretty exciting - they won in a tie-breaker. I was impressed with their tennis skills! That afternoon, Nate and I went a tried out the pool(s) in our community. Jake joined us for about 15 minutes, and I thought we were just going to stay until he had to leave, so I didn't bring sunscreen. Nate had other plans and needless to say, we both ended up sunburned - mainly on our shoulders. It was fun though - the water was warm but also cool enough that it felt refreshing, and after swimming for a while we headed over to the lounge chairs and I took a nap while Nate read a book. It was very relaxing.

On Sunday, we went up to Nate's parents' house for father's day and had a delicious dinner of pot roast with mashed potatoes, carrots, corn, and some yummy pastries with lots of fruit for dessert. It was a great way to celebrate Father's Day. We both have great dads who are wonderful examples, hard workers, very supportive, and always willing to help out (and much more). Happy Father's Day! Since I don't have any other pictures from the week, I'll include some pictures of us with our dads.

(we do have other pictures of our dads, these were just the easiest to find :)