* Grocery Shopping. Strange, but true. I think I get this from my dad, who did ALL of the grocery shopping and cooking while I was growing up. I didn't even know that it was traditionally a woman's role to do such things until I was in late junior high. Yeah, weird. Anyway, I find grocery shopping to be a stress-releaser. I like to just roam up and down the aisles and look at everything. This new found obsession does have its downfall in that I tend to spend way too much money on groceries. Devin and I are rarely even home to prepare meals, so we are mostly just grabbing food and going, but I just tell myself (and Devin) that I am spending so much money because the food is for our food storage. :)
*Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley's book, "Letters". If you have not read this book, it is the next thing you should buy and start reading immediately.
I actually bought it for my sister for her birthday, but found out that she already had it, so I got to keep it. I think I love it so much beacause it just shows how human Sister Hinckley was. I mean, I think I just had this image in my mind of every member of the Quorom of the Twelve and First Presidency and their wives being super-human. For example, in one letter, Sister Hinckley says that it is her new year's goal to read one chapter from each standard work everyday. She then says, "It has been four days, and I have only failed three times!" I think that is so great. Makes me not feel so bad about my own shortcomings. There is also a section of letters that she wrote while she traveled with her husband throughout the world. It is never a problem for her to mention President Hinckley's problems with "gomboo". That makes me laugh so hard. Good book, though.*Smoothies. I love making smoothies out of fruit, yogurt, and juice. They are so good and I tell myself that they are cheaper and healthier than Jamba but just as good. Something so easy shouldn't be so good.
*familysearchindexing.org. I know I sound more and more like Molly Mormon every day, but I LOVE this site and doing the indexing. I feel like I am helping in the geneology project with the little time that I have on my hands. I try to do one or two pages every Sunday and that keeps me occupied. I think its sorta fun to look at names from back then and to think about what that family may have been like. The challenge comes when you can't read the person's handwritting, then I feel bad that I am mis-recording some person's identity forever. Yikes. Oh well. It is a good project.
Well that is it for now. I just thought I would share some of the things that are keeping me sane these days. Happy Sunday!
We came home to our new apartment that we had not moved into yet. Oh joy! So we spent a few days running around collecting things that we needed and putting everything together. This is just one picture of the front room, but we like it a lot. Its cute and cozy.
We also went to Manti to see the Manti Pageant and to stay with Devin's parents for a night. I had never been to Manti at all, let alone the pageant. It was actually pretty entertaining, I just had a hard time keeping my eyes open. This was our best attempt at getting a picture of us and the temple. 
The Fourth of July was spent in Provo and down in Fairview, where Dev is from. It was the first fourth that I can remember missing the big parade and fireworks show along the river in I.F. I was pretty sad, but oh well. Nobody believed Kylee and I when we kept insisting that the fireworks there were far better than any we could see here. Nobody believed us, but its the truth. The Stadium of Fire ones were pretty pathetic in comparison, I'd say. Good ol' I.F.
The biggest event of the summer was my Strobel Family Reunion in upstate New York. About half of my extended family was able to make it up there to see all the sites and to have some good old fashioned quality family time. Devin was introduced to many of my family members that he had never met, needless to say, I think that was an overwhelming experience for him. We saw Niagara Falls, which you can see below. It was absolutely beautiful. We also saw all the church sites, including the Joseph Smith farm and the Sacred Grove. A few of us woke up really early one morning and went and did a session in the Palmyra Temple, which was an incredible experience. They have an open window there that overlooks the Sacred Grove. It was really a special thing to be able to see. We were also able to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant, which was a HUGE production. I am going to have to say that the Hill Cumorah Pageant is a little bit better than the Manti one. Okay, A lot. We finished up by spending a day at a waterpark. It was a good little getaway and tons of fun.
