summer. . .

our summer is quickly coming to a close and i honestly

can't believe how quickly it's gone by!

time is flying by, but we've still had plenty of time to

hang out, explore our new neighborhood and

put some finishing touches on our new place.

probably the most exciting news as of late

 is that i got a job!

yay for jobs!

i'll be working as a teaching assistant at a specialized

school for children with autism.

i'm SO glad that i was able to secure a job so quickly

and i'm also thrilled that logan & i will both be

working at schools so we will have similar schedules :)

 we decided to stick to a classic and went to 

the cheesecake factory to celebrate.

since work doesn't start officially till the end of 

the month for us both, we have had plenty of time to relax.

we have been enjoying our amazing pool, & logan

has been inspired by the olympics to become the

next michael phelps.

after a mini swim lesson he was actually pretty good:)

look for him in rio 2016.

we ventured out to the down-town area one afternoon

to check out the school logan will be teaching in.

he got pretty excited.

i'm not lying when i say that his school is in the ghetto.

that's pretty much the whole point of teach 

for america though-to get people to teach in 

low-income areas, but there is actually a really beautiful

university just down the street from his school that 

really makes the area a lot prettier.

we decided that since we've become texas residents we might

as well brush up on our texas culture.

thus, we went to the institute of texan cultures and had a grand time.

turns out texans truly are very proud of themselves.

they had an entire instillation at the museum called 

"made in texas" which literally showcased hundreds of 

items/companies/brands that originated in the lone-star state.

one evening we explored an area that had 

a bunch of food and dessert trucks.

the weather actually cooled down a little bit and we

were able to have a fun time without sweating too much :)

perhaps the most exciting thing for logan recently

has been purchasing him a car.

we knew when we came out to texas we would have

to buy another car because we would most likely be working in 

different parts of the city. 

we were able to make one car work in utah with some help

from family and friends, but san antonio is a lot bigger than

provo so it was time to bite the bullet and get

another set of wheels.

logan researched cars for mooooonths before we

found one that was in our budget and would be reliable

enough for the 2 years we are out here.

after test driving some real clunkers we successfully

came away with this little truck that we've named pedro.

logan loves pedro and i love that logan loves pedro.

i won't ever have the pleasure of driving the truck

because it's a stick shift.

oh well :)

other than that, we have really been spending a lot

of time in our new place doing some DIY projects

and putting the details and final touches on our new space.

we feel right at home here and i love our apartment!

i've loved using my new kitchen.

it is literally like 109470387 steps up from my kitchen

in provo-where the cupboards came down so low

i couldn't fit anything on my countertops.

aaaand we actually have a dishwasher!

needless to say, i've had a blast using all the space and

baking some yummy things.

we will be sad when summer is officially over and we 

have to go back to the real world of work and routine.

but until then we will enjoy our new place.

on days like today where the temperatures are insane

and it's like a billion degrees plus %110 humidity, we are 

perfectly content staying inside and catching up

on the olympics, or my favorite show that i recently

converted logan to:

they say july/august is the hottest time of the year with

the worst humidity.

i'm glad to know that this will be the worst of it.

in utah i could stand the heat-but it's the humidity here that

literally has me sweating my guts out by the time i've walked from

our front door to the car.

and don't even get me started on my hair.

i step out the door and in .002 seconds it looks just

like it did when i first woke up.

i've actually contemplated shaving my head so i

won't have to deal with it.

no joke.