Summer, I love you.

There are many things I love about summer. Mostly, it's all of it. These last two weeks have been almost completely free of wind, rain, and other lame weather conditions. Which means sunshine, sunshine, sunshine. 

SUNSHINE IS MY DRUG. :) 

After weeks of interviews, traveling, job offers, and busyness, things are starting to settle down. We've turned down a few job offers (which, let's face it, we knew we would....

A. Because my husband is such a smarty, and we HAD to get multiple offers...I mean, come on... :)

 and 

B. Because we had to take the one that felt right, rather than the first one that came along. 

Don't get me wrong, this job search has not been an easy ride. It was months of people not getting back to us, our fair share of unanswered emails/applications, and then a few weeks of the phone ringing off the hook with people wanting to hire my hubby. It's been a long, bumpy road. We are so grateful for a Heavenly Father who lets us know he is always looking out for us, despite setbacks along the way.

I won't say where we're going, because we haven't officially accepted yet, but, I will tell you that this job searching process has involved trips to Wyoming, Chicago, Houston, and New York. Some trips were with me, some without.

I, personally, prefer the trips where I'm with my mister, as opposed to those where I'm not. 

Anywho...back to my point...Summer is amazing. Work for us won't start for another three or four months, so we'll be hanging around here for the next few months in the meantime doing summery things. Frisbee, croquet, walks, bike rides, hikes, picnics, trips to the pool, laying on the grass in the sunshine...and, really, just enjoying life. 

Well, along with working. ***Which reminds me, if any of you know of companies or friends whose companies could use an engineering brain in the Provo area (since that's where we'd love to be) for the summer months, please let us know. Matthew has a temporary job for the summer, but we'd love to find one that's relevant to his field, oh--and a little more interesting, instead :) 

Oh yes...back to the point. Summer is my drug and I LOVE it. Ke$ha had it wrong, but...then again, "your love" does roll off the tongue a little easier. . . 

Spidey Senses

 

Last night, the mister and I went to see the new Spiderman movie. LOVED it, by the way. But, from the picture above...you can guess that my reason for loving it was a little different than most people, (or,  most boys, more specifically), who might have chosen a picture more like this... 

or this...

 

or THIS...

haha, yes. I am a girl. Mainly, because I chose this one instead: 

It's interesting, how movies help you reflect on life. Frankly, I'm a person typically opposed to too much movie watching, video game playing and other "brainless activities". I realize there are many arguments to refute that label, and I'm well aware it's an over-generalization, but--bear with me here. I married one of the biggest movie-lovers known to man. I went from having a collection of four movies (three of which Matthew gifted me while we were dating), to having over 300 in our joint collection after getting married. Matthew and I have spent countless hours of our newlywed lives snuggled up watching episodes of Modern Family and The Mentalist. And, you know what, I've loved it. 

Granted, we still go on bike rides, walks, play games, and do other things. But--I have truly loved watching together and laughing when we see things that remind us of our relationship, or just enjoying watching interactions between the characters we're watching. It's so fun to see character development and relate to the experiences we observe in their "lives".

In short, The Amazing Spiderman 2 had a similar effect. It made me think back on our relationship, smile as I saw things that reminded me of us, and just be grateful for my awesome husband. Cheesy as it may seem, there were many parts that prompted me to lean over and kiss that husband of mine on the cheek, or just squeeze his leg. 

Really, what I'm trying to say is....

The fight scenes were amazing. 

The special effects were top notch. 

The storyline was true to the comics and characters were SO true to form. 

haha...okay, maybe not that's what I'm going for....but I sure loved the movie :) 

I recommend it.