2008 July: Robertson

Hey all,

I figure if I don't get this sent now, it just isn't going to happen. July, as predicted, was insane. And since I am in need of going to bed, I will just give you all the highlights. For the fourth of July my boss at Grand river got us tickets to go to the fireworks show in Idaho Falls. Yes, tickets. We got t go to the Shilo inn to watch the fireworks. While there we were able to show up when we wanted, we got a front row seat. We got to hear an orchestra play as we were catered dinner. I was a good dinner, good show, and good music. We (Morgan and Myself) wowed everyone at our table when we were able to name all of the songs that the orchestra played. We even got the name of the theme song for MASH correct. Bonus points if you know it without googling it. Right after the fireworks, we went out to our car to find that it was dead. We waited for about an hour stranded in Idaho falls at 1 in the morning until my parents could pick us up. We returned the next day to tow it back to Rexburg and take it to a mechanics. Luckily it wasn't anything too major. The piece to replace cost about 9 dollars and labor was about 40 - I am really going into the wrong business.

The next weekend was my family reunion in Blackfoot. That was an adventure. It was the first time that we slept in a tent with the girls. We made it through the night without too much trauma. It was an enjoyable time to spend with family that I haven't seen in years.

School finished up the following week and I about died with all of the last minute things that were going on. But I survived. I received my evaluations. Some bad most good and no one accusing me of being anti-mormon or blasphemous - just being young inexperienced and a bit arrogant. oh-well. But I had some really good reviews and the good reviews were in the majority so I will count the semester with my book a success. Although almost all of my students claimed that they learned a lot on the evaluations and nearly all of them complained about the reading and the work load. Maybe someday they will put two and two together - you get what you put into a class.

We then went to Miriam's graduation ceremony. that was nice to see her get her degree. The usual festivities ensued. But those were nothing compared to what happened the week after that - she was married. Morgan did the flowers for the wedding and they were marvelous despite the headache that she received when she went t pick up her flowers to work with, and a large chunk of them were dead and wilting. She made it work and it only took one extra trip to Idaho falls and despite the fact that she was sick and both of the girls were sick ( I never caught it).The sealing was very nice and very large. We filled the largest sealing room in the Rexburg temple - and in the entire church if you want that little point of trivia. She married Jason Andrus and he is the youngest of 9 kids. We helped with the reception that night. It was a fun and crazy night.

Now we are in the process of moving. We have cleaned and packed all of our apartment. We have the truck loaded and we take off for a new adventure to Minnesota first thing in the morning. With that said. I wont be seeing a computer for any substantial period of time in who knows how long (as soon as we get to Minnesota we are going to Morgan's family reunion). So I need to head off to bed. Good night, and good luck.

Love you all,

Derik, Morgan, Kyla, and Daria