We had a very celebratory month. Orianna turned 1, I'm now 26, Jason soon followed (accompanied by a delicious Crab/Lobster dinner... mmm I bet you're all jealous you don't live closer to Jason), Tamara's mom had a BDay, Tamara's sister got married (and we reception-ed in both Idaho and Utah), and we celebrated Pioneer Day... ok, so we really didn't celebrate Pioneer Day- but we mentioned that it was Pioneer Day.
Mostly we were focused on helping out with the double reception, so that took a lot of our time this month. I was the DJ. I found and had a friend help me rehabilitate an old pair of huge-speakers and a mixing board. I had a lot of fun doing it, but figured that it was a sign that it wasn't my calling when the powere went out in the middle of reception right before the dance. Not cool. Luckily it was only out for about 15 minutes.
For my BDay Marnee spoiled me rotten and got me a Nintendo Wii, so I have wasted pretty much all of my spare time from that moment on playing Mario Kart, and Super Mario Galaxy. Orianna really likes to drive with the Steering Wheel controller while we use the wii-motes.
Orianna started walking this month. She's been taking a few steps here and there for a while now, but never walked. Then on Pioneer Day we were at my folk's home in Idaho, and she picked up a diaper and carried it across the room to show it to my mom. So, my mom was pretty pleased to be there for the first time she'd ever walked. She continued to walk all the time while we were in Idaho, and then we got home and she hasn't done it since. So, apparently Idaho has some baby-enabling chemical in the water (or just the opposite: just wait- it's gonna be the next big conspiracy: 49 states found to but baby-hindering chemicals in the water to induce childhood obesity and addiction to artificial sweetening, j/k).
Lastly, I found out that putting a billboard in your backyard is really hard: especially when you live in Lehi. Lehi city has decreed that there shall be no more new billboards... ever. Doesn't matter where, who owns the land, or how much nepotism with the current billboard owners is going on. Oh well... I either have to become a full time lobbyist, or hire an attourney, and both sound really hard. The whole beauty of the idea was earning money while being lazy- and this just ruined it. How can they ruin the American Dream of Laziness so brashly?!?! Haha, I guess I'll have to get a new dream- but that's just so tiring.
Well, I think that does it for July's escapades,
-The Bateses
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Becky and I were looking at the engagements in the Pocatello newspaper on the Sunday before we left and I saw one that caught my eye. I new the groom's parents, they were stake leaders in my student stake. They are a very well-respected family in town, and Becky is good friends with the groom's brother and sister-in-law. But it was the bride that caught my eye. She was a Van Bloom. That name was so familiar, but why? I racked my brain. Then it came to me, oh yeah, Tamara was a Van Bloom.
To make a long story short Rob, your sister-in-law is marrying into a great family. I have a lot of respect for her parents-in-law.
They seem like nice people... but a little uncomfortably rich for my taste (gold-plated china and goblets for a finger-food lunch is a little over the top for me).
But they have an awesome grandkid-play-room, which I enjoyed way more than Orianna.
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