To start off the summer month, we were stranded in the glorious state of Montana for a couple days. That whole story is coming in its own post soon. But here’s a picture of Montana.

Both my dad and Taylor’s dad came to our rescue. My pops kept referring to a “giant Jesus statue on the mountain” and I kept saying “You’re completely in the wrong country. Continent, even.” Finally, he pointed this out. This, kids, is actually a lady statue, named “Our Lady of the Rockies”. You can read all about her HERE

The last FHE in our home was a big Russian dinner party with our friends. Have you guys ever played “Awkward” before? It’s just as bad as it sounds… but in a good way! (If that’s possible.) How it works is the group stands in a circle. The leader starts off and uses one of his feet to touch the person’s foot next to him. That person must use the touched foot to touch his neighbor’s, etc. If you fall, you’re out of the game. If you say the word “awkward”, you’re out. This is a really great time to bust out your flexibility, because there will be people trying to make it as hard as possible. And it gets awkward. And hilarious.

This picture was taken before the game. You can tell, since people haven’t warmed up enough to each other yet to be hanging out in the same circles. 😉

On the day before we left for Russia, Taylor and I spent a lot of time with his family. We had crashed there after getting home from our mini “vacation” in Montana, and his mom’s birthday was only a day later. We spent her birthday eating sandwiches that were so delicious that I had to take a break from eating them. Then Hannah took some beautiful family pictures that I will have to showcase soon.

The family made up some homemade birthday cards for Sherry. Taylor’s dad is super creative, and asked us to write her A Word that describes her, A Wish for her next year, and A Moment. I’m not sure why I wrote M&M.

My mom also had a birthday, but I was unable to contact her other than Facebook message for the day. 😦 There will be a party, for sure, upon our arrival back home.

Arrow started to walk! No pic, just be excited for her, and nod knowingly to us that our lives have changed once again.

In Russia, Taylor and I had a hard time adjusting to the new sleep schedule. One night I forced him into taking some selfies with me, until he got bored and went back to playing Pokemon instead. #Priorities.

 Please excuse this fourth selfie of me:

 Eyes are so interesting how they can reflect light and colors. My eyes are blue/green (is that called hazel?) but the light is casting them to be more a gray color. This, and the miracle of the eye in general, just fascinate me.

I love this:

When having to choose between Taylor or a hundred cats, I have to choose Taylor because he can cook.

We’ve been taking advantage of our flexible schedule to feed the missionaries in the wards we are visiting. Back home, our work schedules don’t let us be home in time to feed them. I’m glad we’re able to change that up here. Fingers crossed that we’ll have some changes so we can serve them more often at home.

June was a good one, but I’m loving almost every minute of July so far 🙂