Cabin Fever

Summer is the month for staying indoors here in Saint George. With 105+ degree temps outside and relatively high humidity, I am so happy we have air conditioning! What a life saver.. I am so thankful I work indoors too, I feel bad for anyone stuck outside. It just feels so strange to go from a place where you look forward to summer to where you dread it! All this heat has me feeling a lil bit of cabin fever! Oliver is a blast and I'm having fun rolling around the carpet with him, reading him stories, and feeding him solids! But the indoors is beginning to make me feel like I'm in a prison. We have been trying to get out of the house and go swimming, Oliver is finally starting to like the pool. But its hard to feel motivated to haul all the baby stuff to the pool, esp by myself. I am just anxiously waiting for fall to get here so we can go for long walks and play at the park. One positive, I'm getting to read more. I just ordered a bunch of books off amazon too. I'm currently reading "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist" by Norman Giesler and Frank Turek. I am really enjoying it. I bought a few more books from Norman Giesler and am waiting to get more money so I can get some of Revi Zacharias works as well as more C.S. Lewis and Michele Behe. I have been in a theology, philosophy, and apologetic mood lately. It has me feeling incredibly motivated. This would be a good thing if I didn't feel so stuck. Stuck indoors, stuck in my job, stuck in Saint George, stuck in life. I doesn't help that working out isn't an option because of my pelvis, but I also haven't been able to go to physical therapy. I just havent had a baby sitter and when Dan is home to watch Oli there aren't any appointments available. I am trying to stay active by taking the stairs at work, but I haven't been able to really get my heart pumping in awhile. I think that's adding to the trapped feeling. At least last weekend we got a mini vaca. Dan and I went to SLC for my sister in laws wedding. We had a blast! Better weather, more green, and big beautiful city made for good medicine. My sister in law, Jamie and her new husband Lance looked so happy! They make a great couple and I'm so happy for them. The reception was held in a family friend's backyard nestled at the base of the mountains, giving us a spectacular backdrop. The theme was a country picnic with root beer, wildflowers, and soup, salads, and sandwiches catered by Zoopas. Dan's cousin and one of the groom's friends sang and played live music. That night we stayed at a gorgeous 5 star hotel in down town salt lake called the Grand America. We weren't even allowed to carry our own bags in, a bellman had to, that's how fancy it was. Here are some pictures of the view from our 19th floor room! As well as Oli's first solids. I didnt get any pictures if the wedding because I was video recording. I'll post the video later.