Life with Zak and Rachel.: July 2013

Not a whole lot has happened this past month. For a while the weather was nice, then it turned cold & rainy (50 degrees in mid-June!), and now we are having a record-breaking heat wave. Zack has been enjoying his new job, more or less. He's had some run-ins with clouds of mosquitoes (one day he came home & his arms were covered in bites, ugh), a tick here or there and only one major sunburn. He's actually quite tan! Work for me has slowed down, as the schools are on break. August and September will definitely be busy, though. I got a new chair for work, which I know doesn't sound exciting, but I was pretty pumped for it. I made Zack come along with me as I tried out a bunch of different types of chairs at Staples & Office Depot. Then I found the one. It's a Tempur-pedic (I didn't even know those existed!) and I fell in love on first sit. So I ordered it the next day and it arrived within a week. And I put it together all by myself! And now my back doesn't hurt (as much) after work. :)

A few weekends ago we went camping with Kandace & Gabe on a beach by the river. We took Penny with us, who proved once again, that she is just an amazing and well-behaved dog. It was her first experience with water and at first she was a bit nervous. We think it was because the sand/silt would change as she moved through it. My favorite thing she did was run alongside the water as waves from a passing boat lapped up on the shore. She didn't quite know what to make of the waves. We had a nice time, the weather was beautiful and we had the area all to ourselves. The river was too cold for swimming, but it was nice to walk around in. The next morning we woke up and had breakfast at Kandace's parents' place in Lewiston. Her parents were camping and arrived later in the afternoon. Then we had dinner with them, as it was Father's Day. It was nice to be included as part of the family. (Plus having that cute dog of ours doesn't hurt; they love Penny!)

Here are some pictures from the past month: