Of July!!!

July in Oklahoma is not like July in Utah. The fourth of July was lame in comparison to our hometown parties! I had researched all of the festivities going on in our town of Edmond Oklahoma and I was pretty excited about it! CNN rated the celebration as one of the top 10 celebrations in the nation! We woke up ready to party and the girls in the office headed to the parade. Of course the boys had to knock but there was no way i was going to stay home because I love the fourth of July and wanted to enjoy everything!

Whitney and little LillyAnna came along with Heidi and I. Went. luckily it was overcast and the weather was bareable. LillyAnna liked the parade at times but she got a little bored at times too.

 The worst part of the parade was that there was no candy being thrown! It was very disappointing.

After the parade I dropped the girls off and went back to our apartment and waited for Jordan to get home because nothing else was going on. I was so excited for the "Freedom Fest" celebration that night. We left our apartment at about 630 to go see what it was like. It was held at the Central Oklahoma University Campus and when we arrived people were just sitting in their lawn chairs on the hot asphault. We were so confussed. We walked up to the area with booths and games and found out that not much was really going on. I was so sad. When we were leaving we ran into one of Jordan's high school friends, talk about a small world.

We decided to go to Pops and get us some Soda and then got a pizza and found a place to camp out while waiting for fireworks. The pizza might have been a bad idea....the box was infested with ants by the time the fireworks were over.

The fireworks were really good, it was still pretty hot outside even though it was 10pm and there were bugs everywhere but they put on a good show. This was the first time that Jordan and i have been together for fireworks and that made amazing. It's so fun just being together, it makes everything better.

After fireworks we went home and swam in the pool. It was midnight but we didn't care! We had tons of fun :) 

Now the 24th of July was a different story. Of course nothing was going on here so we went out to dinner with some couples in the office and then went and played at the arcade. Jordan played the basketball game like crazy and I played some shooting game. For some reason I love those games at the arcades, maybe its from playing duck hunt when I was little.

All in all we can't wait to be home. Utah is definitely the very best place in the world to be during July!

It was fun, but was just like any other day. I cannot wait to be home in July and be able to spend time with our families. It will be amazing!

Oklahoma HEAT!

Well Jordan and I definitly didn't think Oklahoma would be like this....so so hot. During June there were over 3 weeks where it was hotter than 100 degrees and July isn't slowing down. i constantly see 105, 106, 107 degrees on bank screens when passing and I don't doubt it because all I'm doing is sweating; we are currently on day 29 of 100+ and they say August looks like it will be the hottest month in Oklahoma HISTORY! I don't really understand why people live here, it's too hot in the summer, still snows in the winter, and gross disgusting bugs are everywhere!

This summer has been pretty uneventful with Jordan on the doors and me hanging out all the time. My goals have really given me something to work towards and I'm loving it! P90x is still a killer, after my workout today I couldn't lift my arms haha, but i am enjoying it as well. After spending some time on facebook and seeing all of my tan friends back home I realized i need to start working on my tan! I haven't really wanted to because it is just way too hot outside that the pool is miserable but since all I have is time I feel like I should use a little of it at the pool.

Today Jordan and i went out to the pool after I worked out and before he had to go knocking and it was crazy hot. When we first got their we had to get right into the pool because we were already sweating and we knew we wouldn't last long laying out. Our pool is pretty gross, since the heat is so intense leaves fall like we are in fall, they are just dead, and they land in the pool and it doesn't get cleaned out. Well while swimming around for a little bit and listening to Jordan complain (he even told me I was going to get a disease from the pool before he got in) he told me I would want to get out...because there was a dead FROG in the pool! I looked over and thought it was a leaf until I took a closer look! There was a frog in the pool! Well there are frogs/toads all over here, especially at night, but in the pool? Thats disgusting! I started flailing around trying to get away ASAP and when I got out I realized it was just a little baby and it was alive! jordan saved it's life by pulling it out of the water, he's a hero.

This is a picture of one of the toads that are jumping around our apartment ALL the time!

Anyway after we layed back and started working on our tans we started sweating, intensly. The humidity here makes me sweat way too much. Jordan had sweat literally dripping off his face and my belly button was collecting a little pool of sweat (sorry if that's TMI). I told myself that i had to stick it out until my belly button was filled with sweat, I know that's gross but I have to set goals for myself! I definitly got some sun today thanks to my goal!