OKC weekend - We already miss it

Sunday was pretty low-key. We went to church and then back to my parents' for lunch.

Here's my friend Kate (we've known each other since sixth grade and for all of middle school and high school we took dance and went to church together). She actually lives in Paris, France right now and happens to be visiting home for the month of August. What a lucky coincidence!

Becca helped me wrangle my pups for a photo in my parents' backyard because, even with the triple-digit Oklahoma heat, they've made it beautiful!

They held still for this one millisecond. :)

Please excuse the yellowness of the picture, it was taken with my phone.

I love her to the end of the universe and back. AND, I need her in my life because, otherwise, I would have no idea what drink to order at Starbucks (Passion Fruit Lemonade Iced Tea).

We had missed Braum's burgers and ice cream so much. On our way into Oklahoma we grabbed dinner from Braum's and on our way out we grabbed milkshakes. :)

This is the sunset that greeted us shortly after we crossed the New Mexico state-line. God paints the sky so pretty!

Recap: Finding a Place to Live

Last week, we came to visit Los Alamos for the first time. We flew into Albuquerque, rented a car and drove the hour and forty-five minutes to the Los Alamos-area.

Our first stop was to see the house we had put a deposit down on for the summer... My first thought was, "it smells like camp," and not the fresh, clean, outdoorsy smell of camp, instead, it was a musty, dirty, stale smell. It was a one-room, tiny guesthouse that didn't even have the bathroom completely blocked off from everything else (which = no privacy ever). Yuck.

Fortunately, through some divine intervention, we were exploring the Los Alamos town square and found a rental property company that had a duplex that allowed dogs. Hallelujah! We looked at it, it was clean and we signed a lease right away. **Cue the heavenly choir of angels.

Our new home even has a doggie door!