Yay for a wonderful weekend!

Twin Falls canyon and bridge.

This past weekend, my parents came for a visit to see us AND our new, completely put together apartment. They had helped us move in so they knew what the apartment looked like, but they hadn't seen it since we had really made it ours. It was a really fun weekend: low key, relaxing and full of lots of laughs!

While Mom and Dad were here, we took them to a nearby waterfall. There's a hiking trail at the falls that lets you walk behind the waterfall. Its beautiful and a great place to cool off on hot days. They're practically in our back yard...which is odd, 'cuz we live in a desert.

"Our" Falls.

My handsome hubby cooling off.

The mist at the bottom.

The view of the canyon from behind the falls.

I should've stayed home!

I had one of those "shoulda, woulda, coulda" moments the other day. Kurt had been planning to go to The Dark Knight with a group of friends we had recently met at church. I had plans to happily sack out on the couch with a movie that I didn't want to force Kurt to see, but had been wanting to see myself. During the day, though, I decided to go to the movie, too. "Why not? I really do want to see it and maybe going will help build friendships." So against my better judgment, I hopped onto the Batman boat and took off with everyone to go to the movies.

I knew within the first 5 minutes that me going to Batman was a HUGE mistake. As soon as the Scarecrow dude appeared on screen, I suddenly remembered that the ONLY reason I had enjoyed the first Batman movie was because I had watched it with Kurt who had seen it before and could tell me when to close my eyes to avoid seeing something Emily's should just not see. But alas, there I was, stuck in the theater, surrounded with people and completely vulnerable! Let's just say I spent a lot of time contemplating the design on my t-shirt! Lesson learned: If you feel that something will be just to much for you to handle, do not, under ANY circumstance, talk yourself into going!

Now that I have had time to unwind from that unpleasant experience, I do have to say that the Dark Knight is very well done. I can understand why everyone loves it so much and I agree that Heath Ledger should win an Oscar. But if you're like me, and would rather not spend the next twelve hours trying to wipe your memory of images that I know MY Jesus didn't want me to see, then maybe you should hold off and wait to see it with someone who can close your eyes (and maybe even your ears) at just the right moments.

A very good place to start!

I am officially taking my jump into the world of blogging and hoping against hope that I will have SOMETHING interesting to write at least once a month! Bear with me, as life right now (for me, anyway) is rather boring!

Kurt and I have officially moved from good ole' Moscow down to Twin Falls. After six years of being in Moscow, it feels weird to be anywhere else, but Twin Falls is definitely growing on us. (I mean, who wouldn't like having a Target less then 3 blocks away!) Kurt is working for a cheese company and come the end of August, I will be emplyed as the elementary music teacher in a nearby town. But until then, I spend most of my time oh-so-patiently waiting for Kurt to get home! If you're ever in the area, come on over for a visit!