Summertime

Well, here's Provo for you. A week ago, our temperatures were running an average of 20 degrees lower than usual for the time of the year. This week, they are running 10 degrees higher. So all of a sudden it's hot, and we don't have central air. We do have the little "in the window" air conditioners, but they are SO noisy and I feel like they blow so much dust into the room. Plus, you have to have your blinds up in order to turn them on and, being on the first floor, I feel like I'm in a fish bowl all day. So far we have done okay with just a fan and shorts. Here's the little one all dressed up for the heat:

We have taken her swimming in the pool a few times and she LOVES it. She liked it when we went swimming in Florida, but now she just splashes and kicks and smiles up a storm. It's the entire reason we go. So much fun. Here's another shot of her looking all milky and windblown from drinking a bottle in front of the fan.

Speaking of bottles, she doesn't like them anymore! The only time I can get her to finish one is first thing in the morning. Other than that, she acts very disinterested. She's a good eater otherwise, but I worry about her getting dehydrated since it's so hot. She doesn't even like juice in a sippy cup! Any ideas why this might be? How can I keep her hydrated?

Speaking of summer, do spiders come out when it's hot? I have seen a few around lately. Today I saw a HUGE one while Jason was at work and I had to kill it all by myself! Luckily, there was a can of Raid in the house. Jason always teases me when I spray bugs with hairspray or Lysol. He says, "Girls always think that anything aerosol is poison. That's not going to do anything." Well, it might not kill them, but if I'm going to have a spider in my house, I think I'd rather it be stylish and clean. Anyway, I sprayed the little bugger and sucked up its body in the vacuum cleaner. I always feel freaked out for a while after I kill a spider. I think its friends are going to come back for revenge or something. Or maybe it wasn't dead and it's going to crawl out of my vacuum cleaner and come get me in the night. Freaky thing - I just saw another one crawling up the wall as I typed this. AAAHHH!!!

Luckily, we get to escape the heat and the spiders and are headed off to Oregon tomorrow for our niece Abagail's baby blessing. We're flying standby and the flights look great going out there but not so good coming back. Maybe we'll be forced into an extended vacation. I'll be sure to post pictures upon our return! Happy summer!