We are slowly settling back into normal life after our visits to family.  Though at the moment we are facing some changes not so far on the horizon.  Since we moved in we've had a problem with second hand smoke in our apartment (all of our adjacent neighbors smoke quite a bit) and the complex we are in doesn't have another, similar apartment they could move us to.  The solution (just approved on Friday) is that we will be moving to one of their sister complexes at the beginning of August.  We will actually have a little more space at the other apartment and the company isn't going to charge us the extravagant cancellation fee ($1200) for ending our lease early.  All in all we feel pretty blessed with how it is working out.

Lately Heather and I have been getting into some new book series that we are very much enjoying.  Heather is reading the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan.  We own his Percy Jackson series and really like them so when Heather saw these at the library she decided to give them a try.  (We also have some good friends who like them, shout out to Brigham and Stephanina!)  I've been jumping around to lots of different books but finally decided it was time for me to give the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan a try.  I know a number of people, who have somewhat similar tastes to my own, that have really enjoyed them so I thought they might be good.

The other day I had the chance to go out with the missionaries here in Chapel Hill to visit a family.  They are refugees from Burma, I'm not sure of all the circumstances surrounding that.  It was a really neat experience.  The two teenage kids spoke decent English but the parents really had a hard time understanding us.  In the end we promised to get them a Book of Mormon in their native language so they could read it, the dad was very excited about that.  Also, I guess there is a young man in our ward who is in a similar situation to the family and speaks what they speak (it isn't Burmese, but I can't remember what it's called) so the missionaries will try bringing him next time.  It was a neat experience despite the language barriers, it was nice to go out with the missionaries again.

It's Father's Day!  Not that I am a father yet but I still think it's a good day.

Heather and I just got back from a week and a half trip to visit our families.  We spent four days with Heather's family and four days with mine and two days at a wedding (one of Heather's friends).  It was a lot of driving (almost 2600 miles) but it was worth it.  In Kentucky we worked on the farm a lot, did some visiting, and found a huge patch of raspberries on the farm (though most of the berries weren't ripe yet).  In Indiana my whole family was there to say farewell to my brother James.  He is leaving to serve a mission in Chile next month and will be gone for two years.  He will spend his time there preaching and doing volunteer service for the community he is assigned to.  We are very proud of him.

It was a good time.  It was good to talk to our parents about our new home.  We had lots of fun playing with nieces and nephews and brothers and sisters.  Space was a little tight in Indiana and we ended up in the basement but it was worth it.  Being able to be with our families forever will be a tremendous blessing and I hope that we can live up to it.  (If you don't know what I'm talking about see http://mormon.org/family/)