Summer adventures, Take #2

Seeing as it's almost fall, I think it's time to share the highlights from the second part of my summer. When last I posted, I left off with a new house, empty of belongings and waiting on a moving truck. So let's start there...

The movers came, the movers unloaded box after box after box, and the movers left. I felt very motivated and unpacked a whole lot of boxes that first week. Then I ran out of motivation (and shelf space). The house is still sort of a mess, but the number of boxes has been decreased dramatically from what it first was, and thanks to Trevor, the closets have some more usable shelves now.

Our first house guest (Becca) arrived less than a week after the movers, so it's a good thing she didn't come expecting any sort of order :) And our first non-family guests came over that same weekend for an intense game of Bohnanza, after an entertaining round of mini golf. Since then, we've had an old college friend of Trevor's for an overnight stay, and the Baileys stopped overnight on their way through from Oklahoma, so our extra bedrooms have come in handy.

The five weeks between July 28th and September 1st contained Trevor's birthday, our anniversary, and my birthday, so we did a lot of celebrating. Nothing big, just burgers, mini golf, ice cream, a movie, and more burgers. (We're planning a bigger anniversary celebration for later, since some activities - skiing, for example - are difficult to do in mid-August.)

Mini golfing on our anniversary

The middle of August also happened to be the one time when the entirety of both our immediate families overlapped in PA for a couple of days, so we took a whirlwind trip out there to see everyone. We hit up Kennywood with my siblings (and assorted friends and a fiancée), went hiking, boating, swimming, and disc golfing with Trevor's family, had a bonfire at my folks' place, ate pancakes and played games at Yan's, and had an insanely busy but very fun-filled few days. Which of course led to us coming down with miserable colds and spending the next week coughing, sniffling, and napping at every available opportunity.

Having a little too much fun at Kennywood :)

Sleight family photo!

Trevor started a four-week instructor training course at the beginning of September, so that's been keeping him plenty busy, but we did drive out to PA again over this past weekend. We got to see Adam's soccer game Saturday morning (BCCS won, so that was nice), then spent the afternoon doing house- and yard-work at my parents' place. The plan for Saturday evening was a bonfire with friends, which went well for a couple hours, but then the skies opened up and drenched us so we relocated inside to practice bluffing and mind-reading with Mascarade and Dixit.

All in all, this has been a crazy but good summer. I'm liking Ohio for its greenery and creeks, as well as for its proximity to family and friends in PA, and that makes the upheaval of moving easier to take. It still definitely feels like we're in the transition phase right now, but things are slowly starting to fall into place (for example, I found a good chiropractor last week), and I'm looking forward to the next few years here.