This summer has been pretty uneventful, yeah i should probably refrain from starting a post with an excitment deturant but lets face it, Ive got maybe two dedicated reader (my mom and my husband, both of which I force to) so hopefully my " Faithfull Followers" (by force) will recognize that despite the fact that the summer was uneventful, dosent mean it wasnt worth blogging about.

Ok actually i lied a little, we did have the EPIC Hatch Family reunion, that if i dont blog about I'll totally regret. It was Amazing! 2011 Hatch Family Reunion was held in Sliverpick Lodge just outside of Durango Colorado! It was absolutly beautiful. We were there for about 5 days, and it never got boring, we went on hikes, bike rides, to the sauna, the jaccuzzi, and when we wernt entertaining ourselves at the cabin, we were going on white river rapid rafting tours, the alpine slides, little switzerland, Maggies Burger Joint. It was NONE STOP family fun, (not to sound like a Knotts Berry Farm advertisment) but honestly, everyone had a blast! For me it was just so good to see everyone all in one cabin! Honestly almost all 38 member of the Hatch family were there, unfortunatly Bethany and Brennon wernt able to be there and I was so bummed to not be able to catch up with them but I was so nice to see everyone else! Im so blessed, my family just keeps becoming more and more special to me, I love them more each day.

So that was the lie, that WAS an exciting part of my summer. The unexciting part was the whole waking up working out, job hunting, going to work, and coming home and going to bed...that was boring. And thats still going on here in August, still no job ( unless you count Bernett that gives you on average5 hours a week for the past three or four weeks er so) but still looking and still have faith.

Infact, kind of a cool experience the other day in the Temple. So the last two or three months Chad and I have been overwhelmingly stressed about getting jobs and being able to make all our bills, we have been cutting back more ( which I honestly though we couldnt do more of), Hunting everyday, starting connection groups and praying and fasting as much as time would permit. We even had a few really amazing opportunities come our way and to our surprise, they all fell through, it didnt make sense. We thought; " Hey, were doing the work, were serveing, were paying our tithing, fasting, and praying, whats the hold up? What arnt we doing?" So last Saturday in the temple, we were sitting in the Celestial room, just enjoying the spirit and thinking and Chad leans over to me and says that as he tried to pray for a new job opportunity but he felt himself being stopped, like he couldnt pray for it. I thought about that for a minute and it came to me so strongly that we dont need to focus on that anymore. We are so worried about jobs and bills and working harder and finding new resources for income that its consuming, our lives, its in every conversation, its in every misunderstanding, and it casues us so much stress and sleeplessness. When in reality, we are doing everything in our power to improve our situation, we work hard, we dont complain and we try everyday! If we were to focus any MORE on jobs, we might simultaniously combust in to unemployment flames. We decided that the Lord wants us to alter our focus and strengthen our relationship with Him and through that, we will be blessed accordingly. Its something that we also always focus on, we fullfill our callings and read and pray daily and all but you can ALWAYS do MORE! And on top of what we already do to strengthen our marriage, if we were to put as much energy and drive into our spirituality and marriage, as we do into getting jobs and finding success here in Rexburg, we would be a whole lot less stressed, a whole lot happier and I know, from the spirit I felt that day, that we will be blest beyond our needs if we serve the Lord more addimantly. Im so grateful for my husband who felt inclined to tell me what he did that day and who listens and excepts my insights. What an amazing Man Im married to! Living in Rexburg has been probably one of the biggest leaps of faith I have ever made and I know that as hard as its been, its for my experience and as I struggle im constantly reminded that someday, i can teach my children the lessons im learning here! So grateful!

Bringin things back together here, besides the whole changing my lifes direction, amazing family vacation and new found love and appreciation for my husband everyday.... Pretty uneventful :)