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I'm in denial that it's August. What happened to July? Not working this summer has been so relaxing yet busy at the same time. Our house is looking unrecognizable. All 3 of the upstairs bedrooms are now painted! The fresh white ceiling and walls makes a huge difference. I love our blue walls in the master bedroom. The room was blue before but very dirty and in dire need of paint. We went with a slightly different blue and I LOVE it. I'm glad Andrew convinced me to stick with the blue. Notice the curtains. Not pictured well, but they are black out curtains and at noon they make it seem like midnight.

Not having to look up at blood splatters all over the ceiling anymore is a relief.

This is the old master bedroom blue. I had to buy so many paint samples to finally make up my mind.

One of the bedrooms upstairs was SO dark and of course the ceiling was that same dark color. I decided to go with a light and airy color to make the small room seem bigger. I love how it turned out. Here is a comparison of the new and old color.

Too bad I had already painted the ceiling white in this picture.

Taping the ceiling and baseboards was tedious. The 3rd bedroom is this same color, so no need to post a picture. There were so many holes in the wall. Just on one wall alone, I had to patch 20 different places.

You would think that we're done painting now, but we are not. We are taking a break from painting for a bit though. 

July also included a run. It was supposed to be a 5k, but was only 2.98 miles. It was the Provo temple to temple run. The race starts at the old Provo temple and ends at the new Provo City Center Temple. It was SO crowded. I think over 13,000 participated. The entire run was me trying my hardest to dodge walkers, strollers, scooters, etc. It is a Pioneer day tradition, but this year Pioneer day was on a Sunday, so the race was Monday morning. On your race bib you could write a name of one of your pioneer ancestors which is neat.

I ran for James Henry Denning.

Near the starting line.

Near the finish line.

The month ended with a bang. I went with my parents to Burley, Idaho to watch my Dad complete the Spudman triathlon. It was fun because my friend from BYU-Idaho got a teaching job near there, so I spent the night before the race hanging out and catching up with her.

So proud of my Dad! He was injured not long ago and was unsure whether or not he would ever be able to run again. He is determined and has taught me so much about setting goals and reaching them.

I'm disappointed in letting myself slip and not blogging twice in July. I have a feeling August will be just as busy with school starting up, but expect 2 more posts! (fingers crossed)