Mid June

We watched our nephew's mission homecoming on Zoom. Now Carson's the last missionary in the family still out, and he has six weeks left! 

Leah is finishing up a summer term, learning to test blood in a lab so she can use the results for her thesis, and then at some point I'll fly to Utah, pack up her room and pile boxes in the living room, and drive her home. She's staying in the same apartment but moving to a bigger bedroom with its own bathroom. We won't have to pack her kitchen things, but we will clean out her bedroom and leave it ready for the next person who might move in before we come back. Meanwhile, the girl whose bedroom Leah is moving into has left for the summer but didn't clear out her room, so Leah can't move in yet.

A monsoon happened yesterday, and all the lightning set another mountain on fire across the valley. We could see the new fire begin and then grow bigger. 

Meanwhile, the mountain fire next to us started back up, and by the end of last night a third fire had started somewhere else. Last night we set up a telescope to check on the three mountain fires (that's Colby in the picture). The lightning storms across the valley were amazing to watch too.

We did go back and buy the VW Atlas. I think it's going to be the best choice for us. I don't want to car shop again for another 15 years.