We were having trouble deciding a theme for August as Chris was going to have to be out of down again for alot of it. We were trying to find something that would still work while he was gone, so we decided that when he was back in town for the weekend we would find things to do outdoors. The first weekend we started kind of slow. We ended up going to an outdoor patio and having a drink and then went to see a movie with friends. Afterwards, we walked around the Arbor Lakes area and stopped into Trader Joes to get something for dinner. So, not the best start to an outdoors weekend, but we progressively got better. The weekend after was my birthday weekend, on Friday, August 8th, we drove up to Acadia, Wisconsin and stopped at a few wineries on our way up. When we got to Acadia, there was a festival going on where we spent time outside checking out the festival and having some dinner. We then sat down to watch The Beach Boys perform. It was pretty funny, they are so old now and singing about 3 girls for every boy, and "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older..." Chris somehow convinced me that we should to swing dance in front of the beach boys. We went right up to the center of the stage and security kicked us to the side. I was a bit embarrassed, but we finished the song. Afterwards, the crowd was so large that we ended up having trouble getting out of there and boy did I really want to not be standing in front of a massive crowd any more. We ended up squeezing through masses of people and got back to where my family was sitting. While the beach boys were still playing, my Aunt Cheryl, Mom, and Dad and us decided to go and start with the lantern launch. We met up with another group of about 10 people who were also launching and it looked so amazingly cool that we decided we want to do it at our wedding. Not long after the Lantern launch, it was time to head home. It was about 930 or so and about 10pm when we got back to the car and we had a 2 hour drive back. It was a very pleasant day! On Saturday August 9th, Chris made me a delicious birthday breakfast and then we went to the farmer's market. It was kind of sad that they didn't have any coffee. We then went to check out tent rentals for our wedding.
We decided to do a video game month, which really is kind of a silly theme, but Chris was traveling 3 weeks out of July, so I agreed to it since I would be on my own for a lot of the time. I attempted to download a few games onto my computer, one of which was suggested to me because it is the same people who made my favorite video game series Dragon Age! Susan, Kendra, and I, like to geek out over that game. It is a role playing game based in a fantasy world and while playing you can play out various romance stories between characters, what I also liked about it was that you never had to wonder where to go next, there was always a quest you were doing or a place you knew you had to go. I had tried playing Skyrim in the past and didn't like it all the much because it was too open world for me and there was no definite end to the game. The dragon age serious tells a story, it's like watching a series of interactive movies. After having issues downloading games onto my computer for whatever reason, I decided to try a game called Oblivion that Chris had around. I created my character and started playing. There was a main storyline that I kept following since I was so used to dragon age, but Chris said I didn't have to follow the main story line. I enjoyed playing it for the most part, but it has the same fluke as skyrim, It is too open-world for me and not enough of a solid storyline. Chris experimented with a game called Boom Beach on his Ipad and both of us got even more involved in Clash of Clans on our I-phones. All in all, I can't wait for Dragon Age 3 Inquisition to come out. It was supposed to be released this October, but it is now being delayed until November. Stay tuned for next months theme "Outdoor Activities".
