The _______ Life of Brent and Erika

I don't know why, but recently I've felt a severe aversion to communication technology--I hardly answer my cell phone, I hardly even think about the fact that we have a blog, I don't check facebook. I don't really know what it is. It's not my typical "Oh, technology is taking all the meat out of face to face interaction"--I'm not quite sure what it is. Do you ever feel like that? Maybe it's a desire to avoid responsibility; maybe it's a desire to be courteous to those who I'm visiting with (we have spent a good deal of time at our respective families' houses lately in order to spend time with our brothers before their missions); maybe it's just because using the computer to work and using it as my primary form of communication just got to be too much for me. In any case, I estimate that my aversion to technology will be over once I get back from Washington next Wednesday. Just thought you ought to know. PS- I'm going through pic...

Sorry we've been gone so long. Things have been crazy. You dedicated readers (are there any?) really deserve something lovely, but I don't know that this post will be that. Here are some highlights over the past few weeks: - We made an offer on that house. It was very low. Their counter offer was very high. It's still for sale... - Brent went fishing with his students. One of them got a fish hook in the lip. He was fine. - I've been called as the ward choir director. - I played a piano solo in church. One life goal (or life nag, whichever you prefer) crossed off the list. Now I've only got to learn to play the organ. - We planned a trip to the Grand Canyon, which fell through. - We went to a Death Cab for Cutie concert. We had to wait three and a half hours in line IN THE RAIN, but it was great. - I made homemade hamburgers for the first time. I thought my mom usually put BBQ sauce and soy sauce in them. Turns out she doesn't do the soy sauce, but Brent really l...