enjoying pizza!

 green peppers, onions, mushrooms, pepperoni, mozerella cheese, basil

 first pizza almost finished ! ! you should ask to come over for pizza sometime!!

yummmmmm homemade pizza is the best

garden in full bloom

 The tomatoe plants are full of tomatoes mmm so good

 yellow squash

 spicy basil chives and parsley

 marigolds and zinnias

 jalapanos and thai red peppers

 topsy turvey yellow pear tomatoes

 dill!!!!

 my future bonzi tree

 cucumbers just started flowering

another topsy turvey with green pepper there are 5 on there now

37 Years of Marriage!

Happy 37th Anniversary Mom & Dad! That sure is a lot of years :o) It's been an amazing journey of ups and downs and it's an awesome thing (in today's world) to have parents who have been TOGETHER for 37 years! Thank you for shaping me into the girl I've become and supporting Chris and I as we start our lives together in marriage. We look up to you and love turning to you for advice and wisdom.

We love you Mom & Dad!

Good Morning!

Hey friends!  Just like so many people I've been slacking at the blog.  I am jumping back on the bandwagon and making a goal of 1 post a week...here it goes!  I really do love blogging and hopefully will get better over time.

I want to share the MANY blessings Chris and I have encountered over the last few weeks.  We are completely in awe.  There's no other way to explain it-- God is SO good to us. 

We have been having so many problems with Chris's car (couldn't pass inspection, check engine light on, bad tires, AC out...and the list goes on and on)  BUT God is so good.  He provided a way for the car to pass AND Chris did a ton of research and figured out something about a sylanoid...and fixed (on his own!) the car...saving us probably well over $500!!!  Let's just say my husband is handy!  I sure don't know how to do much with cars but he really impressed me...had the car apart many times (at one point the car was going forwards in reverse hahaaaa) and now it runs without jumping into second gear. 

I've started my new job, what a blessing.  It's taken a lot of time to adjust to full-time work (who would have thought?)  It is getting better everyday.  I am learning so much more than I ever thought I would working at a health dept.  I can admit I was very skeptical before I started.  God has been using many people and situations to teach me about judgment, other cultures and just how fortunate I am.  There have been a lot of ups and downs with this work, as usual with grant-based research but I am very excited about it!

Chris started teaching yoga classes a few times a week now!  He is so excited to get out there and teach.  We continue to pray for increased numbers at his classes and can't wait to see what's in store with them.  Chris and I have so much fun.  A few times a week we try to get outside (on our porch!) and do some yoga in the heat.  It's so relaxing...I'm so glad I met Chris because otherwise I probably would have never made the time to check out yoga...which is really fun and relaxing! 

I am studying for the RD (Registered Dietitian) exam, which I plan to take in Sept.  I am very nervous about this exam but continue to work through the material and will do my best!  I keep telling myself I've been studying this stuff for 6 years!  I can't wait to have this exam behind me.

I gotta go to work now but wanted to update about our lives and where we've been...hope to be back again soon :o)

Homemade Pizza

One of the most enjoyable times of the day is when Chris and I make and enjoy dinner together.  We don't tend to use a cookbook-- just put whatever is in the fridge together and waaalaaa!  It usually turns out tastey although we have had our share of fails. We've always liked the sound of having people over and making pizza...we just never tried to make pizza....till the other night!

 Chris found a recipe for the pizza dough in our Williams-Sonoma Baking Cookbook MMmmMmmM!!!

 We started this adventure about 7:30PM not realizing the dough needed 1-2 hours to rise!!!  Lol we let it rise for about an hour...

 My most awesome husband does it all-- including the dishes :o)

 Toppings included onions, mushrooms, peppers and pepperoni...

WWWWWWOWWWWW!!!  Our first pizza :o)

 Yes, it was a yummy as it looks!!!

 We made 2 pizzas.  One day we will have a pizza stone but for now the pans work just fine...

It's always more fun to share a meal with friends.  Now we know how to make yummy PIZZA too!!! Who's the next lucky friends to try?  Nothing like a nice glass of wine with some homemade pizza at 10PM on a weeknight :o)

Patio Gardening at its BEST!

We are really excited to have a pretty large selection of herbs, vegetables and flowers growing on our patio garden this year.  Tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, squash, basil, dill, chives, cilantro, rosemary, mint, oregano, zinnias and marigolds!  Maybe our garden will save us some money this summer :)

                                           A variety of tomatoes...cherry and beefsteak...

                                                 Thai and jalapeno peppers...

                             HERBS! Lots of them...and some pepper plants scattered too...

                                             Trying out cucumber too in the back!

   We have 2 of these "Topsy Turby" thingies...attempting yellow pear tomatoes and peppers

                                Can you see the little tomatoes?!