A Project Completed...

I finally completed my first blanket on my new machine--a Utes blanket for Jake. My sister came up with the idea and made my mom one a couple years ago, which Jake really liked. It took me multiple months, as I don't get to sew very often these days, but I was able to finish cutting the rag border last night and washed it today!

GO UTES!

Puerto Vallarta

To celebrate the end of internship, we went to Mexico for a nice relaxing vacation. We chose an all-inclusive resort and did very little other than watch a lot of World Cup Soccer and lounge by the pool/ocean. We really enjoyed getting to slow down the pace of our lives and just be together and have time for each other.

Seeing as how we didn't really do anything, we have only a few pictures to share.

A view of the resort from our balcony.

The shoreline at dusk.

Jake lounging after dinner.
Us

Blogging

Lately, we just haven't had the motivation for blogging...

For example, the gardening post I created in June...

I just didn't get around to posting it,

and so many things have changed in the garden since then...

such as the tomatoes mostly died after days of drenching rains...

but now my zucchini plant is really taking off.
Here is some of my garden's produce:

And sadly we still haven't posted about Machu Picchu :(
I think about doing so...but just haven't.

This should be a lighter month for me (though the craziness begins again for Jake), so maybe sometime soon I actually will.

The summer for us has been filled with soccer--with the World Cup, MLS All Star Game & the Dynamo games...Here are some recent pictures:

More Gardening

the tomatoes continue to grow...they are nearly taller than the fence,

and we had to add a trellis for the more vine-like cherry tomato.

i also cut the basil way back prior to taking this picture,

and had enough to make a whole jar of pesto

the zucchini plant continues to grow underneath the large tomato plants

a baby pepper for jake

i have been enjoying lots of cherry tomatoes...

all by myself as my Italian husband doesn't like tomatoes!

too bad my mom isn't here to enjoy them with me,

as its still been so cold in utah her plants are still tiny

pretty succulents given to me by a friend
...and my favorite, my lilies have bloomed...
i just wish they would bloom all summer