A Few Random Events

So much has happened this summer.  Here are a few events that happened in July.  

Ian and I helped out at a local Relay for Life event.  We always love helping out good causes and this was one of them.  

We got to attend Ian's friend Whitney and John's wedding in SLC, UT.  In usual form, I didn't take many pictures so I had to steal this one from their Facebook page.  It is way better than anything I would have taken anyway.  They are a good looking couple and it was so fun to celebrate with them.

  

We got to see Brea and Michael at the wedding too.  We missed the rest of the groupie - they have   been friends since college.   

You are probably tired of seeing pictures of our garden and produce now, but we have been so excited about our garden and fruit trees this year!  Our peach tree gave us a nice crop of peaches.  

Our garden has been producing veggies like crazy.  We love harvesting in the morning and thinking up new meals we can make with them for dinner that evening.  We are hooked on gardening and are excited to start cold weather crops soon.  

Home Improvements

I have had a fun time slowly fixing up our home.  We have a long porch that spans the length of the house.  It was so long and empty.  For next to nothing, I was able to score this old wood bench from Craigslist.  Here are the before and after pictures of my DIY project.

Our home also came with a huge garden plot.  Ian and I have been trying our hand at gardening as well.  It's hard to believe our little garden went from this...

...to this the last few months.

While we are still novice gardeners, it has been fun to grow something in our backyard!  With the warm Southern California weather, we were able to start planting our crops at the end of March.  We just enjoyed our first meal from our garden the other night - fresh basil pesto pasta and green beans. Yumm!!