catching up

catching up with the last two months (has it really been two months since i've posted something?--i keep meaning to do this sooner). we've had a busy spring and start of the summer. we've vacationed, planted gardens, celebrated our 6th anniversary, survived a 30th birthday, templed, and rode another century...more blogs to come! for now...a quick catch up:

welcome back to the best place on earth to vacation, if you're into the sitting-on-the-beach-without-a-worry-in-the-world type vacation. we went back to the dominican republic in may with some of my family. it was an extremely relaxing week (with exception of the flight there...the only time i've needed a "sick bag" during this whole pregnancy...baby does NOT like to fly). we spent our time

scenery-ing:

aqua-nauting:

strategizing:

improving our swing:

water aerobic-ing:

filling our non-alcoholic tropical drink quota:

munching:

thank you, family, for such a wonderful time! it was great to talk, play games, hang out, and eat, eat, eat!

we got our garden beds ready and covered the surrounding area with the weed "mats" and black mulch. because "black mulch is sexy"... that may or may not be a direct quote from david...

lots of growing at home:

cucumber, red, yellow, and green bell peppers, jet star and beefsteak tomatoes, cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, pumpkins, yellow summer squash, zucchini, and red and yellow onions. i think our eyes were bigger than our garden beds...but it all looked so good at the nursery! who could pass up the chance to grow all those yummy fruits and veggies?! fresh salsa, homemade tomato sauce, and pumpkin carving, here we come! i think i may need to learn how to can...

june 19th was our 6-year anniversary. we looked at each other in disbelief--have six years really gone by already?! we love being together. our marriage is the best thing in both our lives. we feel so blessed the Lord directly placed us in each other's path--we couldn't meet again the way we did if we consciously tried. we've improved each other, filled each other, and each day continue to complete each other.

we usually go somewhere or do something together to celebrate our anniversary, instead of exchanging gifts. this year we decided to go to the nursery and beautify our garden beds in the front yard. we can't believe the number of plants we got, but the majority of them are perennials and will hopefully continue to beautify our yard in years to come. **thank you**, robin, for helping us do the back-breaking job of planting everything...especially when you thought you were coming to utah for a nice wedding visit and not manual labor!!

a fence popped up in the last few months. just planted the seeds and up it sprouted! ha ha. nice little picket in the front, and private along the side of the house that runs parallel to a public walkway. we love it!

oh, and we've also been growing this:

26 weeks and counting. if you suck it in, i'll suck it in. maybe. no guarantees.