Banana bread

I HATE making banana bread! Who ever thought that it was so hard to make.  I have made probably 6 loaves(3 different recipes) and NONE of them have ever turned out.  I hate it!  I will never make banana bread ever again. Such a waste of all my ingredients.  Boo.

Welcoming Summer

As bummed as I am about my summer being consumed with work and school, I am definitely excited that it's finally here.  I love barbecuing in the summer time! Tanner and I had ourselves our own little barbecue the other night.  It definitely lifted my spirits and made me think of all the things that I am 

 looking forward to this summer.

Swimming

Saturday Beach Days

Bike rides

Wearing my new bathing suit

Lake Powell

And of course barbecuing

  I have been so spoiled up to this point.  This is my very first summer ever working and my first semester of summer school.  Luckily I know this will be the last summer I ever have to take school so I think I can handle it.  It's probably a blessing that I am always so busy because on my down time I get pretty homesick for my family.  Everyone tells me that it gets easier, I'm crossing my fingers that it will. 

Camping in Malibu

Tanner and I went on a hike to a swimming hole. The water was freezing at first but we quickly warmed up to it. Of course, Tanner saw a rock and wanted to jump off.

I made Tuna melts for dinner. Unfortunately we left them on the fire 10 minutes too long on one side and they were really charred on one side. Good thing we brought a lot of smores to fill us up.

Tanner booked a campsite for my birthday back in April. This was the first weekend we could go and we had a lot of fun. We drove up to Malibu Creek and only stayed one night.

Tennis Tournament

Obviously this is a catch up Blogging day for me. School and work have consumed my life these past few months and I never have time to post what Tanner and I do on our time we have off. We went to the Tennis Tournament last month in Palm Springs. It was SO FUN and SO HOT! I sweat all the way through my shorts and it literally looked like I had pee'd my pants. It was worth it though, Tanner's dad had great seats for us and it was fun to watch the pro's.

Free date night

They had about 5 or 6 different types of shark's in this pool.

I can't even explain how nasty the Sting ray felt. It was so slimy and gross! When you put a finger on the edge, the side's of his body would curl up.

Tanner and I went to the Long Beach Aquarium a few weekends ago. On Friday nights they open up the Shark Lagoon and it's free! It was pretty cool

Mod Podge

So I was feeling extra creative this week and decided I wanted to try Mod Podging. I have never done it before and wanted to try it out. I seem to get very ambitious with a project, I am not a perfectionist and I don't like being told how to do things. Like sewing, I hate more than anything trying to follow a pattern. They are so complicated and I just don't have the patience. This is also the reason why every craft I do is uniquely mine. I made a quilt once in young women, the squares weren't lined up and it looked like crap. I never even finished it because the picture I had in my head of what it should have looked like required too much patience on my part. (Luckily it was finished by one of my great young women leaders years later for a gift when I got married.) So in this whole Mod Podging project I was pretty sure that instead of asking someone for help and step by step instructions I would just try it out. I think it turned out great, although they're are bubbles under the paper that I didn't smooth out and the paper isn't cut exactly symmetrical. I am very proud of the end product!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day was so great this year. Our first married Valentine's together. Tanner and I picked up Cafe Rio salad and Tres Leche(Best dessert) and ate it at a park that looked over the beach and Newport.

We forgot that we needed a bottle opener to open the sparkling cider. It was so fun to celebrate Valentine's Day with Tanner. He is so great!