doing nothing feels good.

saturday night was by far my favorite.

we found a cheap bike for me on the side of the road.  brad worked on it all night to spruce it up. 

i made some shrimp and salsa, so he paused the bike working and we ate on the floor (which we actually do 6 days out of 7).

he kept working, so i folded laundry next to him. all the while we were listening to some great npr stories in the background.  it was quiet, and mellow. after i was done, i made some cookies.  by this time it was 11:00.

we finished the night with some chocolate chip and walnut cookies with milk in bed.

we both agreed that it turned out to be a much needed night together.

vegetables.

freshly picked veggies, right out of the garden.
i never in a million years thought i would drool this much over freshly picked veggies.
the colors.  the smell.  the freaking taste. i can't get enough.

we actually kind of like painting now.

last night we did some painting for a friend.  i'm not going to lie, it made us excited to move into our own house someday.
which seems like ions away. we had a good time though.  good music going, good conversation, sweet tooth fairy cupcakes. we had fun.

but-there's even something better! CRIMSON NIGHT TONIGHT! booya!

for all of you who want to join the goob-jack train, please come!

any loser is welcome. you'll know what i mean when you get there.

an update of nonsense.

sometimes i forget that the blog is for keeping in touch too.  not just writing about nothingness.

so i thought i would jot down a couple of things that have been taking place in our small lives.

• brad's on his last semester of school right now.  just typing that sends relief.
• i got a job interview for a pretty cool job.  cross your fingers for me.  i'm hoping for this one!
• we've finally learned how to make home-made salsa. it's all we've been eating lately.  our breathe wreaks like garlic all the time.
• we've learned how to take walks at night together.  something i wish we started doing 3 months ago.
• after not having ac in our car for 3 and a half years, we finally made the purchase of $25 and got it fixed.  (ummmm, if we knew that it could have been fixed for that much, believe me, we wouldn't have suffered for so long.)
• i smashed the face of my cell phone. literal pieces of plastic are left in my ear every time i talk on it.
• we currently are sleeping on a mattress that's on the floor. our bed frame broke. one of my young women saw that and said, "you guys look like your homeless". it's very true. we do.
• brad woke up at 2 in the morning to me propped up on my side with my head leaning on my hand talking to him in my sleep. scared the crap out of him.
• we're going to settebellos tonight.  it's all i can think about right now.

boating is cool.

 we took the boat out one last time before school starts.  

i can't imagine growing up with a boat.  the luxury.  

the second brad told me his family had a boat in high school, 

i did everything in my power to get him down the aisle. 

and let me tell you, it was worth every second of trying. 

and just in case your wondering, that hot mamma on the surf board is in fact 8 months pregnant. 

blew my mind.  her coolness jumped up a few notches on my chart after watching her.

i didn't surf because i was saving every ounce of energy for that water weenie. 

despite how much energy i had for the weenie, i still woke up the next morning feeling like someone had taken a sludge hammer and beat the crap out of me in the middle of the night.

maybe brad really did....who knows.

a little movie of our summer night.

 other than the water being glacier cold, it was an absolute blast!

 i'd chalk it up to be the perfect way to end a summer.

we love when people come to salt lake to visit us.

lately my sister jax has been coming up more frequently to salt lake to come hang out with us. 

she brings some of my absolute most favorite people on earth, her best friends. mike, mccall and her man richy. 

life is good when they’re around….and with ice-cream in our hands.

thanks jax for making our days!