so last saturday we went to the beach for the first time. it was soooo nice and relaxing. so different from all the beaches in so cal that i've been too. the water is warm, it's not crazy crowded, and it's just so gorgeous and calm! i loved it. so did mitch. it was awesome seeing him get in the water and just turning into a little kid again. what a cutie. we're going again tomorrow for a ward activity and i'm really excited. we want to go get an umbrella or something though so i don't get as exhausted as fast!
on sunday we tried something a little new for dinner. i had found this recipe in one of our cookbooks for a tropical salsa and it sounded just absolutely delicious. it called for kiwi, mango, papaya, pineapple, cilantro, jalapeno, red onion, and some lime juice. well i exed out the papaya first because it smelled horrible, and being preggers. i couldn't stand it. and for one it was like 3 dollars! not worth it haha. all the other components we kept. or at least we wanted to.. the cilantro went bad before we made the salsa :( sad day. since i LOVE cilantro. and i almost butchered the kiwis haha. so those probably weren't as prevalent as they should have been haha. but we did grilled salmon tacos that night. with that tropical salsa (which actually turned out really good!) and also we made some rice with a little orange mango juice and some lime juice. it turned out amazing! and mitch really liked them too! it was definitely a success and a perfect summer night dinner :)
yummy stuff! this week has definitely been crazy. with it's ups and downs. mitch is off at school all day, always leaving before 6:30 but sometimes even before 6am. and then not getting home till after 6 pm with all the studying and the homework that he has to get done. which he's not allowed to do at home, he HAS to do it on base. so it's rough, it's been taking it's toll on me that's for sure. but it's a sacrifice that we both knew we would have to make. and it will all be worth it in the end i know it! just got to have lots of faith and trust. i just wish our little maddox was here already cause there's only so much i can do in a week to keep me busy! the other day though i took mitch back to school after lunch so i could have the car. i had to had to the commissary (military grocery store) for some things and caught a glimpse of this sweet ride haha.
we had seen this car within the first couple days of being here and now i saw it on base, i was like OH MY GOSH. i had to take a picture to document it, haha. only in the south that's for sure. speaking of only in the south, that night after i picked mitch up from school i got a picture of a little FROG on our wall in the carport. it was so cute and so tiny! it was freaking adorable! by the time i went to see if i could go catch it, it had hopped off somewhere and it was dark so i couldn't find it. sad day :(
i am finally starting to get used to everything about here though. like the heat and the humidity. poor koko is starting to get super exhausted though and has starting chilling in her kennel. which is hard to see cause i feel bad that i can't play with her like i used to :( it's hard but we're going to be building a fence in the backyard for her to play and run around in. so that will be really good for her! but look how gorgeous she is, i still can't believe that we got such a beautiful blue eyed puppy!
