Summer 2013, thus far

This summer, I have a break from school and I am loving it!  I was able to pick up another nanny job and am loving it so far.  I enjoy the families I work for and enjoy taking the kids to parks, swim lessons, pet stores to look at animals, the splash park, and much, much more!  Greg has been super busy with planning the youth conference Trek for our church.  He is currently on it right now and I might be joining him tomorrow after work, however, with this heat wave, I might reconsider! 
We celebrated our four year anniversary on June 6th.  We went to a fancy restaurant called 1789 in Georgetown that weekend to celebrate.  Greg also got me my first Kate Spade purse!  I was soooo happy because I love it.  He also gave me a beautiful necklace.  I made him a photobook of his trip to Egypt three years ago.  I also painted a canvas of the TV show Mad Men for Greg, which he LOVED! 

Georgetown

Greg and I have also started our very own garden this year.  This is my first time gardening.  I never thought I would say this, but I LOVE gardening!  It's amazing to see your plants grow and eventually produce chemical-free food!  As of now we have cucumbers, green peppers, onions, and jalapenos.  We are still waiting for our squash and zucchini to produce, but I'm not too hopeful.  We did have peas, but those died long ago.  I am still waiting for my romaine lettuce, broccoli, butter leaf lettuce, and spinach. 

When our peas were alive

We finally bought Greg a new suit since it's only been four years since he bought his last one!

So, I'm sure many of you have heard about the cicadas.  This was supposed to be the year where they come out in swarms!  Luckily, I only saw a handful in the city/suburbs.  We did encounter many on a beach at Pohick Bay, though.  They are so disgusting looking and HUGE!  What was so interesting is that they just fly right into you and will keep running into you.  They will also just sit there on the ground and let you squash them.  They won't even move!  My guess is that since they only come out every 17 years is that they don't have as much time to evolve as other insects do.  I'm soooooo grateful that this year of cicadas was bearable.

So, Greg and I are Game of Thrones fans.  Michon and I threw a party for the season 3 finale in early June. We can't wait for season four to begin!!!

We are excited for the rest of the summer and the adventures it holds for us.