Okay first of all I will post the long over due pictures of my pizza I made completely from scratch. Dough and sauce.



Would have been better if the oven here worked properly but it does not. Always fun when baking. Speaking of which I tried a new whole wheat bread recipe the other day that did NOT work out. It would not rise and so I decided to make one loaf of bread instead of two. Well Joel called it the brick because it weighed like 5 pounds and was super dense. But he ate it all. He is such a good sport. 

The other day we went for a hike down to the sulphur mine. The trail starts at the end of our road and when you get down to it, it has great views of the airport and the ocean here are a couple pictures....













It was a nice hike, nice and short in the heat. And when we got back we definitely needed to go for a swim. Which we have done everyday since Joel's break started. I don't think I could handle it here without a pool. Of course Sophie swims with us every day because she gets way to hot and today she got in the pool all by herself. It was amazing. Slowly but surely we will get her in there every time by herself. Today she was just way over heated from going for a car ride with us so I think she actually wanted to get in. 

Also I forgot to tell you about our new car. Joel and I got in it and tried to start it the other day and it would not start. Joel was starting to get annoyed and we were trying to figure out how we were going to fix it. We were thinking we bought a dud and only got to drive it like 3 times before it died. Then Joel remembered, this car has an immobilizer. hahahahaha I think you had to be there to understand how funny this was  but I thought it was hilarious! Especially considering most people just leave the keys in their car here so there is no need for an immobilizer. 

Well I am going to get back to making more bread, good bread. Also we are going to head to the tide pools again this week and this time bring a camera because it is beautiful there. Here are a few pictures to make you jealous of us right now......