Patio life...

One of the major perks of this apartment was the fact that it had an outdoor space. Something I wasn't really thinking we'd be fortunate enough to have at first. When we moved in it was cold and barren... But it started warming up a couple of months after moving in and Tina picked out some patio furniture.

Then we really started to enjoy the space. Happy hours and outdoor eating.

Then mama got us the rug that really tied the patio together (Big Lebowski reference :)

Now that we had the furniture it needed some life (and a way to block Benny from going under to the neighbors side - which he did on one of our first times out there.) So we got some small pepper plants, mint, basil, lavender. And Tina went to town with a couple of green thumbs she didn't know she had.

We've had a ton of good peppers all summer long.

She makes fun of me spying out here.

But she does it too :)

The views are amazing.

Hanging out with friends is cool too.

Even Benny gets to have friends over.

He likes the balcony more than we do.