Penne with Chicken and Zucchini

I made this for dinner last night and Derek said it was one of the best things he's ever eaten. While I highly doubt that, this was easy to prepare and is a delicious way to eat more vegetables. The pasta I used was actually from Wegman's and bigger than Penne, but I can't remember the name. It stood up well to the chicken, but any type of pasta that you have on hand would taste great.

Penne with Chicken and Zucchini

1 box of penne (or any pasta)
3 small zucchini
3 chicken breasts
1 medium onion
1 jar of tomato sauce (I used tomato & basil)

Add water to a large pot, and put it on high heat. Once the water boils, cook the pasta according to the directions on the package.
Season the chicken with some salt and pepper. In a frying pan, cook the chicken until it is no longer pink inside. While the chicken is cooking, chop the onion and zucchini into bite-sized pieces. Once the chicken is cooked, put it on the cutting board and put the onion and zucchini into the pan to soften. Chop the chicken into pieces similar in size to the onion and zucchini.
Use a strainer or the pot's lid to pour most of the water off of the pasta.
Add the chicken, onion, zucchini, and tomato sauce to the pot with the pasta and stir to coat the pasta with the sauce.

Our new apartment!

The weeks following graduation have definitely been a whirlwind! We celebrated with family and friends at our graduation party and moved out of our apartment in Blacksburg. Then, Derek took a great job offer and we moved to Towson within just a few short days. We've now spent a week in our new (although still mostly empty) apartment, and we are absolutely loving Towson. Our building is incredible, we are the first people to live in our apartment, and we can walk to shops, restaurants, Trader Joe's, and Towson Town Center.

On the Fourth of July, we watched the Towson parade from our windows, and then stepped outside the lobby of our building for a closer view. Kaiah really wanted to be a part of the parade, so she howled every time she heard fire trucks (which was a lot), and quickly became the center of attention. That night, we watched at least 25 fireworks shows from all over Towson and Baltimore county from our apartment. 

Kaiah is slowly getting used to this new place. Her "den", the closet, quickly became her favorite spot, with our bed coming in a close second. We park here using Auto Park machines (like in this video), and Kaiah is not so sure about that yet. Sometimes she growls at it as it takes my car away, and sometimes she walks right up to the glass to curiously peek in.

Here are a few pictures of the building.. I'll be posting pictures of our apartment as soon as we are settled!