WAY up north

We got back Friday night from a great weekend in Northern Minnesota.  We made the 8 hour trip to stay at our friend's cabin in what can quite literally be described as the middle of nowhere.  We loved every minute.  Here's a picture recap of the fun we had.

Our beautiful home for the week.

We went swimming.

We water skied. 

We went tubing.

We fished.  Successfully.  With Sour Patch Kids as bait.

We made ridiculous trips back and forth from the boat to avoid getting wet.

We killed MASSIVE spiders with flip flops.  {Thanks again, boys, for saving us!}

Gorgeous view for the week.

Fabulous hostess for the week.  LOVE this girl!

One last family picture before heading home.

One of us slept the entire way home.  Can you guess who?

It was a great week!  Can't wait to go back!

ready...set...GO!

Welcome to a crazy busy week in the Jones house.   I just finished up our school year, Paul is finishing up his PT clinical and we're leaving for vacation in less than a week.  Of course our "finishing up" is paired with a list a mile high of things to do.  Clean up and finishing organizing my classroom, do the laundry, dishes, and other cleaning.  Our carpet is staring at me begging for a cleaning and of course the dog needs a haircut, her flea medicine, and her nails trimmed before I end up with one more scratch on my legs from her very excited "HI MOMMY!  I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HOME!" jumps.  Add that on top of the list of things to do to get ready to go on vacation and you get one crazy busy week.  It'll all be worth it though!

Fancy White Dress

Next step on the wedding checklist...complete!  After 4 stores and 2 days of shopping, I bought my wedding dress this weekend!  It's white, and sparkly, and makes me look super skinny.  BONUS!