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!

We Made It!

As of 11:00 am yesterday, Paul was officially finished with his first year of grade school.  WOOOOHOOOOO!  I am SO glad this semester is over.  I don't think I could have handled much more and I'm not even the one in grad school!  Now he gets just 2 days off before starting his clinical.  So much for a break.   That's ok, he got the chance to celebrate last night with friends while I stayed up waiting for the "come drive me home" phone call. 

In wedding world we're signing the contract with our florist this weekend.  I'm glad to have another thing checked off the very loooooonnnnnggggg to-do list.  Now if summer would just hurry up and get here so I can check off a few more things!  That and spend some time snuggling on the couch with our favorite puppy.  Who, by the way, I found sleeping on her back snoring last night.  Weirdest. Dog. Ever.

Happy Mother's Day!

Welcome!  It's been a crazy few days in the Jones household.  Paul is in the middle of finals and I am in the last couple of weeks of school.  We've had a lot of long nights and not a lot of relaxing time, but that's life and we love it!  Those of you who know us are probably realizing that I am already referring to us as "The Joneses" even though we're not actually married...yet.  Bottom line:  I'm too lazy to think of another name until we actually get married and then change everything once we do!  Which, by the way, if anyone's counting is in 398 days. 

Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there!  We hope you had a great day!