Our Trip!!!!

As many of you know, Andrew and I went to the Boundary Waters last week. We just got back last night. It was a blast!!!! We had a lot of mishaps i.e. the camera fell in the water and is now broken, we lost the knife in the lake and Andrew had to clean the fish with a dull axe, we ran out of yummy food, and then ran out of food altogether, and we each have about 150-200 mosquito bites, no exaggeration. But it was so worth it! We had so much fun! The Boundary Waters are beautiful! It was such an awesome experience to just bask in the Lord's incredible creations. The whole trip was very physically demanding with all of the rowing in the canoe, and the portaging (getting out of the canoe and carrying everything while hiking to another part of the lake to avoid the rapids). But it was a very nice break for the mind and the soul. :) We loved it and definitely want to go again. Next time we'll do a few things differently now that we have been there once before. :) So so so so so so fun! We totally recommend it, but be prepared! Since our camera broke, we do not have any of our own pictures, but I searched and found pictures on the internet that are very similar to what we caught, saw and did! :) ( By the way, the fish in order from top to bottom are Northern Pike, Small Mouth Bass, ans Walleye).

Handy man

While Andrew and I have been preparing for our Boundary Waters trip, we have been realizing that we desperately need to organize our storage closet. We have TONS of stuff in there so Andrew decided to build some shelves to help us organize efficiently. It was fun! I only helped a little bit, but I learned a lot! He learned a lot also. :) It was difficult to maneuver the thing over the couches and through all the stuff in the storage closet. We both needed to lift and carry it, and I was able to do it, but barely. I'm not as strong as I look. ;) But it was worth it. Yay!

Puppy hungry

So, I have a lot of time to think these days. And actually.... even when I am supposed to be concentrating on something, my mind is often elsewhere thinking about anything and everything. So please excuse my randomness. Anyways, I am not currently baby hungry. However, I am puppy hungry! Someday I hope to have a big dog like a lab (I don't care what color) and a small dog like a beagle or a yorki or something. (Andrew likes yorkies and pugs). :) And here is where the random comes in, I have names picked out already. I would like to name our dogs JackJack and Walter. Weird I know. I have fun thinking about stuff like this. :) Anyways, that's all. Our blog was getting boring so I thought I would share my latest thoughts. :)

Memorial Day Weekend

We had such a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend! Andrew's parents came up on Friday and stayed until Monday evening. We loved spending time with them and showing them where we live. On Friday evening we went and saw Indiana Jones, then went out to eat. On Saturday, we went hiking at Whitewater State park and had a picnic. We then drove around and toured Rochester for a bit. That evening we had a BBQ and came home and played SCRABBLE! We love that game! On Sunday, after church, we drove up to Stillwater, MN and saw a crazy storm! There was a tornado only 15 min. away from us! We just walked around Stillwater and relaxed that evening (and played Scrabble again). Monday, we walked around some more and shopped in the cute antique and artsy stores in downtown Stillwater. We then went to the Mall of America where we saw Iron Man, ate and shopped. We loved having Andrew's parents with us for the weekend and wish they could stay longer! They are so wonderful and carry such a great spirit with them. It felt so great to be around them. All in all we had a very a enjoyable, fun-filled weekend. Thanks you guys!!!

Interesting

I forgot about this picture and just remembered it today. The photographer told Andrew's parents and Me and Andrew to kiss for the picture, so we did. We had no idea that we had the exact same kissing style though. Weird. My hand would even be in the same position as Kathy's if it weren't for my flowers.

Friend's art

Our friend has a website where she is selling some of her beautiful artwork. Her art and her descriptions about each piece are beautiful! Go to http://amypectol.com/ and click on "Products Page" in the top, right hand corner. She is also offering 50% off now through Mother's Day.

Fun

I was looking at some old pictures we have saved on our computer and I found this video of us when we were in the "I like you but I'm not ready to tell you yet" stage. :) It's fun. :) You can totally tell that we were crushing. ;) We were making banana pancakes and listening to music ( don't worry, we listened to "Banana Pancakes" from Jack Johnson too ) and we started face painting with the batter. :)