Guess What?!

Bridesmaid dresses came in today! Wahoo! They weren't suppose to come for another month but I love that they're here now! I already opened the box to take a sneak peak and they are gorgeous! Love the navy blue and the little bow on the back really tops it off:) I need to inspect them when I get home (I promise I won't try them on) to make sure we don't have any issues but then I'll be able to hand them out to the ladies!

Just a few updates...

Friday Joe and I went on our first date in what seemed like months! He finished two of his classes last week so we, more like I, decided to celebrate with a date night. We had dinner at a small town (population 163) restaurant called the House of Coates and they actually had a wait list! It must have been the Cod Special. Well worth the wait might I add. After, we picked up a movie and finished the night at home on the couch.

Saturday I had my friend Alsie's baby shower! She has about a month left and I can't wait to meet the little boy! Here's a picture with the momma-to-be and the girls.

Me, Alsie, Kelly & Casey

The day finished with Joe and I running a few errands. We picked up my wedding band and while we were waiting for my engagment ring to get replated and cleaned we ran over to Dick's Sporting Goods and picked up a few items for the wedding. We are now owners of a volleyball (for the net at the barn), ladder golf (because Joe used our origninal one to mark the goal ends for snow football and now they are broken) and the washer game. Can't wait to try all these out! And Joe was so sweet to let me wear my wedding band until Sunday morning just to "make sure it fit". Ha. If only I would have hidden my hand all day I could have gotten away with wearing it longer!!

Sunday was beyond gorgeous! I think it reached low 70's for the first time this year and Joe and I were hard at work on the yard at 10:30 in the morning! We cleaned up the yard, Joe worked on the garage door and cleaned up the garage, we took down our Christmas lights on the front tree, got the hammock & chair out, went to Lowe's and bought a few shrubs for the back yard and a compost bin!!! (which already has leaves, grass, a few worms I put in and my orange peel! We ended with grilling brats and doing just a bit of school work. I am sore today from all the raking but man oh man did it feel great to be outside!

I love weekends like that and I'm already looking forward to the next one!

Friday-o-la!

It's Friday, it's the Twins Home Opener and it's Friday! I'm sporting my Twins jersey today but unfortunately will not be partaking in the game festivities. Although, I feel like I'm always at the home games especially when they land on a work day. How so? I work a block away from Target Field and the restaurant directly below my desk has been filled with people since they opened at 11am. The game doesn't start until 3:15pm and I get to listen to everyone else have fun while I read Physiology and study. Go me. I also know when the Twins score because it gets really loud with all cheering voices and fans going wild. It's exciting but I would much rather be at the game celebrating with them than at my desk.

I finished printing and cutting all of our wine labels. They turned out great and will be put onto the bottles when I make the drive home next weekend! Our delicious, homemade wine will be officially done and ready to party. Happy Weekend!

Dresses are a coming...

The order for the bridesmaid dresses was put in at the end of January. Naturally, some of the ladies, including myself, had been wondering when they would be coming in since it's the beginning of April so I emailed the Wedding Shoppe. Their response...mid-May. Four and a half months it will take these babies to get in from the designer so I'm glad we didn't wait any longer to put the order in. The girls will still have to get them hemmed a bit - on Kate it looks pretty good but because Sadie is short it goes down to her ankles almost. haha. I am so excited to see how great these ladies will look in them! YAY!

In school news, I am offically done four weeks from tonight around 7pm! AND...Joe had a final last night and one tonight so he'll be done with two classes! He'll only have his Monday night class until the second week of May. We're almost done for the semester!

It came...

Same rules apply unless we're married...Joe if you are reading this, please stop.

Saturday before we headed out to the library to study (I know, I know...we are fascinating people in how we spend our weekends) I went out to get the mail. And there it was. Joe's map came days before I was expecting it to. I quickly put it behind a couch that sits out on our front porch so Joe would see it if he looked out the window. He was sitting in the living room which is right next to the front door so I had to wait until he wasn't near the house before bringing it in and stowing it away for the time being. I went to the library with him the first time but skipped out on the second visit and pulled out the map once he left. It looks perfect! All that's left to do it 1) keep it hidden 2) find a way to frame it and 2) gather pins to show all the places we've been! Thank goodness I saw it first because he had been constantly checking the mail waiting for something he ordered! Whew.

Seriously, where do the weekends go?

I feel like I just left my desk and now I'm sitting at it once again. Thankfully I have some studying to do and the big boss is out on vacation this week which means the atmosphere in the office lifts a bit:) haha This morning I came in a bit early and printed off our wine labels! It wasn't nearly as hard as printing out the invites so I was able to get it all done in about 15 minutes. I'll start cutting them out sometime this week and get them put on the bottles next time I go home. The only thing that I'm worried about (and frankly didn't think about) is the label staying on the bottles. The label is sticky but doesn't feel like it would be a permanent stick. I'm sure it will be fine and their website shows using these labels for  wine, water bottles and everything in between. Guess we'll have to try them out and see!

Yesterday I went over to my sister Andrea's and we started talking Bachelorette ideas! And Brody fell asleep like this at their kitchen table.
So cute.

Happy April!

I can't believe it's already April and this April Fool's Day if off to a great start. Literally. This morning I ordered Michael Buble tickets for my Mom, Sadie and myself! He's headed to Duluth the day before Sadie's birthday in June - Whoo!! I'll be able to cross another person off my "must see in concert" list!

I have no news on the wedding front other than I'll probably start printing off our wine labels early next week but that's about it. I feel like we're in the calm before the storm! haha. Joe has finals for two of his classes next week so he'll be spending a lot of time in the library the next few days. I told him I would go with him one day out of the weekend but no more than that and on Sunday I'm heading over to my sister's place to hang out with my nephews. Yay for weekends!