a sweet, sweet thing:) Pt.2

i don't think Isaac and Jess could have had a more beautiful wedding weekend!!!!! 

Her parents have a cabin up North and so we all met up there on Sunday. It was perfect:)

I worked for a couple hours on Sunday morning and then we headed up to the lake and just chilled for a few hours. We were SO beat by the time we got home. I think we went to bed at abouttttt 530PM. For real. 

a day of boat riding. Amazing food. Sun. Good company. Doesn't get much better than that:)

homer loved being outside. We just walked around. Sat around. AND I vowed I'd not wear my hair back until after it grows back a bit:( Unfortunately, I've lost A LOT of hair over the last month. Scary. And doesn't make a lady feel very special. Pony's are out for a while:)

 helloooo amazing sky:)

if you can get past Homer's ridiculous pants - Note To Homer's Shitty Parents;): GET THE KID SOME PANTS!!!!;)

But I think this may be one of my favorite photos of the 3 of us. Perfect day. Perfect weather. Hard not to be happy to just be together:)

i can't even describe to you what an amazing place this is. Will be for so many years to come:) And every time we leave here...we talk about how a Cabin is a must-have...someday:)

the cabin is nestled into a small part of the lake and I think it used to be a restaurant at one time. It's quite perfect:)

we even took the paddle boat out for a spin. Jacob did some fishing. I annoyed him by taking photos and video with my phone and asking ridiculous questions;)

my dad and Peyton took Austyn and Luke on a canoe ride. And then we raced back to the Cabin - although, dad will deny that he was racing...he says he was just trying to catch-up to us, yes..we were ahead!!!!!, to 'talkkkkk'..dork;). And then Jacob busted the 100yr. old paddle. And then they drug us back to the Cabin. Good times;)

i made some super terrible jokes about the Jamaican Me Happy wine cooler I was drinking...and then realized that I had a bunch of stuff in front of me that truly do make me happy (alcohol...that goes unsaid;), HOMER!!!!:), Jacob (his hand is pictured:), fruit and desert:) ALL good things!!!

it was an amazing day and much needed. Some days you just need to leave reality behind. Even if only for a few hours! I've got the same planned for tomorrow. A quick early morning road trip but that should be enough to get me through my late shift tomorrow night:)

hope you're all enjoying the little bit of summer and sun we may have left! Put a bunch of that happy in your pocket to save for later. I have a feeling this winter is going to be tough on us all!!!!

boat day:)

every day is another adventure! One big old...scary...exciting...confusing...ADVENTURE;)

i think each day that we get through without having anything stolen...I count as a success;)

And it's not that there are a shit ton of freaky people. BUT after being warned 100 plus times about being robbed, being aware...we're SO aware that the little old lady that comes awkwardly close to us on the bus...BACK OFFFFFFF!!!!;)

but for real. It's all good. 2 days in and it's all good:)

today we got up and enjoyed our complimentary breakfast and socialized with some of the others staying at Zuzabed:) Great way to start the day. Then we changed into our suits and headed towards the water. Before we got there...we wandered a bit and found some other pretty thing. Impossible not to:)

UP we ran smack into this arch that was hidden between 2 buildings. Gorgeous and nice that we weren't the only ones clicking away:)

DOWN this is the other side...

we do wish that we KNEW what these things were or signified?! Arg. Nothing really says...so we're not sure if it's just a beautiful thing...or if it really is SOMETHING. But we're happy to see it anyhow:)

UP/DOWN the middle of the square from a distance

PS. we were offered hash/weed and coke (not cola;) in that square. FOR REAL! Kept walking...quickly.

UP the boat we took across the river to Cacilhas. The area that we drove through to get to the beach had us wondering where the hellll Carlos was sending us. It was pretty sketchy. And smelled heavily of b.o. Yum. BUT the beach was amazing and totally worth checking out:)

UP/DOWN views from the boat (both photos courtesy of Jacob - he's been amazing about taking photos...even pulls the camera out of my hands to get some:).

today was an amazing day....as of right now - it's 8PM in Lisbon and 2PM in Wisconsin:), we're sitting in bed after taking a nap earlier and may now head out to get some ice cream and take a walk to some gardens that Carlos suggested:)

life is good:)