Catch Up

Well here is a little catch up on our life..

We Celebrated Cinco De Mayo.. if you know me well it is one of my favorite holidays because I LOVE FIESTA's!!! 

I got this awesome camera from my sweet co-worker for graduating.. seriously obsessed! 

My mom, Annie and I had a girls night out to dinner and WICKED.. Happy Late Birthday Annie! It was seriously fun! 

LAST but certainly NOT least... I GRADUATED with my masters in counseling.. Finally!!! It was a long long journey, but I did it!! I could not have done it without Jeffrey, my family and friends. There were many times I did not think I could finish because I felt so overwhelmed, but God continued to give me the confidence. I am so thankful I did it! What an incredible feeling and experience! 

Thankful for a full life, 

MJ 

Catch up

So for the first part of June the Joneses were crazy busy. We were out of town three weekends in a row. The last couple of weeks we have really enjoyed being home and having some down time. I haven't blogged and to be honest I am not quite sure why because lets face it I have honestly had a lot of time to catch up. Anyways here's a few highlights from the past couple of weekends:

*We celebrated father's day with some of our community group and celebrated the great DADS in our lives

*We've had several dinners/lunches/breakfasts with some great friends

*We spent an entire pool day with our BEST friends

*We have been learning a lot about saving money at the grocery store.. this last week I got all our groceries for 35 dollars!

*We created our itinerary for BOSTON which is in 3 days!

*I have been going to a lot of school... 3 times a week to DENTON its exhausting

* We have been working out a lot more and trying to back in shape

* We had an unplugged day with no technology

*Sad to admit this one, but we got caught up on all 7 episodes of the bachelorette in 7 days

*We got to hear some great testimony of Gods work at YL camp

*I've gotten to spend some time with my mom and sister doing fun things and of course what we are the BEST at SHOPPING

*We booked our Anniversary trip to CANCUN... we are going in October and we are going with our BEST FRIENDS (The Jeffrey's).. we got a crazy good deal and since it is in the middle of both of our anniversaries it works out great.

*We have had Skype dates with our nieces and nephews

*We have been studying Romans at church which has been very good and challenging

*We have been enjoying each other and this season of life of being newlyweds... It has been the best 7 months.. and I am looking forward to all the years ahead.

Looking back it has been quite a busy month! The summer always flies by :( It must be because of all the fun we are having.

Remember to be thankful for what you have and not compare to others, because what God has given you should be celebrated because we honestly deserve none of it!


Thankful for our life,

MJ

Our Blog

I always knew I would one day have a blog that would allow me write about my family, my life and how God is working in all of those places.  The time has now come. Jeffrey and I started our small family of 2 about one month ago. It was seriously the BEST day of my life. I knew I would marry Jeffrey very quickly after we started dating and this past November it was finally official.

I honestly LOVE blogs and all that they entail. I love to look at pictures, read amazing stories, find new ideas and could spend hours browsing them. I am very excited/intimidated to have one of my own. I have A LOT to learn on the design part and making ours exactly how I envision it. I know it will be a major work in progress.

I am excited to share our life with you through this blog! My hope is that years from now when I look back on this blog, it will be a sweet reminder of all that God has done in our life. I feel so lucky I get to do life with Jeffrey and hope you all enjoy 'Keeping up with the Joneses'

MJ

Up Next on the BLOG: Wedding Weekend & Honeymoon Recap