celebrating becky's 40th birthday!

a couple more views of the sparkliness that now adorns my hand

old chicago - where we first met - 9/26/2008

sunken gardens - about one minute after brian proposed - 9/26/2009

the beautiful ring he gave me - after asking me to be his wife!

computer is broken. :(

we sang in choir, for the first time, last week.

here's the view from the church balcony.

my little mabey-cakes. she was less than happy that i was disturbing her nap time.

yesterday was day #1 of project: clean up brooke's house.

so far, so good.

alvin, auggie, and eimer. i totally want to adopt them. maybe you should.

brian and i have very similar scars - both on our right hands.

we know we are dorky, but we think it's kind of neat.

post-killigans

i love how brad's head is so wide in photo number 2.

mystery meat #2 - a bit like cat food

front row seats at the football game!

brooke and megan's shoes...we like the bright colors

i often times read two books at a time. sometimes, i read three books at a time. right now, i am reading four. it is kind of out of control.

a walk to the creek behind the schilowsky's house

the first "mystery meat" of the year, wasn't actually meat. it was quail eggs. mmm. i didn't partake, but heard they weren't too bad, until the aftertaste.

a small bit of the tailgating fun...shots and an alumni pep band

the kind of video you get when you think the camera is on camera mode, but it is really on video mode. and yes, this happened more than once, on saturday.

a bit of farm fun

larissa, zachary, and baby malia visited us at work on thursday.

new orangey and bluey guys to join my white shell chair.

many thanks to craigslist and apartment therapy.

bishop benson and mcwilliams