season of the tradition checklist.

time to break the blog silence I suppose.
in the past week we've made commendable progress on our extensive list of fall traditions, and we visited the Nelson again! (the grounds that is. we only had a tuesday to offer and the museum scoffs at tuesday goers and locks the doors. rude)




we spent some quality time at the pumpkin patch eating hot dogs and roasted marshmallows, giant pickles, and whatnot. tasty cider slushies also happened. when sufficiently stuffed for the moment, we picked out our perfect pumpkins with our favorite little pumpkin, then grabbed many apples and headed home for massive amounts of homemade spaghetti and meatballs and cheesecake. naturally.







today, after massive amounts of barbecue etc. and more celebrating, we carved our perfect pumpkins. though some may say we got carried away with the space references on our moon pumpkin, I think it's total perfection. =) we even shared the joy of making stars in the pumpkin with a screwdriver. too much fun.

hit the road jack.

started the month in colorado, and it was beyond amazing. just the right amount of sleeping and shenanigans, tasty food and camaraderie. every summer I think this trip can't be as great as the one before, but it always is.

benner.

happy first birthday to my favorite little man and nephew! I love you to the moon and back!

omaha.

went up to the big o this weekend and it was amazing. we ate and played, and ate and played, and ate and played, and watched a lot of mummy, and only suffered taco belly part of the time.
it was a summer road tripping, massive sugar eating, climbing everything kind of weekend.

summer-ing

obviously I haven't been the best at blogging this summer, but here's a little that's been happening.




in june, some of my favorite people in the world came to visit a couple of times. we watched a lot of BBC, enjoyed many sonic happy hours, made a game out of how many deaths etc. would be in every movie we watched, (BBC damage) and made mac and cheese pie with a bacon lattice. they're pretty amazing, for obvious reasons.



we made a pie out of cherries from our own tree, very exciting, and I worked on some wedding invitations.


is it sad that we definitely celebrated bastille day more than our own independence day? probably yes, but we had a great time.
saturday night we went to Le Fou Frog and ate escargot and frog legs and other crazy but surprisingly good food. sunday (the actual holiday) we ate crepes, wore stripes, listened to Bastille and Edith Piaf, and watched the scarlet pimpernel. I also wore four different sets of stripes in two day. talent, folks.

that is all.

U.S.A.

happy independence day!