Time to decorate the trees again. Had to round up all my little helpers, but we managed to get all three trees decorated this weekend. Now it's time to sit back and enjoy the lights.

Started to pour just as I was about to walk out of the house. Had to make a detour to the treadmill in the basement. Bummer!

All dressed up with nowhere to go.

Shot while we were trying to set up for our Christmas card photo shoot. I promise the end result was well-worth the effort.

“I'm not anything like I used to be, although it's true, I was never attention’s sweet center, I still remember that girl: She’s imperfect, but she tries, She is good, but she lies, She is hard on herself, She is broken and won’t ask for help. She is messy, but she’s kind, She is lonely most of the time, She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie.” -Sara Bareilles

New shovel ready for Sunday's snow.

"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -E.A. Poe

I think his time has just about expired for this season. He was looking a little dazed and confused as a result of our unseasonably warm temps today.

So good, yet so bad. One of life's great conundrums.

"Give me shelter, or show me heart...Watch me fall apart." -Ben Howard

A quick dress rehearsal for halloween. She says she's a "nice vampire that gives blood instead of taking blood." I'm cool with that.

Her first time watching The Princess Bride...True Love!

Keeping it simple.

Spent the weekend with family at a Wisconsin Dells Resort and Indoor Waterpark. I was not allowed to leave Sunday until my brother beat the arcade pop-a-shot record. He's a legend.

Inspired by Sunday night's Green Bay victory.

"I can't walk through life facing backwards, I have tried." Thought I could squeeze in my walk before the rain came, but I was wrong. Made it about a mile before the downpour...I was soaked.

"We draw our lines with very different ends."

We have one maple tree tucked away in the back yard and today it was showing off it's true colors.

Long day of sports for this fella; football in the morning and volleyball all afternoon. Tomorrow he plays lacrosse. So much for a restful weekend!

"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed." -Bronte

Armed with an apron and a whisk...Watch out oven mitts, I'm coming for you next!

"Words, from a thousand miles away, at a lonely time of day, Leave it up to the night to quietly remind us. Time, though it mostly slips away, doesn't seem to mind the wait. It's a midnight serenade." -Katie Herzig

A lot of "awesome" happened today: I witnessed the awesome power of a thunderstorm, I had my first traction treatment for my neck, which felt awesome, my kitchen light fixture unexpectedly fell from the ceiling - NOT awesome, but an awesome neighbor helped detach the wires for me so it wouldn't come crashing down in the middle of the night...see, awesome! And since I didn't manage to get a photo of any of that awesomeness, I decided to shoot the awesome mirror caps on my awesome car.

"The days grow short as the nights grow long, the kettle sings its tortured song. As green to gold, and gold to brown, the leaves will fall to feed the ground, and in their falling, make no sound." -Ray Lamontagne

I hate to end the week with such an unattractive photo, but hey, when the theme is "Vegetables" and it's officially squash season, what's a girl to do?

Football and Chili. And just like that, summer has come to an end.

It was past bedtime, but this goofy girl insisted on sorting all her football cards. I'm thinking she should've started this project a little earlier.

Unfortunately I didn't do much standing today...Having almost passed out after a round of trigger point injections in my shoulder today, I spent a chunk of my day in bed with a case of the dizzies. I'm still feeling a little dazed tonight, like I had a few too many Appletini's. And so my Humpty Dumpty Saga rolls on.

And don't think for a second that she wouldn't. She totally would.

"The measure of love is to love without measure."