october 2015

When your daughter loves leaves more than most people love pretty much anything, October is a good month.

family pic / visiting grandpa at work for his birthday / trench coat in the leaves / strawberry halloween baby

more leaf fun / nora takes youth group / snuggles with gg / even more leaf fun / selfies with aunt jackie / sleepy snuggles on uncle derek

nora's friends: summer 2015

Just some very important pictures of Nora with her best buddy, Brandon.  

eleanor jayne: burrow visitors, vol. 2

Nora had more visitors in her first few days.  Brandon, Grace, and Dena came to meet her.  Brandon walked in the house, threw flowers at me, and immediately tried to steal Nora from Shannon.  It was love at first sight.  Plus, then he got to see Miss Andrea!

I think my heart just exploded.

talking to Nora

staring at her, then her picture, then her, then her picture...

jackson's sixteenth birthday

Jackson turned sixteen a few weeks ago! Here are some shots from his amazing SURPRISE party...

Surprise!

I'm obsessed with this picture.

marriage: week thirty-one

Things I Learned in Our Thirty-First Week of Marriage:
-how to whip cream
-getting my food processor

Week Thirty-One Challenge: spend an hour each night this week not talking (this lead to hilarious charades)

Week Thirty-One Highlights: spring break (aka spending tons of time with Brandon), Luke resuscitated a woman at a restaurant (!!) she was blue!!

spring break!!!!

afterlight round-up: episode six

(The Travis + Brando Edition)

marriage: week six

Things I learned in our sixth week of marriage:
-When a sectional needs delivered in the middle of a work day, it helps to have the best mom ever
-Throw pillows are oddly expensive

Week Six Challenge: Buy your spouse an item of clothing this week.  This was super fun. I got Luke a flannel shirt and a super soft long-sleeve tee.  He got me this awesome Hufflepuff shirt and a Gryffindor shirt for himself. #whennerdsgetmarried

Week Six Highlights: visit from Leo + co, our sectional came (!!) This means we actually hang out on our main floor now! Isn't it beautiful?!

and, Brandon got me flowers to go with the beautiful vases from his family:

fall fest 2013

Our school had its annual Fall Fest last weekend, and things took a turn for the adorable:

brandon the babysitter

always helping

anna + max

obviously this happened.

pals