recap:

in the words of linford detweiler, "if you knew how many times I have sat at my desk to start a letter to you all, you would laugh. sometimes life is too big to write down, too saturated with significance, too sad, too happy, too much."

i haven't really contributed much to this blog for quite some time now. summer came and went and the best i could do was throw some photos up for good measure. but now i feel like i am slowing down to more mindful inches of thought. the days have grown short, the weather cool, and the leaves are swapping ink colors. a few changes are on the horizon.

there are photos and memories from our trip to illinois to share and a few from when allyson and mark visited labor day weekend. we celebrated our sixth anniversary and my thirtieth birthday this weekend. so there are a few things to catch up on. for now, i'm going to eat a giant slice of chocolate cake that dan stuffed with thirty candles. :)

xoxo