just a few things.

so last time we met here i said that i might perhaps return with some halloween related fun things. well, sorry to disappoint, but i have no halloween happenings to share. although austin and i did have ben over while all the trick-o-treaters came by for candy. i'd like to think we were the cool house, with the best decorations and all the best candy. we also seemed to have over-prepared for the number of kids we thought would come by, so we just started giving each kid like 10 pieces each.

i should also note that i decided to be festive and bust out the ole cow costume, circa 2006.

so yes, i was sitting on my porch in a cow costume. bell and all {i hear lindsy was doing the same}.

and then, next thing i know, it's november. how did that happen? whatevs.

last week, we celebrated brianne and josh's wedding festivities. first, we had bri's bachelorette party.

me, the bachelorette, and amy {bri's maid of honor}

and here's {most of} the girls that got together to celebrate bri's last few days as a single woman!

friday night, we had the rehearsal and dinner. austin played photographer during the rehearsal.

and by photographer, i mean paparazzi. apparently he was hiding between the pews and jumped out at the last second to catch this surprised look.

and saturday was the big day! all us girls had a little brunch at brianne's mom's house, then headed over to the church to get pretty. the wedding was at signal crest united methodist and the reception was held in the ballroom of the marriott downtown. of course, i'm a loser and have no pictures of the wedding/reception/bride/groom/anything {it's kind of hard to be in the wedding and take pictures at the same time} so you'll just have to wait until i can share some of other people's. just know that brianne looked beautiful. and that's really all that matters, right?

and now, on a non-wedding-related-note {and a more crazy-cat-lady-note}, baby kitty has officially become an indoor member of our family.

she's made herself right at home.

and she and dinger get along great.

however, i can't say the same about she and juliet...

that look on juliet's face just says it all.

so that's it for now. but maybe, just maybe, i'll have some really big and exciting news to share soon. but maybe not. just stay right there on the edge of your seat.