We carved three jack-o-lanterns this year - Brian's is the one to the left, mine are the two to the right!
There's Brian, carving away! He's feeling much better and managed to hobble over to the dining room and sit with me to carve pumpkins. Yes, that's right...one of our pumpkins has a huge bruise on it. We made it work. 
Southwest Airlines' "Fourth Quarter Sale" ends today and I picked up a ticket just in the nick of time....to go down to Orange County and visit Megs with Stef! Woohoo! Will be a nice break from the chilly winter here in January and also a really fun weekend of *hopefully* bridesmaid dress shopping for Megs wedding! Can't wait to see these girls!
Here's the view from our background - into our yard and our neighbor's front yard. We definitely got a bunch of snow and more is still falling.
Here's our boy, Chicken scrounging for treasures in the snow.
Here's Chicken again saying, "Hey Chris! Don't forget about me - it's COLD out here!"
I found great vase fillers for fall at Pier 1 - glittery pumpkins, fall berries, glittery squash and some hay.
I got the matching big pumpkin at Pier 1, too. This is my favorite!
Of course, I cannot forget my first fall decoration purchases from good ol' Hobby Lobby. My country pumpkin above and my metal votive pumpkin below. 
Here's a picture of Brian eating waffles for breakfast with Riley. He was not very happy I took this picture so I couldn't get a "smiling" shot. Riley is being quite the daddy's boy - refusing to leave Brian's side and bringing his bones and toys up on the bed. He even slept on the bed with both of us all night long. That was fun.
Erin and Todd got married! Erin looked beautiful and so very HAPPY! The wedding was fantastic and fun - probably too fun.
Here's the fam - before the wedding.
Woohoo! The new couches are here! I also got my camera back FINALLY but it seems to be taking crappy photos. So far the new couches are pretty sleek looking, comfy, and a little bigger than we thought. There's Brian laying on the floor, too. We bought new throw pillows which I couldn't wait for. Riley is still on the fence with the new couches - he doesn't love them like the old ones, quite yet.
Last night we SOLD the old couches! Although they've served us well for the last 5 years, they are old and it was time for them to go. Plus, we found new great couches we love! Some schmuck bought our couches for $200 - hope they don't break apart before they get home.
Now, the living room is empty - awaiting the new couch and love seat that will be delivered some time today between 1 and 4. Woohoo! I have to say, it's quite gross/annoying how clean and new the carpet under the couches is....while the high traffic area carpet is more worn and less fresh looking...
Hooray! The first snow of WINTER is here!!! We woke up to a blanket of snow covering our yard. Ri-Ri loves the snow and already buried two bones out there. When/if we move away from Colorado, this is one of the things I'll miss most - the snow!
I pre-ordered Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol (thank you, Amazon!) and it arrived on the release date. I just finished the book - could barely put it down! Once again, Dan brown fails to disappoint. Too bad I'll probably have to wait another five years for his next book. I do have to say, however, the ending of this book was kinda lame. I was on my toes through the whole book until the last 50 pages or so....then I just wanted it to end.
My second book club book was Insatiable by Gael Greene - a famous food critic for New York Magazine. Not a huge fan of this book. In fact, I haven't finished it and I RARELY do not finish a book. I just couldn't get into it. I didn't care about her stories and experiences. Bummer.
Since the Halloween decorations and candy are all over the place in the retail world, I remembered last year...discovering my new favorite Halloween candy.....
