my sisters, my heroes.

they run half-marathons.

they visit me when i live far away. 

they have kardashian hair / style / smiles.

they're master healthy-chefs.

and they're basically the most awesome people i know.

just saying.

ruth surprised me by visiting wisconsin this weekend, which was awesome and ridiculous all at the same time (with sean working reconnaissance to make sure i'd be staying in town, which was good since i was thinking of leaving...) and one of the things we did was the "fall ride." basically you ride a ski lift up rib mountain and take pictures of how cool wausau looks:

but what fun is riding a ski lift when you can
run up rib mountain with your own legs?

 a lot has changed in the past three weeks around here.

here are the pictures from the top of the look-out tower each week:

 now for three random things.

#1: kids cleaning up after doing ARCHERY in gym class.

i miss doing fun stuff like that in school.

#2: twilight jewelry.

don't worry. it's only like $400 a pop.

better start saving your pennies...

#3: i really want this to be my halloween costume this year: