august/september

I woke up sentimental and little bit sad on Monday morning when I realized that summer was coming to its end... Really, this is kind of unusual because I'm normally excited for fall by the time August reaches its end. I guess there were just a few final items left on my summer to-do list which I never got around to, but I'm learning maybe that's just a little bit of what life is like in adulthood anyway :)

Max suggested that maybe we have an "unofficial last day of summer" this upcoming weekend, since after all, it's the "first unofficial day of fall" next Saturday :) (oh how I love those first unofficial days of fall!) Whatever the case, I'm hoping I quit longing for those warm summer nights and get myself excited for sweater weather, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and all that jazz!

Here are a few of my final (and sort of random) pictures of summer taken on both my iphone and camera, documenting last minute vacations, the annual cheese party (more on that later), and my favorite sunbeams. They're the cutest... seriously.

playing catch-phrase at the dahl house is probably my favorite thing

yes, ken and i were first in line to see one direction in 3-d with our 3-d glasses and self-decorated t-shirts!

we so felt thirteen again and loved it.

So long summer. You shall be missed. And in the meantime, I'll take up a friends recommendation and listen to Autumn in New York by Louis Armstrong, apparently it's supposed to the do the trick :)