Our Adventurous Weekend

On Saturday I referred to the adventurous weekend we were having. It was fall break, which meant that husband and I had Thursday and Friday off. We took our car in to be looked at. It has been having problems and we have been trying to sell it too. We found out that it was going to be over $2000 to fix. My poor little '03 Alero just wasn't worth it. Instead we decided to buy a new car. You have to know, we don't take a lot of time to make big choices. I picked the first wedding dress I tried on, Spencer looked at one engagement ring, and we only walked through 4 houses before we bought. We didn't want to spend a lot of time on this car shopping thing. Besides, we had a weekend getaway Friday/Saturday and didn't want to miss it!

We looked online, found two cars we liked, test drove them both, and bought one. We got this cute little '08 Mazda Tribute. The dealership was only going to offer us $500 for trade in credit on the old car. What a joke! We just replaced the tires and that was around $400 alone! We took it to a company called Low Book Sales and they gave us way more. I was sad. You shouldn't personify a car like that. My poor baby is somewhere all alone! I abandoned her! (It was my first car. I bought it when I was 17!)

We wrote the check and then zipped off to Park City for the weekend.

We planned to get there at lunch time, but with the car issue we didn't get up there until 4:00. We went to the Olympic Park and walked through the museums. I have a serious fetish for Olympic pins so it was neat to see their collection.

We went to dinner to a pizza place called Maxwell's. The pizza only came in one size- 20". It was HUGE. I wish I had taken a photo. And we ate the whole thing!

(Does anyone else have that problem? Sometimes I feel a little funny whipping out the SLR.)

We went back to the hotel and relaxed and watched cable for a couple of hours (I also finished the Pioneer Woman's book). The next morning we went to breakfast at a cute little place on Main Street called the Eating Establishment.

We were STARVING! We usually eat breakfast at 6:00 am so to have it at 10:00 was hard!

We had this delicious freshly squeezed orange juice. It was the best juice I have ever had, but it was $2 just for this little glass so we didn't have much.

We then went to this big white barn called the Big White Barn. : ) We walked through the beautiful fall foliage in the perfect weather to look at scarecrows.

Before we went home, husband let me stop at the outlets. I bought a couple of shirts. You can see one of them if you come back tomorrow...

That night we had a Halloween party with a few friends but I can't post photos because I can't reveal my Halloween costume yet.


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Touches of Fall and Anticipation!

Putting up my fall decorations is one of the best times of the year. It is the anticipation of things to come... Halloween, fall leaves, Thanksgiving, and best of all Christmas!!! Husband and I plan out the entire season and we will do holiday-ish things pretty much every weekend for the rest of the year (we're kicking it off this weekend with a Halloween movie, hot chocolate, and homemade pumpkin cookies if all goes according to plan).

I have known what my Halloween costume would be since spring and have been buying stuff for it all year. Today I made the final purchase on amazon.com and in 5-8 business days I will be putting on the finishing touches! Nope, sorry, I don't tell anyone what my costume is going to be, unless my mom helps make something, then she gets to know.

It snowed today! It's so strange that just 4-5 days ago it was in the 80s, and today there was a little bit of snow on the ground. It was strange to have green leaves on the trees during this storm. The leaves haven't even changed yet. The seasons are all mixed up! It's supposed to warm up again next week, but there's nothing like a little bit of snow to get you in the holiday spirit!

I just love the feeling of anticipation in the air and in my heart! That sounds super cheesy, but it's true! Happy holiday season!

Autumn Splendor

First off, thanks for the warm response to my Anthro Inspired Rose Shirt! I am flattered by the number of comments both here and on Facebook. A big thanks to Michelle at Someday Crafts for featuring my shirt!

Each day as I drive to and from work I see the same beautiful trees. Their leaves have changed to a vibrant yellow and I continue to admire them, as I am passionate about fall. I finally decided that it was time to get out and experience these trees, rather than only see them through the car window. It's a good thing I did. So many of them already lost their leaves since yesterday.

I think we all need to just stop and do this sometimes. So there I was frolicking through the leaves, camera in hand, in my work clothes, alone, as people drove by. It was so refreshing and beautiful.

Here are a few of my pictures. They may not be fabulous but I had a fabulous time taking them.

Fall Bridal Portraits

Fall is such a beautiful time of year. I am passionate about the cool weather and vibrant colors. It is a great time to take portraits, including bridal pictures. These are a few of the portraits I took of my friend last year in the canyon. The leaves make such a great background. I especially love the first few photos with the yellow leaves behind her.

I hope you are taking advantage of the beautiful colors of fall!