I Love Fall

I love Fall. It's probably my favorite season. It's been so beautiful outside lately, and the leaves are just starting to change color. We decided to take a drive to Heber today to visit my sister Camille, and to look at the beautiful leaves along the way.

What a beautiful world we live in.

I love these two boys.

Ethan is my little buddy right now. He doesn't talk too much but he sure can say "Sheece" good.

(I promise one day we'll have a kid of our own and we won't have to steal other people's children to make cute, unawkward photos.)

See what I mean... no child in these ones... and yes, slightly awkward.

Cute Alyssa and McKenzie. I love my family. What a perfect Sunday afternoon.

A Wonderful 26th Birthday

Having a birthday and being surrounded by family and friends just reminded me again of how blessed I am. Thursday night Jordan took me shopping and out to dinner to Texas Roadhouse. Friday I went shopping with my Mom and my sister Kim. Saturday BYU and Utah had their big rivalry football game. So we had a big football party at my Mom and Dad's house with all the family except Jules (miss you guys!!). We had dinner and dessert and watched Utah DESTROY BYU... the score was 54-10!!! Go UTES!!! -Let's just say Dad and Adam weren't very happy.

Blowing out the candles with Kim, the other birthday girl, and surrounded by kiddos that I love.

I woke up Sunday to a cute birthday banner, and got spoiled beyond belief by my sweet Jordan. LOVE HIM!!

I totally felt the love this weekend. Here are a few things that made me happy...

-A darling girl in my young woman's class dropped off this poster and some candy for me.

-My sweet neighbor kids, the Farnsworths, dropped me off a cute present and tons of hugs.

-I got a ton of birthday calls, texts, and emails.

-And one of my most favorite presents was this sweet card my niece Brooklynn sent me that lives in Arizona. It seriously made my day.

I AM SO BLESSED

Here I am with my favorite gift... A PIANO!!

(My Grandma's neighbor was selling their old piano for $100 so we snatched it up and I tried my first attempt at refinishing furniture and here's the result).

-BEFORE-

-AFTER-

I'm so happy with how it turned out, and am planning on taking Piano lessons again.

Haha I can't forget to mention the part of the birthday where Casey & Nick came over for some delicious brownies :) haha This picture kills me. It looks like Casey & Nick are going through the drive-thru and I'm possessed. Haha!

Speaking of good pictures... Here Casey is showing off by playing "Turkey in the Straw" upside down on the piano. LOVE IT!! PS... I also love that Casey found out this week that she's having a baby BOY!!

I can't say it enough... I have a wonderful husband, a wonderful family, wonderful friends, a wonderful neighborhood, and a wonderful life!

(Oh, and this weekend marks the year mark of Jordan & I being in our home here in Farmington. How time flies. We couldn't be happier. Moving here was one of the best decisions we've ever made.)

The Classic 10K Race

Jordan and I ran one of our favorite races that we've done 3 years in a row, The Classic on September 10th. This year we did the 10K (6.2 miles) together though. This was Jordan's first 10K race ever. I was so proud of him. I love running with him. He keeps me going when I want to stop, and we have a lot of good talks when we run together (when I can convince him to run without his music that is). We had a little bit of a hold up with Jordan's poor foot/leg falling asleep a few times along the way. But we finished strong, and had fun doing it together. (No worries, we've gotten Jordan some better shoes since then and so no more feet problems). So proud of my running buddy.

Tackling the Weber River

On our day off for Labor Day we decided to tackle the Weber River again. I went with my Dad and my Uncle Wayne the weekend before too. The water is a lot higher and faster this year, which makes for a fun, wild ride.

Brad, Jordan, and I getting ready to hit the rapids.

Camille and Brad- surprisingly Camille managed to stay in her tube after this rapid.

McKenzie and Dad

Jordan the Dare-Devil

I think his goal was to see how quickly he could fall off his tube each time.

This is how most of his runs down the river turned out.

What a wonderful way to spend a day off work. We ended the day with a BBQ at my parent's house with the rest of the family. (Meaning we met up with all the wimps that were too scared to try the river. No worries, we still love them.) Happy Labor Day everyone.