Falling

It is now Autumn! This is my favorite time of the year and I love everything about it. I love my new pumpkin spice candle, fall decorations, unlimited amounts of candy corn and peanuts, and even more treats! Speaking of which, I made pumpkin chocolate chip muffins for breakfast this morning :) 

I cannot wait for this.

As we said goodbye to summer, we welcomed the coming school year and the cooler weather. It was our last first day of school at Brigham Young University! Here we are (about a month late). Also, we set the timer and put it on the kitchen table, hence the terrible quality...

The first weekend after school started was Labor Day! David's great aunt passed away and they held the funeral that weekend up in Logan, Utah. Although it was sad she was gone, we loved the excuse to get together with family. David's parents flew out from Kansas and we all stayed up in Sandy, UT with all the other cousins. We had a great time hanging out, eating and playing Wolverine (a fun game we played hours of!) Here we are with David's family at the cemetery:

I just love this handsome man!

Last weekend, we went home to Kansas! We went out for David's first dental school interview at UMKC! He did so well and we are so excited for all the other ones too in the next couple of months. Unfortunately, I didn't take a single picture the whole weekend (typical). We had a fun and relaxing weekend with both of our families and even had a blast watching the BYU vs. Utah game, even though we lost. 

Speaking of football, that game seems to consume a lot of our time lately. According to David, I know nothing about sports and he is trying really hard to teach me about it all and the teams. That means our TV is almost permanently stationed on ESPN. We have all sports passes to the BYU home games with some good friends and are having a great time. Here we are at a BYU football game:

David is playing on a flag football intramural league as well as a city tackle football league. This adds to the games to watch, and I love it. Here is David at his first tackle football game yesterday. 

What a stud!

He was so happy to play!

We are loving life and especially excited for all the upcoming holidays. Happy Fall everyone!

So Long Sweet Summer...

This summer has flown by! Seriously, I am still shocked that we are already a week into school. I have been the world's worst blogger and this is my attempt to redeem myself. I apologize for how long this is, but there is so much to catch up on. So here's a glimpse of the rest of our summer:

The majority of my summer consisted of this:

 This is Marriott's Mountainside Resort, where I interned for the last 4 months. I worked at the front desk with many fabulous people and learned so much!

We also did way fun things like hike:

 We had cardboard boat races in the pool:

Went on bike rides around Park City:

And yes, even this!

We went on a day rafting trip (float) down the Weber River. It was so fun and they even let me row! It made me miss Moab...

We even found a Stand Up Paddleboard and it was super fun!

I missed it so much, that I made us go down when I got the next 2 days off. David had never been to Moab and I wanted to show him how amazing it is. I decided that I wanted to drive down that day, so we spontaneously packed our bags by night and bought a tent on our way out of town (on sale for $29.99- amazing!) Here is David so excited with our new tent:

 

We hiked Delicate Arch, a must in Moab:

That's us underneath!

He had a blast on the slickrock:

The two of us at Double Arch, my favorite in all of Arches National Park:

David and I climbed up Indian Ladder, which is a crack in the rock with old logs the whole way up. It always freaks me out, but it was fun to climb up. Here is my cute husband:

Our last stop of the day was at Left Hand. We hiked up to this water hole where you can cliff jump into the water.  My friend Mickell, who I worked with in Moab last summer came with us, but I forgot to get a picture with her (Sorry Mickell!) 

Here is David doing a flip into the water:

We had such a great time in Moab, although it was super quick and less than 24-hours! We will definitely be back so I can show David the river!

Next stop: Vegas! 

I finished up my internship at Park City and went down to spend a week with David in Las Vegas. He worked as a Japanese translator for a company called Miki Prune. It was a great opportunity and we loved the excuse to hang out in the summer heat. We stayed with my Aunt Lisa and Uncle Rich, who were so kind to open up their beautiful home to us and we had a blast with them! 

Here we are at Caesar's Palace:

We went to dinner at Max Brenner, which has amazing macaroni and cheese! (For those of you who don't know me...this is one of my favorite meals!) Apparently they are famous for their chocolate desserts, but we were too full to order any. 

We went out another night for dessert at Serendipity (based off the one in New York) and had this healthy, deep-friend oreo sundae. It was delicious! 

Venetian! David thinks this means we don't have to travel to Italy anymore...haha

Enjoying a night on the strip:

David worked at Aria, which is a beautiful hotel on the strip. I loved it because he had tons of room keys that I could use to get into the pool! Needless to say, I spent many afternoons by this:

 And we finally got a little sun!

I told you it would be long! Hope you enjoyed this tiny glimpse of our summer. We had a great one and are already excited for plans next summer! Have a great school year everyone!