Christmas Cocktail Party

Carsyn and her friends had a Christmas cocktail party and got all dolled up!

She looked so beautiful that I wanted to document it! 

Such a gorgeous girl!!!

Boating with USU Friends

Who goes boating the end of October when the water is in the 60's???  

Rod, Tyleigh, Carsyn and these crazy friends from Utah State do! 

Lizzy, Isaac and Ashlin

Isaac

Ashlin

Todd

Rylan

Easton

Lizzy

Lake Blanche

Utah's Mountains will always be my favorite place. There is something so healing and peaceful about being in them. Our dear friend, Daison, has been working so hard on some weight loss goals and turned 50 this year. He wanted to celebrate it by accomplishing something hard. We asked him to hike Red Pine Lake with us last minute, and he agreed! 

He talked his son, Gavin, into going with us, so we all got up at 4:15 am on a Saturday morning and started driving up the canyon. Call it a lack of sleep, stress, or just being old, we got confused and went up the wrong canyon for Red Pine Lake, but we found ourselves in the parking lot of Lake Blanche, which is just as beautiful and challenging! 

Lake Blanche is up Big Cottonwood Canyon and is a steep 7 mile hike. 

The Fall colors had just about peaked and it was breathtaking! It was so fun to share our love with Daison and Gavin!

Sun Dial Peak right as the sun was coming up

As the sun hit the mountain, it made the colors glow!

If you look closely, you can see the cow moose that came down to drink. 
She was so graceful!

Moab!

For my birthday this year, Rod planned a little getaway to Moab. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend! We explored places we've never been in Moab before, and while it was SO hot, it was so fun to see different parts of one of my favorite places!

Ken's Lake

Faux Falls

Mill Creek Waterfall

Rod got brave and decided to jump!

Later that night, Tyleigh and her darling friends from Costa Rica joined us in Moab.

We decided to hike Delicate Arch at around 10:30 pm. 

It's a whole different experience to hike it in the dark!

Lizzy, Tyleigh and Laney

The stars up at Delicate Arch are always incredible.  There's no light pollution, so you can see the milky way and so many of the constellations!

The next morning, the girls and I went skydiving! It was my 5th time, Tyleigh's 3rd time and Lizzy and Laney's 1st time. 

These cute girls were so adventurous and didn't even act nervous!

We made it! Moab will always be one of my most favorite places to jump!