a hike

i love fall

since i missed utah's fall last year, i have been so excited for the leaves to change.

and over night they got amazing.


i can't stop looking at the mountains! just a tad bit obsessed.
but being away last year has really made me appreciate the fact i am here this fall.
we live in such a beautiful area, and i can't believe how lucky i am!
so last night me and jared took a drive up the canyon to soak it all in!

happy october

who is ready to go to a pumpkin patch, see thriller, sip some hot cocoa, wear their boots and sweaters, eat pumpkin cookies, see the leaves change colors, and carve pumpkins???
i know i sure am!

dirty dash!

some pics of just how fun the dirty dash was!

so muddy...

this is after we took a FREEEEZING cold shower.
never been so cold in my life...
but so fun!

later that night, jared opened for kalai with his dad, brother, and friend.

they did amazing! here's a little snippet...

this is how i spent my weekend

running the dirty dash!

it was so much fun! i want to do it every year from here on out. such a blast.

weekend in CA

spent labor day weekend with my fam in california.
i miss it already. especially my niece and nephew.
it's not fair they have to live so far away...
but here's a little look at how we spend our labor day weekend!

the deets

ok ok,

i know you are dying to hear all the details of my new love.
it's a pretty awesome story if you don't already know it.

we actually met on an iphone app called instagram.
if you don't have this app, you are crazy.
it's our favorite, obviously.
back in the middle of may i was browsing around trying to find some new friends to follow, when i came across a handsome man and just had to start following him, thinking he would immediately follow me back. when that didn't happen i had to step things up and start 'liking' his photos. once i did, i quickly was getting them in return.
oh boy was i giddy!
this went on for a week or so, and i remember towards the end of may i was hanging out with a friend and asking her how many likes it was going to take before we actually liked each other.
a few hours later i got a notification telling me jared dahl
commented on a photo of mine.
it said... "you sure are pretty, i have an insta-crush on you!"
i wish i could have captured my excitement on film. i may have jumped up and down a few times. after pacing back and forth for many minutes figuring out what to say back, i finally said...
"that makes two of us. i'm insta-blushing."
we laugh about how cheesy we were... but hey, it worked!!
before we knew it we were on our first date on june 1st.
a marvelous 2.5 months later and we are so in love.
who would have thought...
thank you kevin for making instagram. we love it.

here's a few instagram pics of us...