Fall Recipes to Try

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Taylor has a case competition this weekend, and so far I've only got work tomorrow. So I figured I should finally make an attempt at some of the recipes I've pinned lately! I found out recently that I'm kind of really sensitive to Gluten, which wasn't hard to avoid at all...until Fall came, and Pumpkin EVERYTHING came..I'm pretty proud of myself, actually, for how well I avoided it ALL OCTOBER, and I'll probably give myself a reward and have a cheat day this weekend (and REALLY regret it later, when my stomach is in pain and I can't...well...TMI)...so maybe I won't actually partake, but I can always make two and four for someone else, right?? They just look (and smell I'm sure) sooooooo delicious! I couldn't help sharing!

What are your favorite fall recipes? I wanna know!

Autumn (I've heard Mercury is in retrograde, whatever that means..)

Fall has finally found us here in D.C.! I've been waiting...and waiting.....and waiting for the leaves to turn, and October came and went, and every morning I on my way to the gym I cursed the trees for remaining green. But alas! Everywhere I looked today was gold and red!
I'm in LOVE with autumn here! I can't get enough of it! The more I think about (most likely) moving back to Arizona next year sometime, the more I think about how much I love Fall here. Spring, I can do without, it's gorgeous yes, but my allergies go hay wire, and who wants to see the world through swollen bloodshot eyes in between earth quaking sneezes while simultaneously breathing through ones mouth very loudly...not I. For all that Arizona has (and I LOVE) a gorgeous fall, Phoenix does not brag of. I wish I could have Phoenix weather all year round, with trees like theses...

In other news!

Marker Miller Orchards

I am so behind, I feel like the laziest blogger of all time. No, kidding, this post is on an outing we had over Labor Day Weekend. Guys! That was TWO MONTHS AGO! I really need to step up my blogging game. We'll see...

So! Labor Day Weekend we took a trip out to Marker Miller Orchards in Winchester, Virginia with our good friends Cary and Lauren Ning for some apple picking fun! We took Coco and Indy with us and just had the best time ever. Virginia is so beautiful, and Winchester was the cutest little town! Plus the orchard was puppy friendly! A++ for that place, go there!!
We went with Honeycrisp apples this go around, and we could not have been more happy with the quality of these apples. They were crisp (duh!) and juicy, and tart and sweet, all of it! There was a little shop and bakery there as well and we indulged in the most heavenly apple cider donuts, I don't even like donuts, but these were fan-freakin-tastic!
I really fell in love with this place, the rocking chairs, the wide open skies, the most gorgeous colors everywhere! I would like in this orchard, no joke, and Coco and Indy would make the best orchard dogs ever...they've also taken a liking to apples ever since and sit and stare whenever I eat apples with my breakfast. Don't worry, I'm a good dog mom...I totally share with them every time.

A Good End to a Great Summer

I'm finally almost caught up to the end of our summer vacation! After our trip to Jackson and Yellowstone time sped up and everything happened much too quickly. After two months we were definitely missing our home and were excited to get back, but also hadn't gotten to see or do nearly everything there is to see (people included) and do. I guess that just gives us something to look forward to for when we actually move back someday! Now, the rest of our summer, in photos.

When we got back from Wyoming, Taylor built this gorgeous crow's nest tree house in his parent's front yard for all the grandkids to decorate and play in. Our friend Billy Thompson helped and they knocked it out in a few days working hard all day (which, mind you, were all 110 degree days, so....yeah, we're lucky no one died of heat stroke). It turned out just perfect, pretty sure it will be well used.

Yellowstone National Park

I don't have many words to go along with this post. All I can say is that Yellowstone is the 

most beautiful place and I would literally live in a tent for all of my days if it meant I could 

stay there forever. I can't wait to go back again and again, and maybe some day find

someone who is willing to go backpacking there with me?? (Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?) 

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