LA Tour

Welp, our la run is coming to a close.

 i dont know how 3 weeks went by so fast. i am forever grateful the husband and pup got to be on tour with me for the entire run! we made lots of new memories together. i am so thankful for my job that makes this possible. 

and now for a massive photo dump of our life these past few weeks....

malibu

we LOVE the beach. 

mowgli did too. maybe we had to chase after him and pull a seagull out of his mouth. maybe. (the seagull lived. dont worry). 

we hiked every single day. literally. 

from our backyard we could hike up to the hollywood sign. it was amazing. our favorite hike was to the wisdom tree. the only tree on top of cahuenga peak. under the tree was a box full of wisdom from people all over the world. we stayed and read a few. people are so interesting. life is pretty cool. the husband and i left a little piece of our own wisdom in that box. 

one of my favorite experiences here. 

we will miss our favorite raw/vegan find, sun cafe. if youre in la go. now. so extremely yummy. we also treated ourselves to a spa day from thai messages to at home facials. ha. 

we look super cute. 

we love when we get to go to the temple. especially to ones we dont usually get to go to. la temple is huge and oh so pretty. 

isnt he the cutest reindeer you ever did see? i know. 

we got a real christmas tree to put in our little studio apartment. it was just what we needed to help us feel the christmas spirit in this 70degree weather. 

i cant wait to be in utah christmas day. i am actually looking forward to a white christmas. crazy. huh. 

i have loved every minute here in la (minus the minutes spent in traffic) but i cannot wait to be with my family this holiday season! 

family is what it is all about. 

merry christmas. 

xo

thankful

a little late to be doing a thanksgiving post. but what the heck... im still thankful. 

this year the husband and i made a "thankful jar".  everyday we would write something we were grateful for and then on thanksgiving we read them to each other, bound them, and made a little book of it.  i think its our new tradition that will stick for years to come:) 

gratitude is a quality that i want to master. 

this thanksgiving was just me and the husband...and mowgli of course:) we decided to spend our day where we are most thankful...in nature. we hiked one of our favorite hikes, arizona hot springs. it is beauuuutiful! you hike down to the colorado river and end up at these amazing natural hot springs. 

we spent the entire day there. 

after our own little feast (at claim jumper) we ate pumpkin pie until we couldn't put another piece in our mouth. mowgli might have had a few bites too...i mean, just look at that face. ha.

food coma

i am thankful. 

happy thanksgiving.

xo

hike or die

 the fall time is the best time.

korea has once again taken my husband hostage.

 mowgli and i hike as much as possible to pass the time quicker when the husband is away. i think we went hiking every single day last week. 

hurry home husband! 

we miss you.

we decided to hike a new trail just outside of red rock. 

the weather looked nice starting out but then drastically changed when a big black cloud rolled in.

good thing i was in shorts. ugh.

it was fuh fuh freezing!

mowgli was just as confused as i by the snow that started falling.

it snows here in the desert too people. 

crazy.

we love hiking.

happy november.

xo

a birthday, a wedding, and a whole lot more.

here's to another successful trip to utah. 

i was hoping to get around to blogging a lot more....hoping to make these into a few separate posts, but once again life gets rolling and its all you can do to just hold on;)

so with that said, here goes a massive post along with a massive photo dump. 

mowgli's heaven

we got to utah just in time for the husband to turn the big 28 (plus 3, 5, or maybe 10 years...who is really counting;)). he also got to celebrate his special day with his sister because she got married on his birthday. yippee. it was one big, long party.

we started off the day with our favorite hike up sundance and ended with a moon light haunted lift ride. it wasn't cold at all. jk. but at least we had hot chocolate, hot cider, and each other to keep warm. awe.

jon and david celebrated their old age together
with my family the next day.
how cute.

anne's wedding was beautiful. 

she looked stunning. 

i am so happy for her and her family. she deserves the best;)

the next day i got to teach a couple master classes at my old studio which i loved and then i met up with my family at hee haw farms. there were corn mazes, hayrides, farm animals and lots more. we had fun running around with all the kiddos. 

we took my nieces and nephews to see the movie, frankenweenie and after decided to take who ever dared to the haunted forest. i'm pretty sure my littlest niece was the bravest of all. she led us through the entire forest like it was nothing. haha.

so fun. 

the next day was halloween. my fav. we were lucky to be in utah this year to trick-or-treat with the family. mowgli was a party popper. he wore himself out hiking all morning. he loves utah. 

we had a pumpkin carving party and dinner at my sisters before the kids ran off with all of their friends. the husband and i took the younger kids around the neighborhoods to get all the sugar they could possibly imagine. mowgli even got in on the action and got a couple treats at some houses he knocked as well. so funny. 

happy halloween.

i love my crazy family.



xo