So Long Sweet Summer... Hello Fall

September is halfway over already, and my California tan has almost faded away.

Allow me to finish out the summer right, and introduce you to one of my 4 favorite seasons: Fall.

Leaving California was such a HUGE bummer, but as it always does, life moves on whether we like it or not. My voyage home went something like this:

Jessie and I went to San somewhere on our way up to Orange County

to pick up this boy for his inaugural Disneyland visit (mickey ears and all). Everyone, meet ZB.

Isn't he adorable?

He was totally afraid of all the rides, but he took them like a champ! There is no room for sissies at DL.

Us with our goodies as we leave the park for the next adventures: a night time visit to the beach... (brown chicken, brown cow [if you know what I mean]) and then a LONG-A drive home to the great SLC. And that's how it happened. (both my return from SoCal and my romance with ZB)

Next..... ish.

Annual Lava Hot Springs trip

Annual Echo vaca (including ZB this year)

Misc other stuff, including this lovely night in which Jes was home for a job interview, and Cup-o-Snows were had.

Finishing out Summer with the most dreamy, elegant bang you've ever seen. Kalie hosted the most delightful White Party Labor Day weekend.

Guests (including Gooch of course, with her white ribbon)

ENTER FALL!!!!!

What would fall be without a little high school football? All decked out in our Murray garb to support the losers. Love you Murray, glad you haven't really changed since I was there.

me and ZB again....

One of the reasons Fall is in my top 4 seasons is because of this singular event....

THE STATE FAIR!



I LOVE IT. I could go every single night of it's duration. I don't care that it's dirty and sometimes stinky, and expensive, and trashy, I LOVE LOVE IT.

Double date and quadruple matching tats. From left to right: dump truck, lips, Rolling Stones mouth, purple unicorn.

The fair. Need I say more?

(This is the best place there for a photo op. as evidenced by my usage of it)