mmm Autumn

 

 There is something about this time of year that makes me a sucker for the following things:

1. caramel apple scented candles

2. brown, orange, red, and gold wrapped candy

3. soup in bread bowls

4. pumpkins

These things plus people I love equals a happy Emily.

Look at that candy.  Amazing.  And the candle holder?  Amazing.

Nothin like Fall leaves with twinkle lights on your porch.  I love the way it shines into my living room each night.

My cute Paul supports me in my Fall get together and festiveness.  (I blame my mother).  I made Organic Black Bean soup for Mattie and I (Mattie is vegan), and Chili for the others.  We also had salad and corn bread with honey butter. No bread bowls.  Turns out they aren't carried until November at Smiths.  It's a shame.

This is my pal Mattie. We went to Woods Cross together, but weren't great friends.  But now we are, and life is much better.  She is probably the worlds most entertaining person.  Ever.

 It's a very cool effect to place candles on glass.

We never actually got to the carving pumpkins part of the night.  So I currently have seven pumpkins on my porch.  I love it.

If anyone comes to visit me in Logan we can have the greatest Fall moments ever together.  Just sayin. 

 

a new blog

I started a new blog.  www.itsmethemovingemily.blogspot.com

I started it to keep track and record fitness goals.  It is in addition to this one.  

Over and out.

Summer Snipit

Mother and Tom came up to Logan to kick it with Paul and I.  We took them on one of our favorite hikes called Crimson Trail then fed them dinner afterwords.  

It is so obvious how very much in love they are.

I love love love how leafs change.

This is the only way to see Logan.

I came to Logan kicking and screaming, and will leave the same way.  I have fallen in love with this city, despite my determination to hate it here.  It is truly the mecca for anyone who likes it outside.  There's not much cultural diversity and the "night life" is nonexistent, but I'd pick mountains over that. 

  

Summer Snipit

This summer I worked for Jeff Keller at Sunrise Cyclery.  He spends his time inventing new products for his company Urbane Innovations.  There was certainly never a dull moment working for Jeff.  He had me create his website (www.urbaneinnovations.com).  You can check that out and see why I stick to piano, not web design.  One of my favorite things I did while working with Jeff was selling "blip seats" at the local Farmers Market. 

If your curious about what we are standing on, see 

www.urbaneinnovations.com

Summer Snipit

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And here we are, anxiously awaiting the ascent to Sundial Peak, located up Big Cottonwood Canyon.  (Thanks pops for the recommendation)

K seriously?  He's the cutest thing ever.

Almost to the top...

And we made it!  Sort of.  The peak behind us is the REAL Sundial Peak. But as you can see the snow was a bit too existent still, so no summit for us. But we were more then happy to stop at this beautiful Lake after a pretty grueling hike in.  We ate dinner by the shoreline and watched the sun go down.  Ah.  Tender.

Cuzins Trip

I have this issue of thinking every post must be epoc.  And then I post nothing.  So with that said, here comes a mediocre post.  But hey, at least it exists.  Just remember that in my head, it looks so much sweeter.

 This year Lindsay dominated with he plan-age abilities.  Complete with an itinerary.  What she forgot to consider was Lauren and I's limited abilities to comprehend complex sentences and big words.  But good news!  She included pictures.  I was grateful I didn't invest in the assigned reading, because I enjoyed the surprises.

 We loved the bed.  Not all of us got to enjoy the comforts of it at night, but according to Lauren and Ciera the couch provided a woooonderful nights sleep.

Lindsay and I shared.  Just not at night.

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Ciera may or may not have removed these picture from the wall and slipped them in her bag.

Fortunately we could sign and date any important papers we needed to while visiting.

 So much tie-dye.  It was beautiful.

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This chick is straight up from Turkey.  She is here learning English and decided to make some money by selling tie-dyed shirts on the beach.  No big deal.

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Straight up from the hood.  We have junk in our trunk.  And will bust a cap if we need to.

We owned the entire ocean when we showed up. Our awesomeness was overwhelming.

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 I think my favorite memory from this trip was watching Ciera in the ocean.  We would all be laughing having a good time until..."where is Ciera?"  Then we would look about ten feet behind us and see a mass of snorkel, goggle, and flipper being knocked over by a wave.  But she looked the part. Have you ever seen a cuter snorkeler?

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When we found and African store we had to go in. Ciera insisted.  I can't think of a single reason as to why she would suddenly be fascinated by this strange culture...

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It was a horribly unsuccessful shopping experience.  Obviously.

 I heart free hotel breakfasts.

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What lame photographer would keep the wrapper on the grapefruit?

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What is it about Lauren's food always looking tastier then yours?

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This place was so freakin cute.  Hawaiian food rocks.

I wonder if this cow had a girlfriend.  Or what its children were going to look like.

Yum.  YYYY.  UUUUMMM.  (Your welcome, farm animals whom I love.)

The woman in the background?  A total stocker.  She literally followed us all day, even when we DROVE to a different area of town. She as absolutely part of an evil plan to capture us and give us to the sex trade.  Luckily, we got away.

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I absolutely adore PF Changs.  Which conveniently was right across from our hotel, next to the shopping.  Lindsay plopped us in the best place ever.

There is absolutely nothing convenient about going on this trip. It is hard to coordinate schedules and scrape up the money (all of us being poor college students) and certainly overwhelming to plan.  But when all is said and done it is so apparent to me how important it is that we take the time to go.  To take the time to reinforce how much we love each other.  As we all get older we grow apart, moving in our own directions and achieving our own goals, which are drastically different from one another.  But it is reconfirmed to me time after time how much we all need each other.  It is so fun to know about my cousins (and obviously Lauren's) life.  I feel so inspired by the way they live on a day to day basis.  I love feeling apart of it, in a small tucked-between-the-mountains-in-Logan kind of way.  I can't to see what next year brings.  Lauren's got a tough act to follow...