we were welcomed to utah with lots of snow! we had a great time visiting friends and family in the area. i love having married friends to visit and go on dates with, especially when they have a cute little baby to cuddle and hold! babies of our own are not to be expected in the near future. we also got to meet our new little nephew for the first time. i'm glad i got to marry into a family with nieces and nephews!

being severely deprived of shopping in this little town we live in, i was itching to buy some new clothes this weekend (i just couldn't wait for black friday)

new favorite article of clothing: my black and white cardigan sweater (sneak peek of it in the photo above) i'm pretty sure i'll be living in this and my black pants all winter... and i'm totally okay with that.

the weather forecast is predicting snow this weekend... remember how much it snowed just a few weeks ago? well it's all melted now and i wouldn't have a problem with it staying that way for a little longer, at least until after thanksgiving when we can officially start listening to christmas songs.

we're heading to utah for a weekend getaway to hang out with college friends and hopefully go shopping (crossing my fingers!)


if it snows, you better believe that i'll be making myself a big cup of hot chocolate and snuggling with my husband. an ideal way to end a long week.

did you ever say that when you were a kid? because i totally did.

halloween is one of my favorite holidays. why? you know, i'm not really sure why. probably because it starts off the holiday season with rotten teeth... just kidding. probably because i love the fall and my birthday is two days before halloween! it must be an october baby thing.

tonight we are having a halloween party with all our married friends! i'm really excited. hopefully kevin and i can come up with a creative costume to wear... there was a buzz lightyear costume at target that i found and really wanted kev to dress up in (he is told often that he looks like buzz) but he didn't want to spend the money on it. lame. so it looks like i need to get my creative juices going. thank goodness for pinterest ideas! this one looks easy and fun....

if you're in the rexburg, idaho area, your facebook newsfeed is probably ALL about snow. so for those of you not from around here..... SINCE WHEN DID WINTER DECIDE TO COME EARLY? that's what i'm wondering. we got about 8 inches of snow today.
i think a part of me is just so excited for this holiday/winter season that i don't mind looking at it and the feel of the winter spirit.
on the other hand, it's not fun when you walk in a giant puddle of slush and your boot fills with water. or because your cute leather boots aren't meant for the snow, so you slip everywhere.
either way, i decided to celebrate this upcoming winter early by making myself a delicious cup of hot chocolate. 

i feel like we've been married longer than a month! we're settled into our apartment and busy bees with school (and possibly being obsessed over the tv series White Collar...) but it has been happiness living with this man of mine. i cannot wait to see our wedding photos (!!!) they're coming in the mail soon...

this weekend i traveled with my professional imaging class to west yellowstone. we stayed at my teacher's cabin in island park and spent saturday in yellowstone. it was so fun getting to know all of my peers and learning from their photography talents along with sharing mine. my teacher had a few seniors meet up with us saturday morning and we practiced shooting senior portraits in different types of lighting. my favorite, of course, is natural lighting. the models were great to work with and so fun! i'm excited to post my favorites on my photography blog and more on facebook (definitely check those out if you're interested in seeing them!)

we were constantly on the go and busy doing fun things but i was exhausted by the end of the day. i missed kevin so much! i loved coming home to my husband anxiously waiting, a clean apartment and lit candles. he's a keeper. 

the good: school starts today and i'm so excited to begin my classes- photography, writing for communications, intro to business, etc- all the good stuff.

our apartment is mostly decorated and we've been here for a little over a week! lots of trips to target, walmart and the grocery store. i even used some left over wedding decorations such as the anthropologie mugs and silk flowers to decorate our 2 bedroom apartment. it's starting to feel like home. 

we're loving the married life! i love living with my best friend and our love grows for each other everyday. happy 2 weeks of being married!


the bad: 17 credits this semester (!!!) with some over-night photography field-trips without my husband. i'll miss him by my side, we're inseparable. 

the ugly: may i suggest one thing- never put your iPhone in your back pocket right before you take a trip to the restroom. it certainly gets ugly. and might i add it causes ugliness to your face as you realize it just slipped out of your pocket and landed into that porcelain bowl. i might also add that the ugly look on my face lasted a couple days as i tried to bring life back to that iPhone with a bag of rice and tender loving care.... until i quickly gave up and decided to take it to a better place to get it fixed. i think i was supposed to be taught a lesson this week: patience. #imissinstagram

sorry for being MIA, but we're married (!!!) and we took a mini-moon to a close destination- park city. we stayed our first night at the beautiful and quite fancy Waldorf Astoria. sparkling cider and chocolate dipped strawberries were awaiting our arrival that night (and what a pleasant surprise). the next 3 days we saved our bucks and stayed at the Marriott. we were upgraded to a corner suite (woohoo!) but the next day moved to a different room due to construction right outside our window... no wonder they upgraded us to make us feel special :) but it worked out great because our room had doors straight to the pool and hot tubs.
we had such a fun time together from eating out at new restaurants along with going to the movie theater, walking around main street, visiting the park city and Olympic museums and a trip to the eye doctor... woke up with extremely swollen eyes one morning. not fun! but we had some good laughs :)

now we're moved into our new apartment and slowly making it feel more like home. thank goodness for all those wedding gifts/money! we feel so blessed and i cannot wait to see our wedding photos!