motivation.

cheers to the freakin' weekend!

here's to:

dinner with friends

hanging with al

enjoying the sunshine

birthday shopping

fall runs

sunday dinner with the fam

hope your weekend is spent relaxing with those you love!

enjoy!

weekend recap

This past weekend, Ryan and Megan came to town for the Utah game! We had so much fun tailgating and going to the game together.. we wish we all lived closer so we could hang out more! Our turn to head to Chicago (hopefully sooner than later)!

new obsession

Xtend Barre.

This class will leave you sweatin, your glutes burnin', and your arms and core worked to the max.

I'm officially addicted. I have been missing dance lately, having danced my entire childhood and I think I found the perfect workout to get back a lean dancer's body. It's a perfect combination of ballet technique and pilates.

Who wants to go with me?

mmm...looks delicious

Yesterday while blog-stalking one of my favorite blogs (How Sweet It Is), I found the most amazing recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pie. Literally, my mouth was watering reading about it. I think I email shared it to 20 ppl! Now, I just have to perfect it by Thanksgiving so I have something to contribute to my mom's most amazing cooking.

Recipe found here.

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

makes one 9-inch pie

2 large eggs

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup butter, melted and cooled to room temperature

1/3 cup pureed pumpkin

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 cup chocolate chips

1 unbaked pie shell

whipped cream or ice cream

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat eggs until foamy. Beat in flour, sugar and brown sugar until well blended. Add in vanilla extract, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice and mix until combined.. Blend in melted butter. Toss chocolate chips with a sprinkling of flour and fold into batter. Pour into an unbaked 9-inch pie shell. Bake for 55 minutes, or until center is no longer jiggly.

Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

31 Reasons I Love October

1. It's my birthday month!
2. Sweaters
3. Fall runs
4. Farmer's market
5. Buying new Halloween decorations for our place and decorating
6. Watching the new fall shows
7. Candy corn
8. Pumpkin bread
9. Caramel Apples
10. Football games
11. Seeing lil' kiddos dressed up in cute costumes
12. Haunted houses
13. Crisp autumn weather
14. Hiking to see the fall leaves
15. Watching The Great Pumpkin - Charlie Brown
16. Planning a Halloween party
17. Tailgating
18. Planning our Halloween costumes
19. Scary movies
20. Stocked candy bowl on our kitchen counter
21. Fresh peaches and yummy veggies
22. Octoberfest
23. Crunchy leaves
24. Trick or Treating
25. Going to the pumpkin patch
26. Carving pumpkins
27. Wearing boots
28. Pumpkin muffins and cupcakes
29. Cuddling
30. Breast Cancer Awareness month - honoring Al's mama
31. Our 2 month wedding anniversary!

love.

engagement session

Photos courtesy of Logan Walker with ZumaPhoto.

Taken in Park City, UT.