Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Leaves

Since we last met, Dallin and I have taken a trip to Utah.

That's right - Dallin and I.

No baby. No. Baby.

It seems odd even saying it now.

Dallin had a mission reunion the first weekend in October, and since we have not been to a single one of his mission reunions yet, we decided to go to this one.

(Maddy stayed with Grandma. Was it hard? Yes. Was it nice? Yes. Was it hard? Yes. Did I really ask "Was it hard?" twice? Yes.)

And since the reunion was the same weekend as General Conference, we decided to go to that as well.

And since we like my sister and her boyfriend, we decided to invite them along.

We drove up all day Friday. Dallin's mission reunion was Friday night and I'm so glad we went! It was great to finally meet some of the people that have had such an impact on his life.

We were actually able to get in the Conference Center for both sessions on Saturday, which was awesome, considering we didn't find tickets until we got there. Dallin and my sister's beau were able to get into the Priesthood session as well, while my sis and I hit up Gateway Mall with the rest of the women in Utah...including our lovely cousin Cathy!

No, I did not take any pictures of this. You will just have to take my word for it. Especially the part about Cathy being lovely, because that's just crazy true.

Anyway, on Sunday, we watched the morning session at Dallin's aunt and uncle's house (where we were staying) and then we got packed up and headed home. Which brings me to the real purpose of this post.

We decided to take an extra 45 minutes or so and take the scenic route via the Nebo Loop. We could just tell that the fall leaves would be incredible, and we weren't disappointed!

(Please note: pretty much every one of the following pictures was taken out of a car window. Awesome.)









(Just ignore the pizza, if you can. Unless you work for Little Caesar's, in which case - this is an advertisement and I expect compensation.)





The next one is my favorite...



Ah. Yellow.

Well, some of you might not find these pictures that impressive, but for those of us who do not really get to see fall colors in our natural habitat, it was awesome.

Sometimes, it's worth taking the long way home.

5 comments:

  1. You are one up on me. In may 6 years with children I have never left them. So good for you!!! And thanks for the fall leaves I miss them.

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  2. Did Grandma ever take you on a drive up the mountain to see the changing leaves? These ones are way cooler.
    Yay for you guys and a kidless trip!

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  3. That makes me miss Utah so much! Acutally it makes me miss real trees, and temperature changes, but I'm getting used to that. I'm glad you two got to get away... those times are so precious!

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  4. It was so great to see...I had a super time with you gals! I am also very glad that you got to see the leaves, one of the few perks of living in Utah.

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  5. ohhhh beautiful leaves. I love fall but really the best is in the midwest. :-)

    It took me 17 yrs, before I left my kids. What was I thinking?
    You're just a whole lot smarter.

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