Life Starts All Over Again...

... when it gets crisp in the fall."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald

This weekend, JP and I took advantage of these beautiful mountains that surround us and went on a drive up the canyon! 

It was a dream: we put "Old Man Radio" on Pandora (best. station. ever), rolled the windows down, and brought a little pseudo-picnic to eat as we drove! (peanut butter + honey for me, roast beef +sausage for him)

Love love LOVE this place we live in!

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^^^ stolen from JP's instagram

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Weekend Recap:

I officially feel like fall has arrived. 

I think it had something to do with it being conference weekend, as well as Utah experiencing the first truly *cold* day since summer ended. I got my winter clothes out of storage and even put up Halloween decorations (!!!). 

Full disclosure: the winter clothes are still sitting in their boxes in my living room. BUT, they are out of storage :)

I also managed to watch the entire first season of Friends (thanks to a birthday gift from my sis-in-law!) and am currently scouring the internet for access to the 2nd season. Even though I've already seen probably 70% of the entire series... It's fine, I don't have a problem. 

Speaking of TV shows, DOWNTON ABBEY IS BACK! I watched the season premier, cried my eyes out, loved every minute, but no spoilers! I haven't seen the latest two episodes yet. 

Okay, now just so you don't think my life is entirely lived vicariously through others on my computer screen, a little weekend recap:

>>> A few girlfriends and I made it up to City Creek Mall on Saturday and managed to find a few things that we couldn't live without ;)

>>> I also finally tried my first authentic dirty diet coke (think DC + lime + coconut). And I mean, come on, I'm already a huge fan of diet coke so I didn't need much convincing of it's deliciousness. 

>>> We also went out to eat at Pizzeria 712 for the first time in a while, and my goodness! I'd forgotten how much I love that place. 

>>> We had a Sunday brunch with my fam and walked around my parents' block. There really is nothing like Utah in the fall. 

>>> And last, but not least, one of my absolute best friends in the entire world GOT ENGAGED THIS WEEKEND!!! Markell and Jordy! (We sort of dubbed him 'Jordy' because we already had a friend who was a girl named Jordan and it was just far too confusing)

They're one of those couples that are so perfect for each other, they just radiate happiness when you're around them. 

I just couldn't be more excited for them!!

An Evening Stroll:

Last night, after a whirlwind first day in Paris that included finding JP's school,  getting him all checked in, finding every supermarket with a 3 mile radius of our apartment, and discovering our shower didn't work, JP and I decided we would go on an evening stroll!

About ten minutes later, we ended up at the Eiffel Tower and I couldn't believe it -- we live SO close! Just a short walk away! The lighting was perfect and we had such a fun time walking around; we saw brides and grooms taking wedding photos, a bachelorette party in a limo that stopped to have a dance party, and tons of parisians congregating on the park in front of the tower eating dinner and drinking wine. So we decided to blend right in with the locals and take a million pictures (ha ha ha). 

Enjoy!

*also, as of about 20 minutes ago, our shower is working! Hallelujah! :)

A Spontaneous Walk

Mr JP and I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather yesterday and went on a little walk around our neighborhood. 

I love going on walks with him -- before we started dating (a looong time ago) that used to be our excuse to hang out... we'd go on walks together and talk-- about school, about who he was dating, who I was dating, about the gospel, etc.  

I suppose walks were sort of the start of our friendship -- that, and really competitive tennis matches against each other. :)

Happy Conference Weekend!