The leaves are changing, as we step outside there’s a nip at our nose and we come home at night to curl up next to the fire; fall has arrived. Thankfully it’s appearance was slow this year and it’ll take its sweet time making its exit because as much as we know it’s coming, we’re never fully prepared for winter. This is one of my favorite times of year, the temperature hovers around 50 degrees and people seem to be more cheerful with all the holidays approaching. I found it would only be fitting to share some of my favorite things about this fall, so far.
1. Discovering new music
Spotify has become my new go to music application, sorry iTunes, but the ability to listen to an ENTIRE album for free is genius! Not only that, but I can find out what my friends are listening to and add their playlists to mine. Wish I came up with this! Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of Matt Nathanson, Mat Kearney and James Morrison, but this weekend while I was editing I discovered Mayer Hawthorne and re-introduced myself to Ryan Adams. They are all extremely talented artists, which is why I couldn’t choose just 1 to share with y’all, join me on Spotify and check them out because you won’t regret it!
2. Scarf season
Black. Blue. Red. Yellow. White. You name a color, most likely I have a scarf of it hanging in my closet right now. It’s a minor addiction, but a healthy one because they are perfect for this time of year. Pair it with a long sleeve shirt, skinny jeans and boots, perfect yet simple outfit; like the outfit in the picture, cute…right?
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3. Engagements
Seems this time of year has those gentlemen getting down on one knee and asking their beautiful lady for their hand in marriage. Luckily two of my FAVORITE couples are engaged! I am so overjoyed for both of these couples, Molly (who is a long time friend and avid blog reader) and her man Phil have gotten engaged after 5 years of dating. We just had coffee last weekend and were talking about when Phil would pop the question, little did we know it would be a few short days later! Now Keri and Curtis, after ten years of dating, they are finally ENGAGED! I received a text from Curtis a few days before he proposed informing me he was going to pop the question and I was shaking from excitement. I feel extremely lucky to have watched their relationship grow over the last 5 years and can’t wait to see them get married! Congratulations to both couples, I am so incredibly happy for you!
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(Molly and Phil at her sister Abby’s wedding 2 years ago)
(Keri and Curtis at Denae’s wedding this summer)
4. Birthdays
In our family, the 3 of us kids have fall birthdays… 1 in October and 2 in November, so I have to say it may be another reason why it’s one of my favorite times of year! My brother Jesse turned the big 25 last month which means in 2 weeks I will be turning (big sigh) 27, I have told myself I am going to embrace it… let’s not even think about how I’m going to handle turning 30, at least I have a few years until that moment! My mom and I were talking about how we were going to celebrate Tyler’s 23rd birthday this year, usually it’s a movie and this year it happens to fall on the release of Happy Feet 2. (sidenote: my mom and I have no shame in seeing kid movies) Mom said “Ty’s probably wondering when we are going to see a movie he would ACTUALLY go see,” because we all know a 23 year old boy would not be going to see an animated movie on his birthday.
5. Yoga
My newest workout obsession, at least over the last year or so, has been Yoga at Lifetime Fitness. Now that the girls are back in school, I have mornings available to head to the gym and grab a hot yoga class. Whoever said yoga isn’t a workout has not tried LifePower Yoga, between the heat and how long we hold poses it is seriously intense. While I’ve been practicing yoga for awhile now, recently I’ve been attending classes at least 3 times a week and can’t get enough! On a cold fall day it’s refreshing to be able to walk into the warm yoga studio and get a great workout done in an hour, so if anyone ever wants to try it out… let me know! I’ll gladly accompany you!
(someday I will be able to do this!)
