perfect fall weekend.

  I love fall. There, I said it. Especially this one.
I love our night time walks in the cool air. I love getting out of class at 9 o clock and it's already DARK outside. I love wearing a jacket for our warm ups in the morning. I love that the leaves are starting to change. Our world is seriously beautiful.

one of my favs. from family pics. I sure do love this guy. 

So fun to catch up with this lady who I hadn't seen in AGES. Plenty of reminiscing and talks of future plans. 

We (barely) made it to the temple on the  very last day of September. (procrastinate much??) Everything that could possibly go wrong, did. But we made it! So it counts. 

This little lady is too much fun. She kept me laughing all weekend. She is sweet and sassy. *don't know where on EARTH she got the sassy part ;)

The scenery was so Beautiful on our 4-wheeler ride I honestly could have taken a million photos. 

Conference Cuddles. Suz and I fought over this chair all day until finally, we decided to compromise. 

The little rat dog that literally sat at my feet begging for popcorn on multiple occasions. He kinda grows on ya though.

Even the ornery face looks dashing on him.

& now for a monotonous update. I swear I'm not turning into one of those psychos but this blog is for me and someday I want to look back and see the progress I've made. I am killin' it with the no grain diet. I am learning to be more and more creative in what I cook and in what I pack for lunch each day. Don't get me wrong, this weekend was TOUGH when my grandma whipped out her killer homemade rolls, and of course I didn't want to offend her by not having one.But I thought of how far I've come and I just couldn't sacrifice it on one roll. When the rolls got to me I politely passed them on without looking twice. (afraid I would surrender on the second look) ha ha  I feel in control. I have made it 2 1/2 weeks and only have 3 1/2 more go. nbd. I love that the girls on my team send me recipe ideas or text me when they need encouragement not to eat the cake their neighbor brought them. We all have a common goal and support each other at our work outs AND with our food intake. I really like that.

  

This face shows just how much I love my morning smoothies. They are practically the best thing ever. I'm a breakfast girl through and through and these just really hit the spot. I've tried a variety of recipes but this one is my favorite at the moment.

1 frozen banana

1 scoop protein (or meal replacement of some sort)

1 spoonful of peanut butter

4-5 ice cubes

& a touch of milk just so it's not too thick

 I sip on this all morning at work and don't even get hungry until lunch time.