Utah Fall

The past few years we have made it out to Utah for Halloween. There is something just so magical about Autumn in Utah. The leaves, the festivities, the crisp air and the list goes on and on. The main reason we flew out was for the Johnson's Pirate house that they put on every year. I'll blog about that next. Thankfully, in between rehearsals (ha), we were able to do some fun fall activities. 

Corn Maze at Thanksgiving Point

Niece & Nephew time

Clark was about to come out of school. I wish I would have filmed the look on his face when he saw his Uncle Shaun. He was BEAMING and then came sprinting down the sidewalk into his arms. 

One thing they don't do here in Florida is a Halloween parade at school. I had the best memories growing up doing these.
Thankfully they are still thriving in Utah. Cute little Pirate. 

Frolicked in the trees every chance I got!!

Did a lot of Fall Vignette's with Mom

Met up with one of my Photographer Idols. She is such a rockstar!

Shaun's college friends always go above and beyond with their themed parties. It's usually around Halloween. They are known for their mystery dinners where they dress up into character. Nobody will EVER top their Alice and Wonderland dinner. Their costumes that year still have me in awe. This year was a Haunted Mansion dinner. I kept scrolling through pinterest and saw a lot of options. I kept coming back to one costume though that just had SJ all over it. I knew that if we could pull it off, it would be EPIC.

THE TALKING, SINGING BUSTS!

 Two days of prep, but it paid off!

 It's always very hectic trying to juggle two families in one visit. We don't get to sit and talk as much as we like one-on-one with family members. We always try to make an effort to get together with Shaun's brother and his wife with no distractions. When Shaun is with his brother, it's just a night full of laughs the whole time. 

I just had to document this. After a semester full of feeling like a major failure in my Statistics class, I finally got an A on the final and I was in completely shock. I couldn't say anything. (Thanks Kristine, for being the smarter sister & being my tutor)

Gorgeous walks with Dad

 One last breakfast date with my favorite boys. Following that breakfast, they drove me to a few of my favorite boutiques and let me shop. They are the best! I remember we laughed a lot that morning.