Prodigious life of a little lady.: The Most Wonderful Fall Weekend

I'm pretty sure that this last weekend has to go down in the books as the perfect autumn weekend. Ever. I've made no secrets that Fall is my favorite time of year, so it's pretty easy for me to be in a great mood these days, but it seems like it's been even better during the first official autumn weekend. Where do I begin with how lovely this season is? I love waking up to the dark, crisp cool mornings, and the ever present smell of pumpkin & cinnamon spice; the beautiful orange and gold aspens that line our spectacular mountain sides and front range; the endless possibilities of warm goodies that hail from my oven; football parties; cuddling up under a blanket with a movie in the background; and lastly, the knowledge that winter is quickly on it's way, so it's a constant reminder to soak up and enjoy these last few days of t-shirts and sandals. And it seems like all of that was compiled into one perfect little weekend :) Lucky Me.

I've been in my typical phase of needing to change up my hair. I go through this about every 2 years where I decide I need to mix it up and put some warm brown highlights in my hair. It usually doesn't last longer than a few weeks before I'm over it, and go buy a bottle of dark hair dye just to cover it back to natural again; but this Friday I decided to go for it and change it up again. I had a lovely afternoon in the salon sitting under the warm lights while the stylist weaved some pretty brown highlights into my dark blob. Later that evening, Alison came over for our "Fall Baking Extravaganza". We made pumpkin cake and two loaves (a healthy version, and a not-so-healthy version) of zucchini bread!

Two zucchini loaves and pumpkin cake :)

Saturday morning, Jake and I planned to spend the day in the mountains. We took a leisurely drive to Vail for a wonderful day of aspen gazing, lunching, and coffee drinking. We made several loops around the resort village, and stopped to take some pictures. I wanted to stop in Breckenridge on the way home for dinner, but somehow, I was not paying attention and I missed the exit. We ended up going back to Jake's hometown of Lafayette and walked around the lake where we watched the sun set behind the mountains from a park bench. It was too perfect for words.

such a pretty town.

So thrilled that I get to call this spectacular place "home".

Sunday afternoon, Nick, Alison, and I drove back to Lafayette where Jake's parents had a lovely BBQ planned. We lunched, laughed, and had a great time. We decided to walk down to the local thrift store where we happened upon some great finds! Too bad I had left my wallet at the house....haha