Fall--lalala

This fall has been a lot of fun... it's definitely breezed into winter (but I guess it's not really winter because it's 80 degrees out today, but anyway...) way quicker than I expected it to. So here I am with a lot to catch up on for what we've been up to. I think I'll start after the Halloween party. In November Jen and I flew up to Utah to meet Kristen and Amanda for a sisters weekend. We had so much fun going shopping, out to Mimi's cafe, decorating Amanda's dorm, shopping again, visiting the Mylers, getting manicures and pedicures, watching a movie, and just hanging out and catching up. I am so lucky to have such amazing sisters. Even though we don't always get a long or see eye-to-eye, we do have a great time together and it's nice to know that no matter what, we will always be there for each other. Here are a few shots of the weekend.

Two weeks later, it was Thanksgiving and this year it was at my parents house (we rotate every year with our spouses families, so next year Thanksgiving will be at the Taylors and Christmas at the Barlow's). It was cool because in the morning Russ played in the Mission Viejo First Ward Turkey Bowl. Riley came and joined him towards the end. It was really interesting to watch. Russ really does love football, and he dominated the defense. Literally... he dominated. They had to put like three guys on him to keep him from killing the other teams quarterback. I could tell he had a lot of fun. Here are a few photos of him.

The thanksgiving dinner at my parents house was amazing. We had all of our favorite dishes, and this year as part of the fun, we each were assigned to make or bring a few things. Here we are together.

The next day we had family photos. Amy, a friend from high school of mine (http://lajwbrady.blogspot.com/ if you ever need photos you should call her up!) has her own photography business and is amazing. Here are a few shots she took of us.

Afterwards we all went to Skimmers for lunch. If you haven't ever tried their California Cobb Salad and you live in Southern California, you're missing out!!!