"Fall"ing

This fall has been stunning here in Utah. It seems like us Utahns actually got to enjoy the leaves falling rather than it going from sunshine to snow in a week or so. Royal and I made the most of the beautiful season and my favorite holiday, Halloween!

I decorated the house!

Buzz and Woody made their debut after a lot of work. Thankfully Royal has the hidden talent of being crafty. I didn’t know a man could be that good with a glue gun and I have added it to his never ending list of “I think I am in love with you.” We drew the lines on his shirt, painted and added the buttons. Created his vest from was a thrift shop find and some felt and decorative trim. Then we got resourceful with felt and puff paint for my shirt and gloves. From the reaction we got from others we are thinking we looked pretty darn good.

A new friend of mine hosted an outrageous Halloween party at a bar. We rocked our costumes and had a great time. Royal invited one of his friends from growing up and he made for an interesting night. The best part was that Lauren came along and we finally got to let loose together. We are so wrapped up in school, the business, and other obligations that it’s hard to have quality friend time. Thanks to her I was laughing all night and got some dancing in. After the party we got our fill of greasy 24 hour restaurant food. Royal’s friend showed up late to the restaurant with a new found friend whom turned out to be a bum that he picked up on the way there.

The Red Iguana provided me with some delicious spiced cider that warmed my soul on a very chilly fall night. Royal and I also discovered that The Red Iguana 2 (it’s just around the corner from the original one) is less busy, cleaner, and it’s the exact same food as the original. Check it out!

In honor of my family I sang ‘Halloween Cat’ as much as possible to the point that I was annoying the hell out of Royal, but he is a good sport.

Going to a haunted house turned out to be quite lame but the company was wonderful! We went bowling after and then stuffed our faces with some more greasy 24 hour restaurant food. We all look a little zombieish below.

One night we went out to Sundance and went on the spooky full moon ski lift. It was a lot of fun (weird to say but a little romantic too) and I hope a new tradition!

We also had an amazing dinner with our families! Trick or treating is getting scarce in our neighborhoods so everyone headed to my house on all Hallows Eve. We had monster brains, eyeballs, candy corn fruit cups, bones, and other spooky treats.

We also spent a wonderful weekend in Park City. We just wined, dined, and relaxed. One night we started with appetizers at the Blind Dog. Which is wonderful, we highly recommend it and can’t wait to go back. Their Kobe Sliders are a must and the house pickles make anything great. For the main course we made our way over to the much acclaimed restaurant Grappa. Our visit made the night interesting. After finding a live ant in our bread and then watching it die in the dipping sauce our server still did not mention it to the manager. Royal had to put up quite the fight for us. The manager who seemed to be high on coke, ended up giving us our meal for free. We will not be heading back, not because the service was completely unprofessional but because our meals were completely bland. For $30-$40 a plate our mouths should be bursting with flavor. I always take my left overs home but the remains of that meal went untouched, which is very rare. It was getting late so our desert choices were limited and we wanted to catch the end of the University of Utah football game. At Butchers Chop House, I enjoyed some Crème Brule while royal had a chocolate Sunday. We followed up our dine o’round experience by swimming in the heated pools with the beautiful fall mountains surrounding us!

As the holiday season is now here there is much to be grateful for and much to look forward to!

XOXO

Meg