Colorado Life

We're really enjoying the new house we're in. It is a southwestern style ranch house surrounded with cottonwood trees a big red barns and out buildings. It's a super neat place! Here is the front porch during a gorgeous sunrise!












A few days ago there was a glorious sunrise and I ran to bedroom to grab my camera and lenses. I was so excited dashing through the house with my camera in hand. I was so clumsy from being in a hurry that I dropped my camera and lens on the hard wood floor. Needless to say it is now broken and waiting to be repaired. I'm really missing it. So all these photos were taken with my iPhone. I said all that to say that the beautiful moon picture below could have been so much clearer and so much more amazing if I'd had my camera. Nevertheless, I'm still glad I was able to capture the beauty of it. 


Then on Sunday we went for a drive. All the fall colors are so amazing! I'm thankful over and over again to be living here! I know it's a bit silly, but I love it that it is fall and it actually FEELS like fall outside! It's cool and clear and it has the special smell that comes with fall. You know that smell when you're in the woods and all the leaves have changed...? I'm sorry if you don't know what I'm talking about. It's somewhat of a musty smell that reminds me of fallen acorns and deer rustling around in the leaves. It's really amazing! 









On top of gray back mountain. That's Saige under that blanket lol. It was super windy up there.


And the last picture. It is snowing a bit today. I don't think it will last long, but it's still beautiful to me. 












Autumn and Snikerdoodles





So fall is in full swing here in Colorado! I love this time of year. Who doesn't? And yes, I'm one of those people that loves pumpkin spice in everything, and all the orange decor!

The kids had fun helping me make the cookies, but the best part of all was eating them of course! 
Here is the recipe I used. Chewy Snikerdoodle Cookies. They were so soft and chewy. I made a half batch but ended up still having to put two eggs in the mix.






Look at that cutie eating cookie dough!



Fresh from the oven.


Perfect with milk!



What are some of your fall traditions and baked goods? I would love to hear about them in the comments! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!




Birthday Trip.



So we drove to Telluride for my birthday. It is a gorgeous town in a box canyon with crazy huge mountains all around. It is one of the most gorgeous places I've ever been. We rode a gondola up to the top of the mountains and it was cold and snowing. So gorgeous! We spent the night in Montrose and the next day I got to do some shopping before we took a scenic drive back home!



Not the clearest pictures of the gondola ride, but they were the best I could get!


Telluride.




Mountain Village where we rode the gondola to. We ate supper here and then rode back down to Telluride.



Saige wasn't quite sure what to think!









Next Day!
On the way to Ouray the day after my birthday!


Town of Ouray.



We stopped here to get a picture of the shirt I'm wearing for our Tshirt business! 
I'll post the link to our Etsy Tshirt shop below!










Another Tshirt photo shoot on top of the mountain pass. It was so beautiful up there and was snowing!



Just a random photo of my favorite coffee mug!

 Silverton, CO.


That snow and the pine trees is so perfect!






Wolf Creek pass on the way back home.