The most wonderful time of the year

No, not Christmas, but Fall! Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year. (It should have been no surprise to Joel that we had an 8 month engagement since my heart was set on a fall wedding!) Fall is one of the things I love most about Albuquerque, from the Balloon Fiesta to green chili roasting, picking apples, leaf-peeping, and all of the many activities and festivals going on around town, not to mention the perfect weather.

This past September we celebrated our one year anniversary and drove up to Ouray, Colorado. We stayed at this adorable little B&B, and it was very nostalgic and reminiscent of our honeymoon there, although Joel liked to keep saying that we're not newlyweds anymore!
That third week  of September was perfect mountain weather, and the timing was just right to see the fall leaves in full glory. Ouray is nick-named the "Switzerland of America" and all of the little shops and breweries are so charming, without the snobbery of other places (ahhem Telluride). While I refused to take on some of Joel's death-defying off-roading trails, we did take one trail up to this beautiful waterfall.

All of the Aspens turning yellow were amazing....

 

Back in Albuquerque our weekends have been packed with fun with family and friends, and of course getting Vesper puppy out and about, she of course loves the mountains too!

After our trip to the corn maze and pumpkin patch I finally got around to making our home feel a little more like fall too.