Fall Trip: Part I

October is quickly becoming our favorite month.  Each year as the leaves begin to change our little family packs our bags and heads West. This year we put over 2000 miles on our rental car, drove from Utah to Sacramento and spent 5 days there with my family before heading South to spend a few days at The Happiest Place on Earth.
I am so grateful for the opportunities our family has to travel. Kevin works so hard to make all of our Fall trips happen and each year we make more memories I cherish deeply.
My sister Aubrey and her family recently moved back to Sacramento while her husband completes basic training so it very special to spend time with them.  We miss having the Hedlunds here in Utah with us.    It took a whole day of travel with car delays, traffic delays and re-routing's, but after twelve long hours we made it Sacramento. We waisted no time and jumped right in playing hard with our family.
We spent a morning at Apple Hill eating yummy apple pie and snapping a few family photos. We attended a fun fall carnival at cousin James school and spent many nights surrounded by family and good food. 

The kids had nasty coughs the whole week we were on vacation so we took LOTS of naps to keep our energy levels up for playing! 

 This is my Aunt & Uncles BackYard and I LOVED getting to spend some time at their home, one of my favorite childhood "hang out" homes! 

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Come back tomorrow as we head South from Sacramento to the Happiest Place on Earth.

How We Wore It // Darker Fall Tones

It's that time of month again. How We Wore It Wednesday has channelled its inner Halloween and gone DARK! 

This months inspiration comes from Style Lately. The gorgeous gingham top from Zara paired with the dark skinnies and the pointed toe heels  makes for the perfect outfit to match the mood of these dreary overcast, 60-ish degrees days.

Here's my take on it: Gingham isn't a popular print in my wardrobe but I did find an old scarf that I love. Paired with the printed scarf I went with a casual black and white look inspired by Style Lately's black and white top. Is the old saying "You can't wear white after labor day" still valid? If so, I'm throwing that rule out the window. My rule is "you can't wear white after it starts snowing" because with two kids the beautiful fresh white powder turns into a brown muddy mess. These white ripped jeans from Old Navy are the ONLY pair of white bottoms I own and I absolutely love them.  My black long sleeve shirt, also from Old Navy, is a great fit and can be worn on it's own or under a sweater if you need to dress it up.

Scarf: Forever 21. Black Top & White Jeans: Old Navy. Boots: Forever Young Shoes.

One of my favorite parts of this photo shoot was my handsome little photographer. 

How adorable is he?  Thats what happens when you realize your hubby will be home from work WELL after the sun goes down and you've been on vacation the last 11 days. I would say my 3 year old did pretty good huh?  Of course there were a few outtakes.

Some of my favorite bloggers also styled this look so go see how they wore  Darker Fall Tones:

Brooke at Silver Lining

Alexa at He and I

Aubrey at Aubrey Zaruba

Hannah at Hannah Rae

Sierra at Sierra's View

Sharlee at My New Lines

Berkley at Berkley Anne

Amy at Harris Inc.

Brooklyn at Brooklyn Jolley

Amy at Lamb & Ivy

Autumn at Stay Gold Autumn

Brielle at Breezy and Co

Riley at Riley Jo Blog

Maren at Maren and Co

Tori at The Doing Things Blog

Megan at Diary of This Girl

Robin at Penn & Quill

Justine at Little Dove Creations

Bekah at These Are The Days

Lex at What Life Brings

Shelbie at R+S Brereton

Jennifer at Jennifer Sikora

Sarah at My For Real Life

Deidre at Deidre Emme

Rachel at Rachel Sayumi

Wanna join next months How We Wore It Collab?  My sweet friend Brooke over at Silver Lining organizes the whole thing and she's amazing!  She has a link on her post on how you can sign up!