the dancing laura

last thursday i ate my first macaroon, and i must say, i think they are over rated. yes, they were yummy. and yes, they were pretty. and yes, i would definitely eat them again, but i still prefer a cupcake. cupcakes, i am on your side!

and now for some photos from the two football games handsome and i were able to enjoy! queso was involved during both games as well as lots of laughing. we had a great time during both of our visits and loved being able to hang out and see everyone. i have missed everyone so much!

preparing for the filming of greatest tailgater! i still think laura is the greatest!

and here is the dancing laura! i dont think handsome was aware of all the fun that was happening next to him. love it!

next up, ou/tx! super excited!

love.

pizza, mountains and outfit number three!

back in june (yes, i realize june was forever ago) handsome and i went to the mountains to look at different wedding locations. after enjoying the mountains for awhile, we became completely starving and headed over to grand lake for lunch. we settled on a pizza place and got a buffalo chicken pizza. it was the exact flavor i desired at that moment! delicious! we also got some ice cream for dessert. basically, it was a great day!

shirt: LOFT

skirt: thrifted

shoes: target

purse: LOFT

one thing i love about colorado is how amazing the sky looks on a beautiful day! it looks fake in photos as well as in real life. love it!

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theyre here!

i was super excited to get my photos back from my water camera to find out that i didnt rip the film! so now, as promised, some fun river photos from our memorial weekend trip!

i only posted this photo because of the flying bottle that just happens to be in the background. perfect image capturing our day! haha

we seriously had the best time ever! i hope there are a lot more trips like this in the future!


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number one!

i am excited to share my first 30 for 30 outfit! i wore this outfit the day after i moved to little rock. handsome and i went to eat some lunch and enjoy an ice cream cone before i had to take him to the airport. i wish he was able to stay longer!

this photo was taken in front of my new favorite store, box turtle, before i knew i would love it so much! the dress i wore to the wine festival and our engagement dinner is from here. i also got a few other super cute things including magnets and snail mail, but that is another story!

shirt: american apparel

skirt: thrifted

scarf: thrifted

shoes: chacos

bag: LOFT

sunglasses: thrifted

we ate at a place called u.s. pizza co. i know pizza and queso do not go together, but i had a craving and we had to try it! i thought the queso was very yummy, but the chips were not good at all. they were those heavy corn chips that you would expect to be served with your queso if you were at a bar. you had to put a lot of queso on the chips in order to try and hide the taste of the chip. it would have been perfect if lighter chips were served with it!

the pizza was very good. the crust was perfect! it was thin, but still fluffy. what i liked the most was the amount of cheese that was on it. there was a pretty patio on the side of the building that was surrounded by plants. i think this would be a very enjoyable place when the weather is not so hot. i will eat here again, but i would like to try other pizza places too.

and now for a funny story! handsome makes me sign the receipts when we go to restaurants. i am not sure why this is, but it is always how we do it. i always sign his name, but for some reason i had issues this day and signed my name. i realized after i put my first name and decided that kirsten kind of looked like preston and then finished the name with petty. handsome wanted to document the first time i signed my name as kirsten petty haha! it was an accident. we laughed about it for awhile and still bring it up sometimes! (this was before we were engaged, but handsome had the ring ready!)

we went across the street to a place called river city and got some very affordable ice cream cones! i got cookies and cream and handsome got strawberry (i think he may have a strawberry obsession). it was very refreshing since it was so hot outside! i did kind of wish i had gotten strawberry though. i feel that it would have had a fresher and colder taste to it.

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mountain love with my love: day three

we woke up and began packing things up so that we could check out and head to white water rafting when we realized that we needed to eat breakfast. we went down to the fancy restaurant inside of our hotel and naturally, we ordered the same thing: a breakfast sandwich with egg, cheese, bacon and avocado. there was the most amazing view of the mountains and the golf course for us to enjoy while we waited for our food and while we ate. just a small fact: the snow capped mountains in the background of the first photo are the mountains on the coors light bottle! the sandwich was delish and hit the spot! it actually made me feel way overly stuffed which was strange for me since queso wasnt even involved, but at least i knew i would not become starving while rafting!

i was super excited to go white water rafting and also super frightened. the safety talk at the beginning made it even scarier! it was filled with talk about how to safely float in the water when you fly out, how to avoid fallen trees without drowning and how to get back into the boat if youre lucky enough to fall in and stay close to the raft. once we were on the river it wasnt terrifying at all and was really fun even during the scary parts. the one aspect i did not like about the whole experience was the nasty booties we had to wear. they really grossed me out since so many people have worn them and mine were still moist when i had to put them on. i just tried to forget about it and focus on other things. we decided that the next time we go rafting we are going to go to a part of the river that is a bit more difficult. now that i know what to expect, it should not be as terrifying! i will also not forget sunglasses next time. it was very difficult to row and impossible to see when water pelted my unprotected eyeballs!

we went back to the hotel to enjoy some time at the pool before heading back to denver. our hotel had a slide in it and it was super fun! we played on it awhile, enjoyed the water for awhile and laid out for awhile. and then we decided we both needed telluride shirts. it was our engagement weekend afterall!

we bought our telluride shirts and then found a little sweet shop to get some lunch. we shared some friend macaroni (my first time to try it ever!), i got a chicken sandwich and handsome got a burger. we also decided to split an ice cream cone for dessert!

we are both wearing our telluride shirts in this last photo, but you cant really see them. i guess it means we will have to take another matching photo when we visit each other again!

telluride was definitely the best vacation and engagement weekend i could have ever imagined! i am so glad that we will always have an excuse to visit such a beautiful place again and again!

love.