Last weekend we were supposed to be in Hawaii for a dental conference with some of our friends from dental school. The trip fell through, so we decided that the next best thing was to meet in Utah! We met up with our good friends, Andrea and Ryan and had such a fun weekend, especially since it was sans kids!
We flew in Thursday night and Jon and I ate at the Market Street Grill in Salt Lake which has really good seafood. We stayed at Annie and Heidi's apartment and drove their car since they were down here at our house watching our kids! It was nice not to have to worry about renting a car or staying at a hotel. Ryan and Andrea got there around 10:00 and we stayed up until 4:00 just talking and catching up. The nice thing was that we could sleep in as late as we wanted the next morning!
Friday we spent the majority of the day shopping, mainly at Tai Pan, where I bought some Fall and Christmas decorations and other random stuff. I love that store. Getting everything home on the plane was a little challenging, but I managed to fit everything in. A couple things were broken when we got home, but nothing that super glue can't fix!
Friday night we went to the BYU v. Utah State football game and I'm happy to say that BYU actually won a game that we attended!!! Ryan and Andrea are Utah State alumni so they cheered on their Aggies while we rooted for our Cougars. It was a fun game and thankfully it didn't get too cold. After the game we had to make a stop at Iceberg for milkshakes and french fries with fry sauce- no trip to Utah is complete without eating these fine delicacies!
Saturday we got up and stood in line for General Conference. While we were waiting someone walked by and offered us four tickets so we ended up and getting really good seats in the Conference Center.
It was such a good session of Conference. They talked a lot about love- Christ's love for us and our love for our family and friends. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang 'Come, Come, Ye Saints' at the end of the session and it was so powerful- the spirit was really strong. I love opportunities like this that help strengthen my testimony.
After conference we ate at the Lion House restaurant for lunch and it was so good. Their rolls and honey butter are my favorite- I could eat them all day!
After lunch we did a little shopping at The Gateway (not the Gateway Center!) and then headed back over to Temple Square to watch the Joseph Smith movie at the Legacy Theater. The movie made us really appreciate everything Joseph Smith went through to restore the Church.
Ryan and Jon then headed back to the Conference Center for the Priesthood session and Andrea and I headed back to The Gateway to do a little more shopping! We met up for dinner afterwards and then hung out at the apartment until 2:00 in the morning. Sunday morning we got up early and flew home. It was such a good weekend... who needs Hawaii anyway?!!! We love Ryan and Andrea and it's always a good time whenever we get to hang out!
The kids were excited to see us when we got home, but were sad to say goodbye to Jon's sisters, Annie and Heidi who watched them all weekend. They were so nice to take care of everything while we were gone and the kids had a great time with them! We brought home these little ball poppers for the boys and they were so nice to play with them for at least an hour!
We really appreciate them watching the kids and making it such a fun weekend for them. Hopefully they got a good nap in when they got back to Utah before they had to head back to work Monday morning!
It's been fun going on these weekend getaways the past few weeks, but I think we'll be hanging around home for a while now before the kids start wondering who their parents are!!!
9 comments:
Sounds like so much fun. I really need to check out this Tai Pan store you guys are always talking about. Are they only in Utah?
Glad BYU won this time! :)
Hey! Looks like a fun weekend! Wish we could've come--or that you could've come with us! You guys sure know how to pack it all in in a short weekend. Hope to see ya soon!
it's true, you have been gone a lot lately. when are you coming to AZ? cute pics. the pic of you guys at the game looks like you guys could all be in college again. so sweet!
Glad to see you broke your BYU game attendance losing streak.
Sounds like fun! It's always good to catch up with good friends. And how nice that you could relax while the boy's aunts took such good care of them. They are so nice!!
I think I need to meet the Payne's. If you like them, my sister likes them, then I will probably like them! Plus, they don't cheer for the Y which is always a plus. Now, when are we gonna get to Hawaii?
You guys always have so much fun. You girls look so cute, did you mean to match for the fball game? I didn't know you guys were planning on hawaii. Next yr is orlando, i think.
I was reading that virtue article on the meridian and saw you on one of the pictures, such a cool thing to get to do :)
You make Utah sound like so much fun! Great friends make any place a fun place to hang. Love your pics. The boys' aunts are super awesome, by the way. They are very brave to take on the trio for a weekend! :)
It really was such a fun weekend. Lots of my favorite things with some of my favorite people, whats not to love?? Thanks again to Jon's sisters for letting us crash at their place. I hope we get to do it again soon.
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