SLC Weekend

At the first of October we thought about going to 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, Jon and Sarah and had such a fun weekend, it was nice to drop the kids off at my parents and just hang out with adults for the weekend. We stayed at Jon's sisters apartment, which we really appreciated, it was nice to be able to stay up late chatting and catching up.

Friday we spent the majority of the day shopping, mainly at Tai Pan, I love that store. Watching Sarah try to fit everything in her suitcase to fly home with was entertaining, she did have a few casualties but hopefully everything can be repaired. Friday night we went to the BYU v. Utah State football game. It was a fun game and thankfully it didn't get too cold. After the game we had to make a stop at Iceberg, one of Sarah's favorite Utah eating spots. I do take fry sauce for granted.

Most of my bestest friends are Cougar fans

Believe it or not the Aggies scored first, I had to take a picture just in case no one believed me. We were just happy that it was a good game!!

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. Ryan can't get enough of Jon's IPhone.

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 Conference, I enjoy when it comes around. This was my first time ever going and it was a great experience. I would love to do it again. I am so happy to be a member of this church!

After conference we ate at the Lion House restaurant for lunch and it was so good.

Their rolls and honey butter are amazing.
After lunch we did a little shopping at Gateway and then headed back over to Temple Square to watch the Joseph Smith movie at the Legacy Theater. Once the movie started I realized that we had seen it before, but I still enjoyed it. It makes you 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 Sarah and I headed back to 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 and headed back to my parents. It was such a good weekend and really was one of the highlights of our fall. We love Jon and Sarah and it's always a good time whenever we get to hang out!

I hope to do it again soon!!

Wishing They Lived Closer

Disclaimer:

I am a total slacker at blogging lately, but I have so much to get caught up on. I am totally copying Sarah's blog about this fabulous weekend. I know she will forgive me, she knows I'm a slacker.

After all of Bailey's birthday stuff, we got ready for our friends the Drapers to visit. The totally drove out of their way just come visit and we are so glad they did. We were really good friends all through dental school and continue to be close, despite the hundreds of miles between us! It's fun that even though we haven't seen them for a year, we just pick up like nothing has changed. The first night we went out to dinner and then we all (minus the kids) stayed up until 6:00 in the morning talking- it was so fun- just like old times. Needless to say we were really tired the next day, but it was well worth it! If anyone knows Ryan, staying up that late is pretty much next to impossible for him. It takes some great company to accomplish that feat. He does get pretty entertaining when he stays up that late though, we call him fun Bobby (Friends).

On Friday Sarah and I spent the afternoon doing what we do best- shopping!

We left the kids home with the guys and they had fun playing games outside and just hanging out. Bailey and Ellie had so much fun with Jake and Nate they thought they were hilarious. We no longer call quesadillas by their name in our house. They have to be called triangles. So we have a Jake reminder at least 1 or 2 times a week.

After shopping we took the kids swimming.

Ellie and Nate got a long really well. He is such a cute kid.

Logan and Max chilled in the wagon. Max has quite the arm he can throw the ball like a champ!

When we got back from swimming the kids ate popsicles outside and just played until we could get them to go to bed.

After swimming be barbecued and hung out playing games. Saturday Sarah and I went running and helped get them ready for a long drive home. On their way out of town we ate at Five Guys which is sort of like In 'n Out. My take on it is this...... I think In 'n Out has better burgers but 5 guys fries and fry sauce were so good.

The time came too quickly to say goodbye but we were so happy they came our way. It was such a great couple of days. We need to do it more often. We have some really great friends from that time in our lives and I feel blessed that we are all still so close. We love you Drape's and look forward to the times that we get to hang out. Thanks for being such great friends and we can't wait to do it again, you are welcome here anytime. Too bad Southern California and Boise aren't closer.........Disneyland here we come!