The Rest of My Utah Trip

Here it is- time to go back to Pennsylvania, and the last 19 days have flown by!  It's been a wonderful visit, and we've seen lots of people and places, and just enjoyed each other.  What a good family we have!  Here's us on Sunday night after Bob and Kathy's meeting.  Matthew and Claire came to play games with us, and then we saw them the following week too.  Bryan had fun watching for Matthew in the choir broadcast that morning, and they did a good close-up of him.  Hope all these Salt Lake "kids" keep in touch!

On Monday night we went to Millcreek Canyon for a fun FHE cookout.  It's the canyon where Heather and Jake got engaged and is beautiful.  I love that you can be in Utah mountains in less than a half hour.  Bryan loved playing in the fire- he'll be a good Boy Scout some day.

The next day we took a little road trip to see more Toones. First we stopped in Tremonton where we were able to visit with Conne and Greg, Darrin, Trent and Lisa and their 3 cute kids. (Forgot to take pictures there, and their newly remodeled house and yard are beautiful!) Then we went on to the farm and had a delicious lunch with Sherm, Peggy, Steven, Fred, April and Ben (and his 3 kittens.) It was fun to see everyone and visit for a few hours. 

 

That night we stopped in Millville and spent the night with Margo Miller. We missed Bob who was traveling- they've been good friends of ours since college. In the morning we ran over to see their daughter Charlotte and Mark and their 5 kids- so cute. It was a great little road trip- just gone about 24 hours, but did lots of visiting in a short time.

Wednesday night Jake had tickets to the Days of 47 Rodeo at the Energy Solutions Arena (Delta Center to us) where the Jazz play. Interesting to see how they turned it into a dirty rodeo arena. Pres. Uchtdorf was there, and his grandson was one of the calf ropers. Fun to see him in casual "rodeo" clothes. =)

Thursday we took the boys to the Children's Discovery Museum at the Gateway.  Such a fun place!  Bryan just ran from place to place, and Matty was fascinated by the water exhibit.  

That night Jake and Heather took Grandma and I to see "Footloose" at the Scera Shell, which was a fun musical.  We had great seats right up front, and it was a beautiful evening to be outside.  I stayed overnight with my mom, went walking with her in the morning, and helped with some chores.  Brittney and boys came down and we picked up Tootsie for a yummy lunch at Los Hermanos.  Then we headed to BYU to tour the new Hinckley Alumni and Visitor's Center and shop at the Bookstore.  Always great to be on campus.

Jake worked late on Friday so Heather came over to play games, and we "girls" did some shopping on Saturday.  Then that night we attended a cello concert on Temple Square called "In Toone with the Past."  It was a distant cousin playing Curt's great-great-great grandfather's cello that he brought from England and across the plains with him.  He told John Toone's story and played some beautiful Hymns and classical pieces that John probably played.  "Come, Come, Ye Saints" brought tears to our eyes, and it was just nice to be there.  Matthew and Claire sat with us, and we enjoyed a bite to eat in the Garden Room at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building afterwards.  Nice evening of culture!  =)

I spent the night in Jake and Heather's new home and went to their ward with them in the morning.  Looks like it'll be a great place for them to live.  The Yospes had us over for dinner and they're such a nice family- we had a great visit with Jake's parents, brothers and sisters in law and nephews and niece.  Jake even got a haircut from his Mom while we were there!

Last night we had a family dinner at Chris's with her family, Grandma and part of Jaymi's family and ours.  Wish we'd had more time to visit!  It's been such a fun time, and now it's time to go to the airport!  Looking forward to being together at Christmas in Pennsylvania!  =)