Emma and I hit the road to Utah this past weekend to visit Chelsea at BYU. Matt and Josh went on a high adventure to the White Clouds, so we took off without them. See my camera in my sunglasses? It is much harder to take self portraits with my new camera. Especially while driving.
We arrived at my mom and dad's house in the early afternoon. My Grandma Fillmore was still there and so were some "old" friends of my parents, the Hyatts. They were staying for the night. They left to go visit some other friends and came back late at night. Brother Hyatt was my Sunday School teacher when I was a senior in high school.
My parents took us to see the Disney Pixar movie "Brave". It was a fun movie... but not one of their best. My grandma hated it. Plugged her ears half the time. She was even seen with her eyes closed. She said "It was the most violent movie I've ever seen!" and wondered if this is what kids these days are growing up with. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the MOST violent movie she's ever seen. It was animated vikings, Grandma:) But I guess it was loud and had a lot of crashing and yelling and growling. I love my grandma. After the movie, we had dinner at Bajio.
Emma had fun even though there weren't any cousins to play with. She likes Grandma Wright's swing.
Friday morning, after a quick run with "Emma-in-Training", we ate a yummy breakfast and then headed down to Utah County to meet up with my Chelsea. Can I just say that driving in Utah is crazy! The speed limit is 65 but 75 mph is the norm even with lots of traffic. And once I got over the "point of the mountain" the speed picked up, and I found myself going 82/83! That didn't last very long, but the crazy thing is... I wasn't even the fastest one.
It was so good to see Chelsea again. I loved watching Emma run to meet her big sister and give each other a hug.
It was lunch time so we headed towards the mall to find something yummy. PF Changs was calling... at least for me and Chelsea. Emma was not very happy about that choice. She actually stayed on the pouty side for the rest of the afternoon. Silly girl. Get over it. That's a fake smile in the picture.
While at University Mall, we went shopping. I bought a white layering tank at ModBod. I wanted to try one of theirs... I love the fabric, and I chose one with wider straps for better coverage. Across from that is MikaRose... modest dress heaven! I wish we had something like that in Boise, but I've seen them online, so now I must remember to order from there. I bought the "Emma" dress. So cute and comfy. But the name is what caught my eye first.
Back at Heritage Halls on the 4th floor bay window...
I got to meet all of her roommates. I forgot to get a picture of Kimball before she left on a weekend trip to Zions Ntl Park with some other friends. But here are Ashley, Lauren, Jessica, and Meredith with the Chelster.
We walked in the rain to the BYU Creamery on 9th Street. That is where Chels gets most of her groceries, so I wanted to check out what they had. A bit expensive, but it has just about all one would need. Especially ice cream... which we devoured before venturing back out in the rain.
It was evening time... time for the social life to begin. So I, the mom, and Emma, the baby sister, needed to depart so that the college girl could have some real fun. We drove through a summer storm up to my sister Heather's house. We took her to dinner and had a nice chat with her. I promised Emma that she could pick where we ate dinner since she was "forced" to eat chinese for lunch. She chose IHOP. That wouldn't have been even near the top of my list, but that is where we went. And that is where all of the old people in Midvale/Sandy went on that Friday night. Ha Ha!
Darn it! I forgot to get my camera out and take a pic of my sweet sister. Next time:)
We stayed the night at my big brother's house in Herriman. I slept soundly in his media room in the basement. Nice and dark. Thanks Kimi and Erik and kids! (sorry, Erik, I caught you blinking)
Saturday morning we went back to Provo. We picked up Chelsea, and we went to this place. See my cute girls walking happily together? And look at those mountains! I NEED them in my daily life!
The Shops at Riverwoods. A pretty, outdoor shopping plaza. Zions Mercantile was fun to walk through. I could have bought several paintings and a bronze statue. We also discovered Apricot Lane Boutique. Chels got a super cute top and Emma bought an adorable little hat. I got some yellow and orange earrings. We found out that they just opened one in Boise. Awesome. But what I was most excited to walk through was Blickenstaff's, a toy store that I've read about on the nieniedialogues.
We enjoyed lunch at Marley's Gourmet Sliders. Oh my yumminess. Shoestring fries with a spicy fry sauce. Crispy-edged cheeseburger that tasted oh so good. Just the right size for me. I would like one again tomorrow, please. Unfortunately, they serve Pepsi products. That's the only downer.
Check out how Emma's kid meal came packaged. So cool.
And look what we found outside of Marley's. Zoltar... from the Tom Hanks movie "Big". The girls got a kick out of getting their fortune.
After a couple of wonderful hours, it was time to give my girl a kiss and a hug and leave her to do her thang! It was fun to see her after being apart for a month.
Heading north, Emma and I made a quick stop at IKEA to get a couple of things. Love that store!
This was Emma on our long drive home together. She got that big ol' jawbreaker at Blickenstaff's. She licked it practically the whole way home. Oh, and that is her cute hat she bought. She added the flower onto it to add some more flair.
I'll be hitting that road again really soon to bring Chelsea home for a quick break before fall semester starts. Should be another great adventure. Gotta remember to play the "Similar" game and do "Speeches" again with my kids. (got that idea from 71Toes!) It was so fun to do with Emma.
No comments:
Post a Comment