A Day in SLC with EM

Matt was out of town last weekend on another little bike trip to St. George, so I thought I would take advantage of that and the good weather and go down to Sandy to see Em. We got up on Saturday and got ready and made the 2 hour trip down to see Em. We went to go and see her and Steven and their dog Mya and to see where they are living. So we stayed there for a bit and chatted and let the kids have a little break. Then we ventured on out.

First we went to a decorating store called Tai Pan for 30 minutes or so. It was Saturday and crowded, so we didn't stay for long. Not sure if there was some awesome sale going on or if it was just crowded cause it was Saturday. Not sure, but I was annoyed. It was too hard to even push a cart through there and Casen wanted out of the cart. So we got out of there fast. Then after we fed the kids, we decided to go on over to this Xmas Expo at the Expo Center in Sandy and check it out. I always see the commercials on TV and wanted to go and check it out. We actually ended up being there for 3 hours. And it was nice cause Casen slept in the stroller for half the time. It was crowded, but my kids were actually pretty good. There were alot of strollers, so it was kind of a nuisance trying to get down the isles. But it was still neat to see all the booths and buy a few things. They had jewelry, decorations, toys, frames, pics, hats, clothes, baby stuff, and food. It was almost overwhelming, there was so much to look at. I was hoping to find a few Xmas presents, but no luck there. Next year, I think I will not bring kids or a stroller and maybe things will be a little easier. But it was fun to be with Em and see all the fun booths and catch up on life.

Then afterwards, we decided to go and see my friend Sarah, who just had a baby a few weeks ago. We drove to her house, let the kids play, and visited for about 1.5 hours. It was a nice visit...fun to see her baby and get caught up. But Matt was starting to stress cause he was going to beat us home. OH NO! He gets stressed when his family is on the road and he is not with us...especially at night...when tired prego is driving. ( He does not trust me. When really it is the other way around. I never fall asleep driving. He is the one who falls asleep on road trips and I have to drive.) Anyway, we said our good-byes and by now we were all starving. So we went and got something to eat and took Em home and headed back to Logan.

It was fun to see Em and get caught up. I wish we lived closer and could do this more often. Love sisters....especially around the holidays when I am missing family.

We wanted to get home because the kids had their primary program the next day at church. Did not end up getting home till 11:30, but they all fell asleep in the car. The next morning, the program went nicely. Corey's speaking part went great, the kids sang cute, I made it through the program with only a little crying (sitting on the stage with the kids...I am a teacher in the primary), and Chad and Lynleys family came. Ryley, one of their twins decided she wanted to be in the program with a speaking part and everything, so they came to watch her. So that was making me emotional too. And Ryley did great too. The twins are getting baptized soon, so they have been coming to church lately. Corey and Cade are loving it. All in all, it was a good weekend and daddy got back safe and so did we.