Visit to SLC

Before we decided on a date for me to begin my job in Mtn Home, I was insistent that we take a week off for some kind of a fun family vacation. We couldn't have had more fun! After getting "settled in" to our temporary living situation in Mtn Home we headed for SLC, Utah to visit our good friends Kari and Adam and their two kids. Adam, who was starting his second year of residency, was remarkably able to get that week off at the hospital. On our way down we stopped for a brief visit at the Salmond's residence outside of Logan. It was great to see Bishop Salmond and his wife Patty and hope that we can drop by some more in the future. We just spent about an hour or so there and enjoyed catching up with them and seeing their new house. Sarah and Nathan went into their toy room downstairs and we hardly heard a peep out of them until it was time to go. Patty enjoyed feeding them plenty of cookies : * ) We then continued our cruise down to the Sugarhouse area outside of Salt Lake and began our visit with Kari and Adam. It was really great to see them and spend time with them. We spent every evening playing games (primarily Ticket to Ride: Europe) until around midnight and then did various trips or visits during the day. We spent a day on Temple Square and enjoyed walking around there. We took a trip down to Provo to see our friend Eric as well as Mary's brother Kris. We went to the zoo in SLC and enjoyed doing that. Mary and Kari took a shopping trip up around Park City and Jeff and Adam played tennis a couple of mornings. It really was a vacation reminiscent of old times in this fun friendship of ours! Before heading home we went to another park (the name escapes me) that has a bunch of sprinklers and Nathan and Sarah just got SOAKED! and we weren't even planning on them getting wet so it was pretty funny. While there I met up with one of my old mission buddies, Corey and his wife Rebecca and their two kids. It was fun to catch up with them and hang out for a bit while also trying to keep track of our kids. It was really warm the week that we were there and so the kids enjoyed frequent sprinkler activities as can be seen in some of the pics below. Nathan really enjoyed Kari and Adam's boxer, Dirk, and had fun with him. We enjoyed barbecueing food and just hanging out together. It was a lot of fun. I think we kind of hi-jacked Kari and Adam's unexpected vacation, but I think that we all enjoyed a great time together. A big THANK YOU to Kari and Adam for hosting us and showing us around SLC a bit!!!!!

Sarah and Clate next to some fountains on the side of the Salt Lake LDS TempleSarah in front of the Salt Lake LDS Temple. CHEESE!
Sarah in front of the Christus statue on Temple Square in SLC

The kids playing in the water in Kari and Adam's backyard








Us with Mary's brother, Kris, at Chuck-A-Rama : * )