Salt Lake City Weekend

Last weekend we loaded up and headed to Salt Lake City, Utah to celebrate our 5th anniversary and Zack's first Father's Day. It was a spur of the moment trip that was well worth the 4 and a half hour drive (one way). This was also the first time we've been on an interstate and in traffic since we moved here. Haven't missed that. The first day it rained so we were forced to shop ALL DAY! We stopped in Park City, UT which is the cutest little place-apparently a huge ski town. (I was looking for Jon Gosselin everywhere-but thats another story!) It was so fun to stay in a nice hotel, eat at our favorite restaurants and do some serious shopping-oh yeah, and enjoy the beautiful scenery. The next day we visited the famous Temple Square which is where the Mormon church is based. It was absoulutely gorgeous and very interesting to see. We took a tour through some of the buildings and learned a lot of the history of this religion that is so prominent out here. Although we disagree with most of their beliefs, the people there were so welcoming and polite. We also checked out Great Salt Lake which is huge but not quite like the lakes and beaches in AL. However, Utah is beautiful! I wonder if these people in the Sonic drive-thru even realize whats around them? This just shows you how we take for granted God's beauty all around us. (Don't take your Sonic's for granted though...yum!)  
 
 
 

Salt Lake City II

These pics are of the inside of some of the buildings in Temple Square. The first is where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs although they were not there on this particular day (not sure Lily would have made it through that anyway). The next is the Convention Center which seats 21,000 people. Its 4 stories high with 4 stories of parking underneath. There are no vertical beams inside so everyone there has an unobstructed view. They also held the opening ceremonies here for the Salt Lake Olympics. The roof of this building was spectacular. There's gardens and water falls and trees on the roof! Pretty interesting stuff to see. Mark this off the list of great places to visit on our anniversary. Although this year we already had the best anniversary gift there is... 
 
 
 

Funny Lily...

McCombs Family comes for a visit

We were so excited to get a visit from Zack's aunt and uncle and their three kids. They had never been to this part of the country so we took them on the rounds. We spent the weekend in Yellowstone Park and the Grand Tetons. We went to some places that we had also never been. We saw the geyser park surrounding Old Faithful and actually waited to see Old Faithful erupt. (It happens every 90 minutes.) Then we checked out Sheepeater Mountain (if you want the fake history of this mountain please see Luke McCombs who fabricated an entire story about it with a native accent no less.) We hiked down to the lookout over Lower Falls which was quite a feat-especially for Zack who carried Lily the whole way. Bless you! There was tons of wildlife out this time of year and this time we even saw a bear! All in all it was a great trip. Thank you McCombs family for taking your vacation to come and visit us. We had lots of fun and tons of laughter- Lily is quite bored without you. 
 
 
 

McCombs Visit Part 2

 
 
 
 

Spaghetti: A Delicious Mess