After our crazy week that you can read about HERE we were
excited to head to Salt Lake to see the Jacobs that we were missing so much! It
had only been about 3 weeks since we had seen them but not having them across
the parking lot anymore is way sad.
So we got to Salt Lake Friday night and they made us a
delicious dinner and we just chatted and caught up which was fun and then we
decided to go get a little treat. They are living in downtown Salt Lake which
is so fun! They are so close that they can walk to a lot of things. So we went
for a walk to a little place called Gourmandise! It was the cutest little
place! It had lights outside and it was so busy!
*Garrett loved his hot chocolate and strawberry ring*
*The Jacobs and Garrett both got this strawberry ring and they said it was delicious*
*I got the strawberry kiwi tart and it was SO good*
Then we spent the rest of the night playing games until one
in the morning. We taught them to play Rummikub and Rook. Mine and Garrett’s two
favorite games lately! It was so fun! I would also like to say that Katrina and
I killed it in Rook.
Saturday morning we slept in a little bit and they spoiled
us with bacon, waffles, and eggs for breakfast! After we ate and everyone got
ready we went to the Salt Lake City Temple (my first time) to do sealings! It
was so beautiful and such a good experience. Do everything you can to go to the
temple.
Afterwards we walked around the temple checking out all the
brides and their wedding parties and of course we had to take some pictures! We
love these guys!
Then we went to mine and Garrett's favorite place to eat in
Salt Lake which is Blue Lemon. They have the most delicious grilled chicken
balsamic panini! Everyone needs to try it. That was just to hold us over until
dinner.
Jon and Katrina are in Salt Lake because Jon graduated and
got a job down there and they live about 250 feet from his work. How great is
that? So he went into work for a few hours so Katrina showed us around Trolley
Square and showed us Trader Joes. Trolley Square is the cutest place, it has a
lot of the original railroad station structures and it’s so fun!
We were big spenders and I treated us to gumballs. They were quite hard (almost broke my tooth) but a fun treat!
We played Rummikub while we waited for Jon to be done then
headed out to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner and then to the Utah Grizzlies
hockey game we went. Jon’s brother and sister in-law came with us. They live in Salt
Lake too while he goes to Medical School!
As we know, Buffalo Wild Wings is not a place for
socializing but it’s a good place to watch football, basketball or any sport
really. And we got lucky and the NFL playoff games were on while we were there.
Garrett thinks the wings last night were the best we have had so that was a
plus too!
We left from there to go to the hockey game at the Maverick
Center! Katrina almost got our snacks taken away, the game started with a fight, and
the Utah Grizzlies won.
It was Garrett’s first hockey game and he told us it
was a “screaming success.” So that makes for a good night. It was so funny
because it was 2-2 with 4 minutes left and then the Grizzlies scored and
Garrett stood up and started clapping and cheering so he clearly enjoyed it!
*We were speechless because it was so fun*
Overall it was the best weekend! It might have even made us
miss them more but we were glad to spend the weekend with them!
This morning we got up early and drove to Brigham City to
listen to Garrett’s “son” from the mission give his third homecoming talk. I had never met him before but it felt like I had known him forever. He gave such a good/inspiring talk and Garrett was so happy to see him!
CJ Brown, we are glad you are back and can't wait to see you again! Jacobs, we miss you already and better be seeing you soon as well!!
Come back!!! Such a fun weekend!
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