So this past weekend our family ventured up to Utah to see some friends of ours. We used our points with our timeshare company and got a couple of nights at a resort in Eden, Utah (up Ogden canyon). It was beautiful. The colors were amazing and the weather was just great. Now on Saturday afternoon it did rain on us, however, Darrel and I enjoyed every minute of the rain. We don't get that enough in Las Vegas and it was so nice to feel the cool, crisp fall air. We both enjoyed the weather immensly. Darrel took off work on Friday so we drove up to our friends (the Armstrong family) house and from there we met my mom and my brother, Ben, for dinner at Wingers in Lehi. We had fun seeing and visiting with them and after dinner we continuted our drive up to the condo in Eden. We pretty much just went to bed Friday night so we could all get rested for Saturday. We got up Saturday morning and went to this little restaurant in town for breakfast. They were horrible. Brenda and I had been there for lunch before and they were decent, but apparently their signature pancake is sourdough and all the pancakes we got were sourdough. None of the children would eat them and I actually thought they were pretty disgusting myself. We paid $62 for the privilege of eating bad food. Now, let me back up for a minute. While we were waiting to sit down at the restaurant Brian and Darrel decided that since it was such a nice day they were going to go back to the Armstrong's house and get the boat. So, they began their journey while Brenda and I stayed with the kids at the restaurant. Now, keep in mind that the Armstrong house is about an hour and a half to two hours away. Brian and Darrel drove all the way down the mountain and got to the house only to discover that they didn't have the key. They were unable to break into the house and so they came all the way back. By the time they got back the weather had turned very rainy and cold. The men took the children down to the condo's rec center to play tennis, raquetball, and basketball. They had a great time. We then decided that the two families would go together down to Ogden to go bowling. (That is a story for another day when I have more time) Needless to say, it took way too long and for that and other circumstances we got our money back (coke spills on the chairs, non-working lanes, moving lanes in the middle of the game, scoreboards that didn't take correct score, etc.) Our families always manage to have a good time together, though, and this was no exception. We then journeyed back to the condo and had a YUMMY meal that Brenda made for the two families. It was so, so, so good, I can't even tell you...my mouth and stomach were so happy! We put the kids to bed and the adults stayed up to watch "Against the Ropes" with Meg Ryan. Sunday morning we got up and had a great breakfast of crepes (made by Brenda) (and again...YUMMY) and we checked out about 9:30am. We drove back to Vegas and because of the time change we were able to get home by the afternoon and not feel extremely rushed or tired. We recoverd nicely from our trip and count it as a great weekend.
The picture above is one example of the awesome colors and the picture below was our view out the front of the condo.
This picture below is the view from the back balcony.
Brian, Brenda, Angela, and Darrel. We were looking down on the camera - (sorry Brian this picture was better of me :0) )
I stopped on the side of the road to get this picture - I just loved the sunflowers next to the wood fence.
The picture above is one example of the awesome colors and the picture below was our view out the front of the condo.
This picture below is the view from the back balcony.
Brian, Brenda, Angela, and Darrel. We were looking down on the camera - (sorry Brian this picture was better of me :0) )
I stopped on the side of the road to get this picture - I just loved the sunflowers next to the wood fence.
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