For whatever reason... Dan and I can't seem to visit Utah without it being a huge blur. We drove up with my mom last Friday (with Uhal trailer in-tow) to deliver a bed, box-springs, bed-frame, sofa, 2 bookcases, dresser, vacuum, and file drawer for by brother and his wife, Sarah,(ahhhh newlyweds). We arrived in Lehi at 1:45am... later that day (Saturday) we unloaded the Uhal trailer only to find that the bed wouldn't fit down the stairs to my brother and sister-in-laws' basement apartment. The moment we dragged the box-springs up the stairs and contemplated our next move, my brother's landlord called offering them the upstairs level of the house for the same rent they were paying in their dungeon below (a whopping $500/mo. for a 2 bedroom that's bigger than what Dan and I have here in CA...what are we still doing in CA?!) We were all SUPER excited at the timing...answered prayers! We spent Saturday moving them upstairs (and shopping in-between). We all went to pick-up Sarah from work (she works as a supervisor in the cafeteria at the MTC... so we got a tour!). We stopped by The Tooth Fairy Bakery in Provo (where Stephanie Nielson gets her cupcakes from). They were all out of VaNIElla Squared cupcakes, which bummed me out, however, I purchased and devoured the Double Fudge cupcake with no complaints whatsoever!
Sunday, we went to church. My mom and I cooked Matt's favorite dinner- Ham & Noodle casserole.
Monday- Mom, Mals, Dan, & I went shopping and site-seeing...but mostly shopping. Since Dan is a convert to the church, when we go to Utah he acts like he's in (what we have termed) "Mormon Disneyland" We met up with Matt & Sarah for dinner in Salt Lake City, along with some friends of ours that moved to Utah from Cali earlier this year, Christian & Deanna. We ate at the Red Iguana. Dan and I found out about this diner while watching one of our favorite foodnetwork shows 'Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.' This restaurant has such good Mexican food! I highly recommend it the next time you're in Salt Lake!
After dinner, Christian and Deanna introduced us to the glory of frozen custard or "concrete", as it is sometimes called. It was so good and super rich. Dan flew home that night and my mom and I drove back on Tuesday (with our ritual stop in Truckee, CA to see the variety store, a cooking store, and the Ace Hardware).
