What fun we had this weekend in Salt Lake with most of the adult family, only Clorinda, Dani, Pete and Tara were missing. We went to the temple and enjoyed the live performance there. There is an amazing spirit that comes while watching the live actors... they do an incredible job.
Following the temple we ran through the wind to the hotel so Sara and Jay and Jim and John could all register for their rooms. Amy had watched the baby boys and they had given her a rough time so they were crying. The wind blowing didn't help and Sara and I moved as quickly as possible to get them to some warmth... and of course feed them. People were laughing as we hurried past. Anyway we got checked in and babies fed and then we just hung out until we headed to the Joseph Smith building for dinner at the roof. We had a room to our selves with a huge round table. It was great fun with everyone trying things from buffalo to creme brulee. John sampled 20 out of 26 desserts and loved every minute of it. We had a great waiter named Stephen who took pictures of us and served us well.
After dinner we went back to the hotel for swimming. We enjoyed the pool - it was warm! We also dried off in the sauna which made it nice to get back to the room without freezing to death.
Sunday morning we went to the Tabernacle to hear the Choir and the Spoken Word. We all found Cal Simmons in the middle of the sixth row up. It was a powerful experience to hear the Choir in the Tabernacle. The BYU singers also participated and it was a wonderful time. After that we went to Laura's complex and enjoyed a nice lunch she had prepared complete with octopus - most of us passed on trying it including Amy who had Laura buy it. Most of the gang left for home following the lunch but a few of us went back to Laura's house and talked, watched AFV and had more food!
Monday Dad and I got to Ikea where we bought some great red shelves and also from Standard Restaurant got a great oven and proofer plus a set of bread shelves. Things are starting to come together for our cafe! We also went to Rodworks where we found ribbon holders and got ideas for a counter and for ways to hang bags and tissue. looking good!
Last night we ended our great weekend with Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat which was put on by some Cedar City youth. It was darling. Joseph was just a little 9 or 10 year old kid and there were four girls narrating. It wasn't professional by any means but the efforts were certainly appreciated. Ben and Connies two daughters were in it, Kadie Norton was Judah, the Espinoza kids were also there with Chelly playing the butler! So fun.
So I am writing this instead of dusting the store which I must now do. I pulled my back out over the weekend and will be going to see Dr. Murie this afternoon. Jim gave me a blessing yesterday which helped a lot but I am still in a sufficient amount of pain and hope the Dr. can help me.
This week we should start clearing out and moving in over at the new store. There is a lot to be done! We still need a toaster, grill and two burner stove plus several stainless tables and a triple sink. We are excited to pull everything together.
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