On Saturday, May 15, Greg took me down to St. Louis, and I headed home to Utah for a much-needed break from the Lincoln Home. But more important than having a break was seeing my family! Mom was brave to venture up to the airport after all of her radioactive iodine ordeals, and we had a delicious brunch at our favorite place (thank you for introducing us to it, Aunt Karalie!), the
Left Fork Grill. Then we went to visit the Barretts. I can't believe how big these three girlies are getting!
It was very nice to go to the 8th Ward with Mom and Dad on Sunday. I was able to see and catch-up with many friends there. Then the Barretts came for dinner, which included some serious playing outside :-) Here are Sid and Grandpa taking a break and eating a tasty yogurt Creamie. Camden has become quite the excellent soccer and football player. I was very impressed with her mad skills.
On Monday Mom and I went to her eye appointment, then we ran a few errands and had a delicious lunch at Rumbi Grill. We took home an awesome fish wrap for Rich--Rumbi's food is de-lish! It was fun to watch "24" at home that evening, just like the good old days. Then on Tuesday we had lunch with our good friend Yevon. On Wednesday Mom and I ventured up to IKEA--probably the coolest store in the whole world! If only there was an IKEA in Springfield . . . . We had a fun lunch there, and then enjoyed looking at
all of the neat stuff. We love IKEA!
Also on Wednesday was Miss Riley's preschool graduation! She is probably the smartest preschooler I have ever seen. Here is part of the fan club: Sid, Grandma, and Grandpa. The graduation program included some great singing and even some really big words like "marsupial."
There's our favorite graduate--front and center! She was given the "most artistic" award, which is very appropriate since she is indeed quite the artist. The kids were all cute, but Riley stood out as the cutest of all. On Thursday Mom and I went up to BYU so I could meet with my good friend Dr. Rugh. Then that evening Mom, Dad, and I celebrated Mom's bravery through all of her thyroid issues by eating a little Thai food! We had some Coney's Custard (the best in the world!) for dessert--what a great day and what a
wonderful trip to Utah. It was hard to leave on Friday, but I'm glad that Mom is doing better and that I had the chance to spend time with my family.
Mom and Dad got up bright and early to take me to the airport on Friday. Greg was waiting for me in St. Louis, and then we went and had lunch at Pujols 5 Grill--our favorite Cardinals star's restaurant :-) The food was good, but probably the coolest thing about the place was seeing all of the memorabilia. Then it was off to the Cardinals game!
It was a
perfect evening for baseball. Every Cardinals game Greg and I have been to in the past has either been too cold (and rainy) or too hot. But Friday night was perfect. Here's our favorite Albert Pujols up to bat. He is so dreamy (don't worry, Greg agrees) :-) The Cardinals were playing the Angels, and it was a pretty close game, until the 3rd inning . . .
. . . when the PITCHER hit a GRAND SLAM! It was soooooo cool. Brad Penny was pitching, and he was kind of having a rough time. At the bottom of the 3rd with two outs, the Angels walked Skip Schumaker to load the bases and bring up Brad Penny (who had a .111 batting average at that point--not very good). But what does he do? He hits it out of the park! Greg and I had never seen a Cardinal hit a home run at Busch Stadium, and it is quite the experience. There were fireworks (I tried to take a picture of them, but it was kind of tricky), and the crowd went absolutely insane. Then the next batter hit a home run too! The Cardinals ended up winning 9-5. It was a great game! The hardest part was getting up and going to work the next day. The first person I ran into was Laura :-( She said, "Oh, you're back. Have you had a chance to look at . . . and check on . . . and finish . . . and coordinate . . . . yet?" Nope--I just got here. Needless to say, it was a long day. Even though it was only one day of work, at the end of the day I felt ready for the weekend :-) Tomorrow I have a job interview at the Lincoln Heritage Museum in Lincoln, Illinois--keep your fingers crossed for me!
On Saturday, May 15, Greg took me down to St. Louis, and I headed home to Utah for a much-needed break from the Lincoln Home. But more important than having a break was seeing my family! Mom was brave to venture up to the airport after all of her radioactive iodine ordeals, and we had a delicious brunch at our favorite place (thank you for introducing us to it, Aunt Karalie!), the Left Fork Grill. Then we went to visit the Barretts. I can't believe how big these three girlies are getting!
It was very nice to go to the 8th Ward with Mom and Dad on Sunday. I was able to see and catch-up with many friends there. Then the Barretts came for dinner, which included some serious playing outside :-) Here are Sid and Grandpa taking a break and eating a tasty yogurt Creamie. Camden has become quite the excellent soccer and football player. I was very impressed with her mad skills.
On Monday Mom and I went to her eye appointment, then we ran a few errands and had a delicious lunch at Rumbi Grill. We took home an awesome fish wrap for Rich--Rumbi's food is de-lish! It was fun to watch "24" at home that evening, just like the good old days. Then on Tuesday we had lunch with our good friend Yevon. On Wednesday Mom and I ventured up to IKEA--probably the coolest store in the whole world! If only there was an IKEA in Springfield . . . . We had a fun lunch there, and then enjoyed looking at all of the neat stuff. We love IKEA!
Also on Wednesday was Miss Riley's preschool graduation! She is probably the smartest preschooler I have ever seen. Here is part of the fan club: Sid, Grandma, and Grandpa. The graduation program included some great singing and even some really big words like "marsupial." 
There's our favorite graduate--front and center! She was given the "most artistic" award, which is very appropriate since she is indeed quite the artist. The kids were all cute, but Riley stood out as the cutest of all. On Thursday Mom and I went up to BYU so I could meet with my good friend Dr. Rugh. Then that evening Mom, Dad, and I celebrated Mom's bravery through all of her thyroid issues by eating a little Thai food! We had some Coney's Custard (the best in the world!) for dessert--what a great day and what a wonderful trip to Utah. It was hard to leave on Friday, but I'm glad that Mom is doing better and that I had the chance to spend time with my family.
Mom and Dad got up bright and early to take me to the airport on Friday. Greg was waiting for me in St. Louis, and then we went and had lunch at Pujols 5 Grill--our favorite Cardinals star's restaurant :-) The food was good, but probably the coolest thing about the place was seeing all of the memorabilia. Then it was off to the Cardinals game!
It was a perfect evening for baseball. Every Cardinals game Greg and I have been to in the past has either been too cold (and rainy) or too hot. But Friday night was perfect. Here's our favorite Albert Pujols up to bat. He is so dreamy (don't worry, Greg agrees) :-) The Cardinals were playing the Angels, and it was a pretty close game, until the 3rd inning . . . 
. . . when the PITCHER hit a GRAND SLAM! It was soooooo cool. Brad Penny was pitching, and he was kind of having a rough time. At the bottom of the 3rd with two outs, the Angels walked Skip Schumaker to load the bases and bring up Brad Penny (who had a .111 batting average at that point--not very good). But what does he do? He hits it out of the park! Greg and I had never seen a Cardinal hit a home run at Busch Stadium, and it is quite the experience. There were fireworks (I tried to take a picture of them, but it was kind of tricky), and the crowd went absolutely insane. Then the next batter hit a home run too! The Cardinals ended up winning 9-5. It was a great game! The hardest part was getting up and going to work the next day. The first person I ran into was Laura :-( She said, "Oh, you're back. Have you had a chance to look at . . . and check on . . . and finish . . . and coordinate . . . . yet?" Nope--I just got here. Needless to say, it was a long day. Even though it was only one day of work, at the end of the day I felt ready for the weekend :-) Tomorrow I have a job interview at the Lincoln Heritage Museum in Lincoln, Illinois--keep your fingers crossed for me!
2 comments:
Glad you had a fun trip to Utah! I hope your mom's doing okay. Thyroid issues can be pretty crazy. A new job, perhaps? I hope it works out for you :)
Sounds like a fun game. Sam and Savannah got to sing with their middles school choir at a cardinal's game last month. It was awesome!! And there were 4 or 5 home runs by the Cards. Lots of fireworks and a final score of 10-4. Go Cards!!
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