Weekend in Salt Lake City

Following graduation we headed back home to work for two days. We had plans to take a little trip to Salt Lake City to visit the grandparents. We left Friday after work and met them at the Cheesecake Factory in the City Creek Mall. After a delicious dinner, lots of great conversation, and of course a slice of cheesecake we headed to the Marriott hotel. Daniel and I wanted to head to the hot tub for a while. After we had enough we went back to the grandparents room and heard story after story of their early lives. We made a plan for Saturday and headed to bed.

Saturday morning we started our day right with a trip to Bruges for a delicious waffle breakfast. After getting our fill Daniel and I headed for the Salt Lake Temple. We had never done a session in this temple before and were excited to have the opportunity. It was beautiful. It was also fun to be there on a busy June Saturday-lots of brides and grooms. We met up with grams and gramps after and headed to Moochies for sandwiches. Daniel had the classic Philly Cheesesteak and I tried the Meatball Marinara. Both were so delicious. Then we went up to the University of Utah to see a couple sites. My Great Grandma Garff recently had her name put on an office in the new business school. We tried to get up to the office first but unfortunately the offices needed special permission to access on Saturdays. Oh well the building was really cool. After wandering we went up to the new Honors Dorms. 

 Overall it was fun to explore campus. Afterwards grandma took us to the neighborhood where she grew up and showed us her first house. We went back to the hotel for a power nap then went to dinner at Valters. It was a fancy Italian restaurant and boy was it tasty. Not only was the food delicious but the whole experience was a night to remember. After spending a few hours enjoying the food and company Daniel and I went to City Creek to walk around then off to the hot tub again.

Sunday morning we had church at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. We grabbed a quick bite to eat and then headed to my Great Grandma Garffs house. We really wanted to see her before we leave and it was perfect to spend a Sunday afternoon in her company. She told us stories and we updated her on our lives. We laughed a lot  and just enjoyed spending some quality time with this lovely lady.