WICKED!!

I have wanted to see the broadway musical, "Wicked" for years.  So with it being our 20 year anniversary this year I asked Rick if we could get tickets and go see it.  So he checked around on the Internet and purchased us tickets for tonight.  I know Rick wanted to do a big trip for our 20 year anniversary, but we aren't financially able to do that right now.  This little trip was just perfect though!  The older three were all at EFY at SUU and so we brought the rest of the kids and dropped them off at my mom and dad's.  Then we headed downtown and checked into our hotel (which was right across the street from the Capitol Theatre) and rested a bit. 

We then walked around The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake.  Neither of us had been there before. It is really nice!  We went out to dinner at the Blue Lemon.  Then we went to the show and LOVED it!  We were on the back row, but the capitol theatre is not that big so it was fine.  I would really love to see it again sometime.  Then we walked around The Gateway again.  All of the businesses must close early because it was completely empty!  We went to Harmons and bought a half gallon of ice-cream and two spoons.  We ate what we wanted and threw the rest away. 

The next morning we slept in and then went walking enjoying the cool morning that we don't get in St. George.  We walked around the visitor's center and ran into a couple of people that we knew.  We stopped and visited with each of them for a while.  It was fun to just spend time with my honey -- just walking around and talking and sharing memories.  I really enjoyed it!

We checked out of the hotel around noon and headed back to my mom and dad's.  My mom had invited Shane and Alicia's girls, Adria and Rella, to sleep over too so that the cousins could play together.  She said that they got a little rambunctious!  The kids must have played hard while we were gone because after we got home Jenna lay her head on the table and fell asleep! 

Rick had tried to plan a Hand's Up Reunion tonight at my mom and dad's house, but it ended up only being three couples (Eric and Kerianne Hoth, Jeff and Julianne Peery, and us) and so we just went out to eat instead.  It was fun visiting and gabbing and the food at Gecko's was really good too.  Meanwhile, my mom and dad brought our kids out to eat at Red Robin along with Shane and Alicia's family and also Derek and Danielle's family.  I had fun with our friends but would have had fun going out to eat with our family too! 

We talked and talked for about three hours and so it was late by the time we got back.  We had been planning on heading straight back that night but by this time it was late and we were both tired.  So we ended up staying another night at my mom and dad's.  Janelle missed two rehearsals in order to come with us but I had put these dates on the conflict sheet before she ever started the play and so she was approved to miss.  We headed back Saturday instead, arriving around 2:00 or so.  The kids were back from EFY by then (Ky's dad, Roy Phillips, had picked them up).  Then we listened to their EFY adventures!