The Sweet Escape

My much anticipated weekend away happened this past weekend. It was planned long before Bode's tonsillectomy and I wasn't sure it was going to be a great idea to just take off. Luckily, he seemed to be turning the corner for the better before i left and improved consistently while i was away. So other than one really annoying afternoon of waiting for a return call from a physician who didn't return my call, i didn't worry about him TOO much. He was in great hands with Doug and certainly had more fun with him than he would have with me.

Enough about the homefront. Let's talk about ME. And my weekend. Kristen and i took off Thursday evening. When i was packing it was a very strange thing to be packing only for myself. My carry-on held 1)my wallet, 2)my cellphone, 3)4 Luna bars, 4)earplugs, 5)my intinerary, 6)a good book. That was it. I hardly knew what to do. I'm used to packing for two small children in tow. Meaning, my carry-ons are almost as big as my checked luggage. I pack for every possible mishap, incident and need. Diapers, games, toys, snacks, changes of clothes, toothbrushes, DVDs and players, more snacks, bribes, treats, surprises...You get the gist.

We arrived after a miniscule 90 minute flight (i'm used to 4 hour cross-country trips). Grabbed a cab and headed to my folks' condo. We watched Enchanted and went to bed.

Friday we spent shopping. Breakfast at Whole Foods (didn't pass a bagel place on the way). We headed to the Sugarhouse area of SLC and checked out the Sundance and Patagonia outlets. We ate at Cafe Rio. Yum. Love that place. Then we chilled at the condo and that afternoon headed to Ikea. Oh. Ikea. How i love that place. It would be so much easier to re-do our master closet if we had an Ikea (so instead i'll just put Doug to work on that one...). Anyway. It was so nice to just be able to meander. We took our time. We didn't have to be home to pick up kids or get them down for naps.

We packed a ton in on Saturday. We spent the morning in Park City. We walked up and down Main Street and took in a ton of the art galleries. Found some great photographers. Loved this guy, especially. Bought a couple of his smaller prints that should work great in my master bathroom. We ate at Zoom, which had great, um, ambiance i guess. Kind of a lodge feel. Huge fireplace. Exposed beams. Photos of Sundance Film actors, directors; etc. And the food was really yummy. From Park City we went downtown to Temple Square. We walked around the temple, checked out the visitors' centers. I learned more about the actual building of the temple which was interesting. We checked out the SIX brides and grooms getting their pictures taken (Kristen said she loves to see brides. I told her she came to the right place for that!). We went across the street to check out the church Conference Center. We only went on the roof tour, which i hadn't done before (the only other time i've been to the Conf Center was right after 9/11 and the roof was closed). Kristen practiced her photography up there and i'll be interested to see what kind of shots she got.

After Temple Square we went to the Gateway mall. It was prom night, so it was kind of amusing to see all the couples out. There was also a Jazz game at the Delta Center right across the street, so the mall was packed. We grabbed some Thai food and headed home.

Sunday we met my grandma for brunch, drove around a little bit, tried to get Maggie Moo's for lunch but they were closed (oh, how i'd been craving it!). We hung out at the condo and headed to the airport in the afternoon.

It was a really nice little getaway. I enjoyed the time for myself and time to get to know Kristen even better. By 9:30 AM Monday i was already yelling at the boys. So. Oh well. Maybe that just means i need to get away again soon??