Another Weekend in Utah

Before we knew we would be in the middle of a 7-game losing streak, we scheduled a trip to Utah for the Homecoming game against Boise State on October 6th. 

We always take an empty carry-on suitcase to bring back filled with Wood Connection crafts. It's the perfect suitcase for Logan to help with - until it's full of wood that is!

We got lunch at Mod Pizza at the airport and then we remember we had planned to eat at Pizza Pie Cafe that night. (Same thing happened when we flew to Utah in April.)

Rog was going on 2 weeks with the flu, so we ended up adding me as a driver on our rental car and I drove the entire trip. 

I decided to just go straight to the Wood Connection, so I didn't have to worry about fitting it in later. 

After that we met my parents at Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner. We could have gone somewhere else, but since they didn't have my favorite dessert pizzas when we ate there in April, I decided we could do pizza twice in a day again to get my beloved peach and apple dessert pizzas.

Then we left the kids with my parents at Jared and Cailey's house and headed to the game. Jared had earned box seats as a reward from Qualtrics, but then couldn't use them because they were going to Las Vegas that weekend. So we got to use the box seats and gave the other tickets we were going to use to Taylor and Mariah (the newlyweds).

We had heard there might be some food up in the box, but didn't know there was going to be a literal feast. We're talking drinks, nachos, candy bars, cougar tails, chips, popcorn, ice cream, cookies, brownies... 

When we saw how much food was up there, we realized we shouldn't have eaten all-you-can-eat pizza for dinner. There was also some healthier dinner food available, so we really hadn't needed to eat dinner at all. I ate some of a cougar tail and we took a few things down to Taylor and Mariah at halftime and a few things home with us after the game. 

It was a cold night and it was a really good thing we were sitting in the box seats because Rog was so sick. Otherwise we wouldn't have been able to stay very long. We stayed until the bitter end, but there were not many people who did. 

I follow a lot of quilters on Instagram who always take pictures of their quilts in fun places, so I had brought Logan's football quilt to take a picture of it in the stadium. By the time we got down closer to the field, the stadium was almost completely empty.

#husbandsholdingquilts

For Saturday we had planned a lunch at my Uncle Kevin and Aunt Becky's house with my Ririe cousins. Rog decided he was too sick to come, so he stayed at Jared and Cailey's house while the rest of us went up to Salt Lake. After eating lunch, the kids played in the backyard while the adults just talked and hung out inside.

After that we had plans to meet up with the Woods and the Goodrichs for dinner at Wheeler Farm. Logan fell asleep in the car and I didn't want to wake him up to go inside to get dinner somewhere, so I ended up ordering Chick-fil-A on my phone and picking it up.

We ate and let the kids play on the playground while the adults talked and got caught up. Peyton loved seeing Elsie again.

We also walked around the farm for a bit to see the animals and take some fun pictures. 

Molly Goodrich, Stockton Goodrich, Mikki Wood, Alleah Wood, Corbyn, Brynn Goodrich, Ivy Goodrich, Logan, Elsie Wood, and Peyton.

I used up the last of my phone battery ordering dinner, so Kelli took pictures and sent them to me.

Before we knew it, it was dark and time to get the kids home and to bed, but it was so nice to spend a few hours with these forever friends. I love that we can not see each other for months or even years, but we always pick up right where we left off!

On Sunday we went to Jared and Cailey's ward (without them) and then packed up. We had dinner at Anthony and McKae's house with Martha (Taylor was out of town). 

Then we caught our flight home.

We didn't cram in as much as we normally do on our trips to Utah, but we had fun living the high life at the BYU game (even though we lost) and seeing family and friends.