Weekend Getaway

We love to go on weekend getaways, this last week was spring break for Mark & as much as we wanted a whole week getaway just wasn't going to happen this year. We decided to enjoy living so close to Salt Lake and be tourists there for the weekend. Friday we drove down to Draper & attended the temple open house, it was gorgeous! I love seeing temples so of course I loved being able to attend the open house. That evening we had dinner at the California Pizza Oven than attended at 3D show at the planetarium at the Gateway. We saw "Under the Sea 3D" it was a neat experience. We also enjoyed seeing all the cool space stuff, next time Matthew has to come with us to explain everything we didn't understand...hint.hint Matthew!


Saturday we decided to go to the Gateway shopping, and people watching. We had some fun time people watching during the never ending St. Patricks day parade.


We spoiled ourselves and stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn, highly & I mean very highly suggest this hotel to anyone staying in Salt Lake. It wasn't the cheapest, but worth the extra money because the room was wonderful, bed comfortable & the service was great.

We did some trip adviser research for the top places to eat in Salt Lake & came upon a restaurant "Em's." The reviews were great & well its name was pretty awesome too so we decided to go there for dinner, bad choice. The food was okay, not worth what we paid, portions were so small we left still hungry....paying that much for a meal you shouldn't find McDonald's appetizing as you drive by, get my drift?!?! After the disappointment we decided we deserved a yummy dessert, so we asked Christian (the front desk guy at the hotel) where he suggested we go. He suggested "Gourmandise the Bakery" oh my gosh!! It was so good!! Next time you are in SLC and need a dinner & a treat you should stop by, they serve meals too. 250 S 300 E
Salt Lake City.

Sunday morning we got up and attended Music and the Spoken word, I just love going to the broadcasts! After the broadcast we hurried to the airport to pick up our dear friend Natalie, who was in Chicago for a wedding, we got to spend a couple hours with her before we hurried back to Logan to attend dinner at Grandma & Granddad's. It was such a great weekend! Hope you all enjoy the pictures!