Date Weekend

 Sometimes I feel like there is big news, but it never really makes it into the Blog because it does not really make sense anywhere, so here are a couple things:

-Jenna came to visit for the summer and...is not going back to Iowa. She and Kevin are moving back to Utah. We are so excited. However, she had planned to watch out kids for a few days so Shantel and I could have a relaxing few days. See below.

-Matt and Brooklyn also messaged a few days later and told us they are moving back to live with Scott and Lori for a while. Since they were both working from home and basically stuck inside all day, they decided they might as well move back to Utah for a little while. 

We are so excited to have them both back close! 

Shantel and I originally booked an AirBnB in Logan and decided to hang out there for a few days. However, when we found out we were exposed to COVID-19, we cancelled the AirBnB while we could still get a full refund and decided to adjust. It ended up working out perfectly. 

Shantel dropped the kids off on Monday night and came home and we had the night together. Since we did not spend money on somewhere to stay, we wanted to do lots of good food. 

Monday night Shantel picked up Freddy's Steakburgers. I had really wanted to try their burger and we got custard as well. We ended up playing a few games (Codenames Duet and 7 Wonders, the two player version). It was so nice and so much fun and the food was delicious. We especially loved the fries from Freddy's. 

The next morning we headed up for a day trip to Logan. 

We started by walking around the temple. It was so nice and reminded us so much of our wedding day. It was beautiful and so good to remember that amazing day. 

Jenna said she would take Lucy, but we thought it would be nicer to just keep her since she is pretty happy to just go along, so we kept her for the few days. She did awesome and made a great companion for our trip. 

For lunch we picked up Cafe Sabor and it was so so good. We took it to 2nd dam and ate lunch and talked while looking over the river. It was so relaxing. We talked about a lot of things over the few days. The best part was talking a lot about our kids and what they need and how we can best teach them. 

Right after we went up the canyon and found some hobbit caves that we hiked to. 

After we headed to the Utah State campus to walk around and go to the store there. We could have spent hours there. We loved walking on campus and seeing everything. In fact, we might have, until a storm suddenly rolled in and we had to make a mad dash to the car and just missed getting drenched. It was one of the highlights of the day as we were just laughing once we got in the car. It starting raining so much harder right as we got under cover. 

In town we went to the bluebird for chocolate. The restaurant sadly was closed down, but around the corner they still had a bluebird chocolate shop. Then we got some bread at the Great Harvest Bread Company (and a cinnamon roll for breakfast the next day). 

On the way home we stopped by the Brigham City Temple to finish our temple tour from a few days before.

That night we were able to watch movies and eat good food. We picked up Capriotti's on our way home. 

The next day we went to IKEA to do a little shopping and found a bunch of fun stuff. We had to wait in line for a few minutes to get in since they only allow a limited number of people inside. 

 We did some more movie watching that night. We also got Summit Pizza for dinner and it was so good. 

It was such a relaxing few days and we loved the time together. We are so grateful for our kids. It was so nice to have a few days to unplug and relax and talk about how we can help our kids.