Friday was our longest, on-the-go day. I thought ahead and packed Luke's pajamas, which was good, because when we arrived back at Gram's at about 8:30p.m. he was sound asleep. He was a champ for napping on the go all day and just squeezing in bits of sleep when he had a chance.
The day started at the farm at Thanksgiving Point.
We met up with my friend, and former Mothers Without Borders co-
team leader, Kat. (Why didn't we take a picture together???)
Our kids had fun together looking at all of the farm animals: petting cows, watching baby chicks hatching, feeding ducks, riding horses, and a bunch of other fun farm activities.
Noah was really excited to take a wagon ride around Thanksgiving Point.
We spent a couple of hours there, and while there were MANY interruptions between our collective five children, it was still such a treat to see my dear friend.
By the time we were done there lunchtime was over and, on a regular day, that means it's nap time. So we drove the Alpine Loop to see Utah's beautiful color and hoping our boys could get some MUCH needed rest.
No pictures of all of the fall beauty (I LOVE Utah in the fall!) though because there was no way we were taking the risk of stopping and waking up those sleeping little boys.
After coming down Provo Canyon into Provo we headed for BYU campus and met up with K.C. I remember going back to BYU as a kid and not really understanding why it was such a special place to my parents.
I completely get it now.
BYU is where I grew into an adult. It's where I made some of the dearest friendships that will last a lifetime. It's also where I got smart spiritually and academically and also managed to squeeze in a lot of fun. I love that place.
So now that I get it, I'm excited for our little ones to fall in love with that campus just like I did in my growing up years.
Noah says at BYU you get smart and have milkshakes. I'd say that's a pretty good start.
We visited lots of buildings on campus, which brought back many memories. We had both left BYU by the time the Hinckley Alumni Center was finished, so we made sure to stop and take a look. Noah was really excited about the race car in that room.
The Men's Chorus happened to be having practice as we walked through the HFAC, so Nate stopped and reminisced a little with K.C.
We were all getting hungry so we continued our walk down memory lane and went to Gandolfo's, one of our favorite casual Provo eateries. I'm sure the boys were thrilled that I was talking their picture after they'd all taken a bite of food.
Noah's was pretty happy with his first dinner there. That hot dog didn't disappoint.
After dinner we talked over to the construction site of the
Provo City Center Temple. It was really impressive to see the progress that's being made there.
And our fun in Provo culminated with, of course, a stop at the BYU Creamery for ice cream. Noah had been talking about getting a milkshake at BYU for weeks, so we definitely couldn't disappoint!
Seeing all those cute college students on dates at the Creamery made me wish a little that such experiences were a part of our story, but our love story definitely took a different path that began quite a while after we each left BYU.
After dropping off K.C. at his apartment we headed back to Gram's house in Salt Lake. We were worn out but so, SO happy. It had been another wonderful, memorable day spent together as a family!
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