Park City, UT weekend

Tony and I took a 2-night weekend getaway to Park City, UT. This was our first getaway alone since we moved back to Utah in November 2005! We left the girls with my sis-in-law, Carol and fam, and the "other girls" with our niece, Stephanie. This weekend was an early celebration for Tony's birthday (October 10th), and it was a wonderful celebration! We had a fantastic time together - we deemed this weekend our 8th year honeymoon.

(Tony reviewing the opportunities Marriott offers. Me feeling like a queen)

Tony drove us to Park City Friday night after he got off work. We ate at Wasatch Brew Pub and then checked into our hotel at the Marriott. Long story short, we stayed 3-days, 2-nights on the Concierge floor and thus had access to the Concierge Lounge. Breakfast was from 6:30 - 9am, hors d'oeuvres from 5:30 - 7pm, dessert from 7 - 10pm and drinks from 5 - 10pm. We missed breakfast both mornings because we slept in!! It felt so good to sleep until 9am too. We bummed around on Saturday: ate breakfast at McDonald's, went to the Tanger Outlets and shopped, had lunch at Ruby Tuesdays, and then headed back to our room to "order in" a movie. We saw Bourne Ultimatum and Pirates #3. Love Jason Bourne, don't love Pirates. The last movie Tony and I saw was Evan Almighty at the dollar theatres, so it was wonderful to watch a "newer" release and watch it from the comfort of our bed!

I got a sweet craving and so we drove to Main Street to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. My favorite sweet treat is a large, granny smith apple, submerged in caramel, rolled in slivered almonds, then drizzled with milk chocolate. Which is exactly what I got and oh my gosh! Tony got a dark chocolate peanut butter bucket (a humongous Reese's cup) and we shared a milk chocolate covered caramel square. My caramel apple lasted through Sunday night - I just finished it moments ago. Yummy.

(My delicious caramel apple. Where do I begin...?)

Sunday morning we lazily lounged in our hotel room watching Conference. We packed up, stopped at Starbucks for a hot chocolate and coffee cake, made some returns and more purchases at the outlets, and then took I-80 through Parley's Canyon home through SLC. The fall colors were amazing! Bob Ross couldn't even have done them justice. We finished our getaway with a late lunch at Olive Garden and arrived home at 3pm Sunday afternoon. Pixie & ArlaMae were so stinkin' exited to see us! Pixie gave kisses and she seldom does that. I walked to Carol's while Tony loved on "the girls." My babies had a fantastic weekend with Auntie Carol, Uncle Jack and kids. They had 6 people to love on them non-stop. Carol said Rebecca & Mary-Gail were so tired for nap time and bed time because they were worn out!

(Lovey lounging Saturday night. Lovey lounging Sunday morning)

Good news was that Mary-Gail did NOT crawl while we were gone, although she is right there. Rebecca is cutting another tooth and was a little sad, but didn't show it to us. We're happy to be home and happy to have our babies and girls with us again. We've decided that we need a getaway at least once a quarter to rejuvenate ourselves. And Auntie Carol thinks that's a good idea too :)