I Love My Fam!!!

My parental unit was here over the weekend, along with Caleb and Mimi. I haven't seen my family since Christmas break, except for Mom, who came out to ski in February.

It was Pioneer weekend, so I had Monday off. I took Tuesday off as well so that I could spend extra time with the fam (my first day off all summer long!).

They got off to a rough start thanks to Caleb getting a stomach virus, so they didn't actually get to town until Saturday afternoon, but we unloaded the truck and then we all piled in (Nathan included) to go to Sandy to check out this fabric store that Mom loves. We spent a couple of hours there. I found some great fabric for a bug quilt I designed for Caleb, Mom and Mimi found tons of fabric for their projects, Caleb played games on my phone, and Dad and Nate chatted comfortably the entire time.

We headed to IKEA in Draper afterwards where Mimi picked up a ton of things (including a microwave), I found a magnet board for my office at work and bought some bamboo shoots, and where we picked up their delicious chocolate cake AND Swedish rolls. Yummmm!!! We had dinner at Noodles & Company and then hung out at my apartment until late.

Sunday was spent resting as Mom and Dad came down with the stomach virus Caleb had. Nathan came over after church (he brought his cat, Gordon, to visit) and made homemade crescent rolls (delish!!!) and then we had soft tacos for dinner with the Ah-mazing white cheesedip they brought from Las Palmas in Little Rock. Nathan now understands why Liz and I have been whining for months about missing white cheese dip. Total foodgasm (me, not him).

On Monday, Mom, Dad, Caleb, Nathan, and I headed up to Park City while Mimi stayed home with the virus. We hit the Alpine Slide (sooo fun!), watched Caleb bounce on the trampoline with the bungee cords, and ate ice cream before heading to the outlets. The pickings were slim because we are hitting the end of the season, but Mom, Nate, and I managed to find some stuff.

On Tuesday, Dad and I registered my car while Liz helped Mom and Mimi pick out makeup (her specialty). Then the fam and I headed over to Cafe Rio in Orem to have lunch before heading back to the apartment so Liz could show them how to use the makeup.

That night, Nathan arranged to get the boys (not his usual night) and we all headed over to Nickel City. Dad met one of the owners last year (her daughter is married to a guy I grew up with), so we were treated to free admission and drinks. We ordered a pizza and played a ton of games, and the kids even got a free game of laser tag. Nathan and I combined our tickets with his boys and we had over 2000, while Caleb cashed in over 650. Needless to say, we got a bunch of fun but useless items (including the purple dice that are now hanging on my rearview mirror!). Afterwards, we went to Yogurtland to indulge in some sweet goodness. It's seriously the BEST frozen yogurt around!!!

After Nathan and I dropped the boys off, we went with Dad to the Club to return Reginald (Caleb spent the weekend getting him out of his cage and putting him in his car) and hang up my magnet board (it required drilling into cinderblock). Then we called it a night. The fam packed up this morning and headed out while I returned to the craziness that is my life (i.e. work)!

Sadly, Mom has all the good pictures.