Mom Dennis not only said she would watch our kids, but she also helped us find an awesome deal on the room which included a gift certificate to Rodizio's. What a mother-in-law!
So I've lived near Salt Lake City for 8 years now. But there are a lot of things I haven't seen. One of those things was the state capitol building. Aaron had high school dances there, dances at which he was so glad the line for pictures was a mile long because that meant he wouldn't actually have to dance.
After the state capitol, we ate at Rodizio's. It was delicious. I'm so glad I'm not a vegetarian...except for when I agreed to eat a chicken heart. I felt a little bit dirty after that.
The only other time I've been to Rodizio's, I was a 16 year old on our laurel trip. I remember thinking the meat servers were cute. This time I thought the guy across the table from me was way better looking than any of them. (Question: Is it legal to only hire dark-skinned people with accents for a certain job? I guess women and pasty white guys can never aspire to cutting pineapple off a giant skewer.) I was too busy stuffing my face to take any pictures.
At the bed and breakfast we got the room called "November Vintage." The room had a stained glass window which the website claimed "is truly something to experience in person." That sounded a bit melodramatic to me. But I changed my tune when I saw the sun shining through it at 7 a.m. (I couldn't sleep in even without the kids around.) It was magnificent. I took a picture...but it is truly something to experience in person.
On Saturday we continued our touring. We parked our car next to the McCune mansion so we decided to go see if it was open. Turns out you have to schedule a tour, but we walked around and peeked in windows.
Aaron in the backyard.
This wild boar statue was dedicated to the mother of some children connected to this house. Seems kind of rude, but apparently the wild boar is a symbol of strength and fertility. You're supposed to rub its nose for luck.
We found some stairs on the side of the house. They weren't blocked off, so we decided to climb up. It gave me vertigo and a great view of the city.
Another stain-glassed window.
On our way to the Church History Museum, we walked by the Church History Library and decided to go inside. We could be free-spirited like that because we were sans kiddos. Lovely! We didn't really want a tour, but somehow we ended up on a tour watching a movie that was way longer than the 12 minutes they told us it would be. But the video showed a cool story about Joseph Millett. No tour guide came back, so we escaped and got to poke around. There were some fascinating books on the shelves. We love libraries.
So then we made our way to the Norman Rockwell Scouting exhibit at the Church History Museum. It was totally cool, definitely worth seeing.
Then all my dreams came true, and we ate at Chick-Fil-A at the City Creek Mall. I usually have to wait until Cow Appreciation Day, but we were pulling out all the stops.
Before going back to real life, we stopped at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. They were having a wedding, but we peeked in through the windows at the back. We didn't disturb anybody, I hope. It was a beautiful building.
We also saw this awesome church, which happens to be an LDS one. It's right across from the capitol. I couldn't get the whole thing in one shot, so I broke it into 3 sections.
It's a wonderful thing to have children, and it's a wonderful thing to leave them in the care of their grandparents for 24 hours. Aaron is my favorite person. It was a good day 5 years ago when I married him. It might sound sappy, but the days have been getting better and better since then.
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Happy anniversary!! What a great tour of SLC and fun eating!
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