Aunt Judy's 2nd week in Salt Lake

During Aunt Judy's 2nd week in Salt Lake, Dave and I tried to balance out various activities and days of rest for her.  On Saturday evening, we went up to Park City with two other couples (George and Tammy), (Dean and Jane), and rode the horse drawn sleigh up to Snowed Inn for a cowboy dinner.  We were entertained by a guitar playing cowboy, and Judy had a great time.  She thought the young cowboys who drove the sleighs were all good looking and knew how to "wear their jeans just right".   Then on Sunday evening we met up with our grandsons and their mom and step-dad and had dinner at Goodwood Bar-B-Que.  Lots of laughs and good conversation was had that evening.  We stayed late and had such a good time.   On Monday Judy was tired and wanted to just rest, so Dave and I went to work.  She enjoyed the quiet time alone at home with Roudy, just resting and reading.  Dave came home early from work and took Judy to lunch at Olive Garden.  She has always wanted to go to Olive Garden.  She said that she loves the lasagna, like Garfield the cat.    Tuesday, Ian, Judy, Dave and I went to Desert Star to see "The Bi-Polar Express".  Judy said that she had never been to a play before and that it was a great experience.  She laughed so hard, even though I don't think she got all the references and jabs to Utah in the play.                                                                                                     


Trevor, Ian and Judy at Goodwood





Desert Star Playhouse



Here we are at the table at Snowed Inn



On Wednesday Judy again rested .  On Thursday, Dave and Judy road the Trax train downtown to my office.  Judy met the people in my office, then the three of us road over to the Lion house for a great light lunch of soup and rolls.  We then toured the Beehive House.  Judy loved see the house with the furnishings and hearing the history.  We did a short walk around Temple Square, and inquired about hearing the choir practice that evening, (Judy has always wanted to see the Mormon Choir).  But, sadly there was a performance in the conference center that evening and the choir would not be do their weekly open practice.  By now it was time for our reservation at The Roof Restaurant at the Joseph Smith Memorial bldg.  We were fortunate to get a table by the window to be able to watch the lights come on at Temple Square.  They were breath-taking.  Judy was in awe again at the display of food and the friendliness of the people in Salt Lake.  When we got home, we had time to take a short 2 hour nap, then off to the airport to catch the red-eye flight home.  This time, I accompanied Judy on the flight home.  We left Salt Lake at 1:00 am on Friday morning and arrived at the Charleston, WV airport at 10:00 am on Friday.  We rented a car and drove to Aunt Judy's house.  I only had enough time to visit with Judy and my 87 year old Aunt Mae for 2 hours, then had to make the 70 mile drive back to the Charleston area.  The snowy weather would not permit me to stay in Sutton overnight.  It was a good thing Dave reserved me a room in Charleston, my 11:00 am flight was moved to 6:00 am and without cell phone and Internet service at my Aunt's I would never have known about the flight change.  There were so many weather delays getting back home, but thanks to Delta, I was able to find a connecting non-stop flight in Atlanta and got home by 2:00 Saturday afternoon, rather than the anticipated 8:30 pm.  I was so exhausted after being up for almost 2 straight days. 

But, overall the visit with Judy was fun, and as she kept saying "A once in a lifetime event".