Shedding in the Rain

This weekend has been pretty busy for us. Saturday morning was spent putting more of the shed together. This included installing the gables, trusses, and roof, or at least most of it.

Then it was off to Saratoga Springs to attend the blessing of both Andrew & Kim's baby James and Todd & Jeni's baby Owen. As the day proceeded, the weather decided to turn a little weird. Firsts, it was raining then it started to snow. Hey, it's only September but the drivers didn't care!

After we left Saratoga Springs, we headed north for our weekend away from the animals. We stopped at the new IKEA store and were amazed at the sheer size of the place and the variety of merchandise they carried. Then we went up to Salt Lake City and checked into our hotel, Little America. Our room was beautifully decorated in a French motif.

The views of the downtown were nice, even though it was still snowing.
After a dinner at the hotel, we decided to take TRAX, the city's light rail system up to the University of Utah Pioneer Theater where we would spend the next 3 hours enjoying the sights and sounds of the play Paint Your Wagon. Fortunately, it stopped snowing by that point. After the performance, we made our way back to the hotel.


The next morning showed a little snow on the top of the mountains.

It was off to TRAX again, this time it was to Temple Square to enjoy the live broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. There is something indescribable about watching the choir in person in comparison to the television broadcast.

After the broadcast, we hopped back on TRAX and back to the hotel. Little America is famous for their Sunday brunch, and we were not disappointed. There was an omlet station, pasta station, meat carving station, crepe station (one of my favorites though their selection of fillings was not half as good as the Grand America's we enjoyed last Christmas), bread, pastry, cheese, fruit, breakfast items, and dessert items.

Then it was home to meet and greet the neglected pets, an afternoon nap, and updating the blog.