Salt Lake City

A day after the Phillips family reunion there was a Savage Family Reunion in the Salt Lake area. We decided to stay in town for a night and attend the reunion before making our drive home to Arizona. Since we had all afternoon we decided to head to Temple Square. We shopped through the mall, walked temple grounds and had a tour of the conference center. We ate a delicious lunch at the Lion House and stopped in for a visit to the Joseph Smith Memorial building. All Logan wanted to do was ride the Trax so we promised him we'd go over to the Gateway via the trax.  He was over the moon excited. He exclaimed that it was the best day ever and could hardly contain himself. He was cute to see the joy such a simple thing brought to him. We spent a couple hours at an arcade in Gateway before returning to the hotel.

The next day we did some shopping at a few local stores and headed over to the park where the family reunion was. It was great to see so many of Ricky's cousins and their kids. There were even a few new spouses and second cousins that we had never met before. It was an awfully windy day but everyone made the most of it.  We had a picnic, followed by time on the playground for the boys and visiting for the adults. The last time we saw that amount of family was at Papa's funeral. It was a nice visit and we're glad we stayed to enjoy their company.

From SLC we started our journey home with plans to stop for the night at our usual spot in St. George. We went swimming as a family and Lincoln swam across the pool on his back. Logan is still working on learning to swim. We ventured out and tried a Mongolian BBQ place for dinner. I've seen the resturant several times on our previous trips but never had the guts to try it. It was the boys first time experiencing Mongolian. They really liked seeing the chefs cook with the sticks on the circle stove. It also was nice allowing them to pick exactly what they wanted in their bowl. It was't the best flavors we've had but it was an enjoyable meal and the staff took great care of us. The best part was the we didn't get sick.  Since we got home home we went to a local Mongolian place and it's now one of Lincoln's favorite types of food.

 Handsome boys on Temple Square

 Joseph Smith statue in the Memorial Building

 Salt Lake City Temple

 Inside the conference Center with that fabulous organ in the background.

 Selfie using a mirror on our tour of the conference center.

 The fountain in the background is directly over the speakers pulpit in the conference center below where we were standing.

 On the roof of the conference center with temple square and downtown in the background.

 Two adorable boys with SLC temple behind them. This was their first time on the roof of the conference center. 

 Lincoln loved the home cooked meal from the Lion House. 

 Logan was entertained by the jello squares. He was happiest about being out of the sun and in the air condition for a bit. He was pretty over heated. 

 This is a statue of CR Savage who is an ancestor of the boys and was a famous photographer in the pioneer days. 

 Logan riding the Trax.

 Playing a game together at the arcade. 

 In keeping our family cupcake tradition, we made a stop into the Sweet Tooth Fairy for dessert.

 Logan only likes to cuddle on his terms...and usually it's because he wants to actually play rough and tackle you. 

 All dressed and ready to play with family at the Savage reunion.

 I was impressed that both boys insisted on eating with their chopsticks and did a great job with them.