Last days as an only child

Last Friday, Mark had the day off so the three of us spent the day in Salt Lake. First, I dropped off the boys at Temple Square while I had a doctor visit. They went up to the Observation Deck on the Church Office Building and played at the kids area in the new City Creek mall. I joined them at the mall, and we ate lunch at the Nauvoo Café in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, which was very good. When we first saw our food, we were a bit worried because the portions looked so small, but it was actually extremely filling.

The original plan was for me to drive Matthew back home and Mark was going to take the train back after doing some things at the University of Utah, but then we remembered that Mark's dad was in Salt Lake on business. Since he was already planning to come up to our house for dinner, we thought Mark could get a ride up with him. Well, it turns out his driver's license had expired a few weeks ago on his birthday, and he hadn't realized it. So he couldn't rent a car and was also planning to take the train. By the time we had finished lunch, we decided that it would just be best for Matthew and I to hang around until they were both finished. So we dropped Mark off at the U, and went to a nearby park. Matthew loved being in the city and seeing all the trucks and trains and buses. And to cap off the day, we got to have Grandpa Robison over for dinner. Matthew was pretty worn out, but he sure had a lot of fun.

Matthew at Temple Square

At the City Creek Mall playground

Letting Daddy put his shoes back on

At the park while Mark was at the U

Hanging out with Grandpa Robison