A HOOVER'S VIRGIN

I spent Memorial Day weekend with in Richfield with my parents. Our original plan was to spend Saturday at Bryce Canyon, but due to "inclement weather" we changed to plan B which was to just be lazy and not do much of anything while listening to the rain.

However, my mom had been craving a hamburger from HOOVER's in Marysvale, UT. She has never really been a big fan of red meat, so when I heard that SHE was craving a hamburger, I knew they must really be good. We drove over there for a burger and some "hoover fries" (homemade fries) and I have to say that they are THE BEST HAMBURGERS IN UTAH, maybe even the world. (sorry for any "Five Guys" or "In 'N Out" fans).

On Monday, it had stopped raining and had cleared off, so we decided to head back down to Marysvale. They have a bike/walking trail that parallels the Sevier River. My dad took his bike and my mom and I walked the 6.63 miles. (Yep, I want credit for even the .63) My dad rode past us a couple of times and brought us water. The weather was perfect. It would get a little bit warm and then the sun would go behind the clouds and there would be a nice breeze for a minute or two. The scenery of Big Rock Candy Mountain is beautiful and listening to the rushing river was nice. So other than a couple of blisters it was great. My dad had picked up the truck and met us at the end of the trail.

After burning all of those calories and working up an appetite, we went back to HOOVERS. Although my mom and I split a hamburger and fries, we probably cancelled out all of the calories that we had just burned, but it was worth it!!! YUM.

How I have never known about or been to HOOVERS in the past, I don't know???

MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND

This post is a little belated, but better late than never, right?

On May 9th my sister Debra & her husband Ryan were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Not only was it great to have the whole family in town, but it was fabulous to all be in the temple together, including all of Ryan's family. I don't think that my mom could have asked for a better Mother's Day present.

I had been sick all week and hadn't slept for about 4 nights. I still was not feeling great, but was glad that I was able to join in all of the festivities.

My sisters and I (the orginial family) spent all day Friday with my parents shopping, errands, shopping and eating. Saturday was mostly spent at the temple. My dad, Laura and I dropped off Debra & my mom at the temple and then we went over to the conference center to take a tour of the gardens on the roof. Then we went back to the temple to join everyone else. After the temple, we all went to Rodizio Grill for dinner and ate way too much!

Angela & Tom drove back to Idaho on Saturday. Then Sunday morning I went with my parents & Debra to take Laura to the airport to fly back to Oklahoma. After dropping Laura off we went back to Temple Square and attended "Music & The Spoken Word" with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Temple Square Orchestra. Debra also found some time in her busy schedule to squeeze in some more time with her sister. I took off a few hours off at at work on Monday to do some shopping with Debra at the Gateway before she flew home on Tuesday.