Beautiful Utah

Thursday, Jan. 29th. Happy Birthday, Melisa!

We drove into Salt Lake City from Rock Springs. We were going to take a side trip down to Flaming Gorge, but after being on the side road to it for about 5 minutes, and again, experiencing wind and blowing snow, AND a very icy road, we changed our minds. I was driving, determined to conquer the winds.  I realized the trick in passing tractor trailer trucks, so became confident. (the trick is to speed up as you pass them so you don't get caught in their draft.)

As we got into Utah, we were amazed at the beauty of it. The sky was bright blue, the mountains majestic and inviting. We've seen this before, but it's breathtaking.

We got in the afternoon, and when Matt was out of school, he stopped by with Isaac after getting him from daycare so that Isaac could meet Gus. Well, Gus was a bit hyper, eager to slurp poor Isaac's face, and Isaac was a bit wary of this big creature. He was interested, but standoffish, which is understandable.

We then followed Matt to their house, leaving Gus in the room. We played with Isaac while waiting for Rachel to come home. They have a babysitter every Thursday evening for their night out---it's Ashley, who was their nanny and whom Isaac loves. Isaac was a bit shy with us, but Matt sat him down in a nearby chair, and we slowly played a game of putting things into a box and taking them out. Then we played footsies. He smiled and laughed, still playing in his intense way with figuring things out, like how to close the box and put things in it, and handing items back and forth.

We went out to dinner with Matt and Rachel, had a really good relaxing time with them.