Driving home. Kind of.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE (you know, with Jonmark waxing all "west side" while I'm focusing intently on the camera angle....)
The drive home was supposed to start at about 11 that morning. Which, due to the previous nights' events, was instead when we all woke up. I cleaned up a little and did some laundry while Jonmark made us breakfast. (Jonmark is usually wearing some holier clothes than these, but they were all dirty from our extended vacation. However, it was fun to see him in his WB). It was our funnest breakfast yet :-)

And Bridget and I finally got ONE picture together. Ok, two.


Basically, it was a great good-bye. So Bridget went to work, and Jonmark and I headed south. We had actually planned to go to the Manti temple for a few days by then, but, obviously, we had some detours. But we were still determined to go. First, we drove through Provo Canyon, which I love. The drive was beautiful and it was so nice. Once in Provo, we ran into a crazy storm that Jonmark called, "Repent Utah."

We also stopped at Sweet Tooth Fairy for cupcakes and cake bites and at Deseret for misc. mormon items like a book on tape :-)
The drive to Manti was quick, but we had started late, and we got there at 7:40, just in time to miss basically everything. But they snuck us in for sealings. The temple is GORGEOUS. It was built in 1888 and then remodeled in 1995. I commented on the staircases to a temple worker and she snuck me around the corner to the huge spiral staircases. They were totally insane. So so cool. The temple had such a homey feel with all the farmers and small town people there. And there were stairs everywhere so four old guys in white suits lifted Jonmark up about 10 stairs. It was such a cool site :-) Everybody there was so sweet.

















After that, we drove 3 hours to Kanab, where we stayed at this little Victorian hotel (yes, mom, with two beds....). It's Kanab's only boutique hotel and totally adorable. I even smelled all the furniture 'cause it smelled all new and solid and delicious. And in the morning we made waffles with our own little cups of waffle batter.