Beneath the Wraps

bottom two photos found on this site:  https://churchof   jesuschristtemples.org/st.-george-utah-temple/news/   We spent Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in St. George where Kevin and Tara have been living the last year or so. They had been living near Buffalo, New York when we saw them in 2020.  Archer had been born on Jai’s 16 th  birthday.  He was three months at the time we saw him last.  Now he is almost two and has a baby brother born 2/22/22 which was on a TWOsday. Richard made breakfast each day we were there.   The first day he made french toast with bacon and eggs and Kevin made tater tots. I did some laundry on our first day there.   Jai had hoped to go to Arctic Circle sometime during our travel as she has fond memories of having gone while living in Utah.   We went to one in St. George.   I don ’ t think anyone was impressed with the food.   Afterward we went to the Alumni Creamery – a chapter of BYU creamery. ...

  We checked out of Layton ’ s Comfort Inn and headed toward Salt Lake City.   Richard had decided that Jaime and I would need to bring some Salt Water Taffy home to our friends.   He decided that we would have to buy from the most expensive place he could think of:   Trolley Square . Hey, Trolley Square does have its perks – but they are also rather pricey.   Wherever he believed the taffy was no longer exists – but hey, he did find some kitchen equipment that appealed to his eyes.   We made our purchase and headed out to Valley Fair Mall.   I do remember having purchased candy there.   But that was seven years ago.   Before the pandemic. Neither Jaime nor I especially cared about the taffy.   It claims it ’ s made with the salt from the Great Salt Lake (which by the way has not been that great for a couple of decades now) I wondered if there was any lake left.   While at the food court, Richard saw what appeared like a bowling...

From Jaime's phone. I did not have access to these photos when I originally posted.  The first four are from Rush Famous Daves Jai with Aunt Julie Target with two neices you get a coat and you get a coat Mod's pizza

  Richard ’ s initial plan was to spend a day or two with each boy.  However we had Tony drive up from Salt Lake over Saturday and Sunday as both off for the weekend. Both work graveyard jobs and would rather spend two days with us together than just one day with each boy.  Biff and Tony are the oldest of the three. We slept in finally.   Called the boys and asked them to meet us for lunch. Before they arrived Jai and I walked from the food parking lot to an adjoining that had a Ross.   It was cold and had started to snow.   I bought a few items for myself but we did not find anything of interest to Jaime.   We went to MOD pizza – which I had never heard of before.   Jai told us it was almost identical as to going Subway in which there are a variety of choices on display and the customer can choose what will go into it.   I chose a miniature pizza with white sauce, spinach and bacon.   It was divine. Biff was the first to arrive –...

I believe we went to Rush Funplex directly after eating at IHOP.  Ally was so excited. I rode with her and Biff and had Claire ride with Richard and Jaime – just in case we separated.  Tony was pretty much on his own. Three kids in car seats.   When Ally saw me in the front she asked if I would ride with them.   She said she was glad I was with them because she likes me. Biff zigzagged his way to the fun center where eight of us had never been.   I don ’ t know how many pictures Jai had taken.   I know I took a couple with her phone, but not on my own.   This is pretty much how Rush made me feel: NOT taken at Rush but shows same trippiness feel And that ’ s only the visual.   I think it was the loud noise that contributed most to my headache.   I was already disoriented.   Each time we passed a sign or anything indicating the BYU logo I would think, “ That is the same sign as BYU.   Wow.   Didn ’ t think I would ever see tha...

  Richard has been wanting to see each of the boys and families for some time.  I had told him to take a few weeks in April but he would have to go by himself as Jaime is still in school.  Hopefully the mornings would be light enough for me to drive her.  If not, I think we ’ d be able to arrange something.  When he learned that Jaime would have a week off for spring break in addition to the weekends that surround it, he decided that we could both accompany him We were unable to find a dog sitter for Bonnie; those who were willing to take her already had dogs and after having my thumb and fingers mutilated due to her pulling away from her leash, I wasn ’ t willing to drop her off to anyone who seemed even remotely fragile – for I didn ’ t wish for her aggressiveness to become their problem.   We ended up taking her to a kennel in Winston.   We had to go north to the kennel but had to return south to go to the high school for Jai ’ s parent teach...

Ten days have pass since I have last written lots of driving  in the car a lot of miles a lot of time. Spring Break in the car 10 days to visit three sons and three sibs in the car Lots of driving We'd gone north  to drop off Bonnie  and then the high school for parent teacher conference  and then our way  out of town First to Layton to see Biff and his wife and daughter We ask Tony to bring his family as well   They drive up from Salt Lake and we eat breakfast 11 in all   And then we go to Rush – a family fun center with overpowering loud music and neon lights   bowling, bouncy houses, lazer tag, arcades, rides, did I mention LOUD   I think it is called RUSH because you are getting the same kind of rush that you might get from drugs – or so I assume.   I have never done drugs.   No desire. I was already disoriented from being in the car.   I don ’ t nee...