Our Utah trip

After getting back from London, I sure didn't have much time in Madison before hopping back on a plane! On Tuesday, June 5, my mom, Kate & I took an early flight back to SLC. My dad and Austin picked us up from the airport and we went to the Spaghetti Factory (where else?) for lunch. Nancy came over that night; Kate had so much fun seeing her Aunt Nan.

On Wednesday, my mom, Austin, Kate & I went to the Bistro 258, always one of my favorite spots. Thursday, my mom, Kate & I headed to Hogle Zoo; we had so much fun! Kate loved seeing the mama and baby elephant, and the new polar bear area was really cool! The tigers were really active, and of course Kate loved riding the carousel and train. That night, we went to Spaghetti Factory (yes, again) and met up with Nancy there before heading back to see her apartment (she lives in downtown SLC; very cool!)

Friday, Kate & I went with Angie & Brooklyn to the Treehouse Museum. I love that place, and Kate & Brooklyn did too! Their favorite thing seemed to be having a tea party in the Great Britain house. That night, my dad took Kate & me up to the new splash pad in the park; Kate loved it! Then we went with my family to the Taste of Ogden, which was really good. It's different than the Taste of Madison, where you just go to the individual booths and buy what you'd like. Here, you buy a ticket for $10 and then everyone gets a sample from the different restaurants (there were 8 of them, I believe). There was some excellent lasagne, a soft pretzel with beer cheese fondue, teriyaki chicken, bread pudding, a nutella cheesecake with sriacha (not sure how to spell that) sauce; it sounds weird, but it was good!

Saturday we had Austin's graduation party, which of course was a lot of fun. Then on Sunday we just hung out as a family before having an awesome sauerbraten and spaetzel dinner; so good! Monday morning we were up bright and early to get on the plane back to Madison, and we were back by 11:30 and greeted by an excited Dan at the airport (I really don't think he liked being away from Kate for almost two weeks, when you combine our London trip with my SLC trip!)

In her new Hogle Zoo hat; she really was having fun at the zoo, even though she doesn't look like it. I promise!

 Silly girl with the funny face!

 In her Texas A&M jersey, ready for the party!