spending the day in slc

saturday morning we got up early to head up to the SLC farmer's market. i loved how many dogs were there at the market. i almost wished we had brought jake. he would have loved the adventure and been better behaved than the little one. i loved exploring all the booths and seeing the difference of salt lake's culture. it varies dramatically from happy valley. after our wander through the farmers market, we made a quick stop at the whole foods store at trolley square. then we got dropped off at city creek while mom and dad went back to the farmers market to meet ashley. 

city creek is a gorgeous place. we had fun walking through but surprisingly were finished within the hour. as we waited for mom and dad to finish at the market again we tried to decide what we wanted to do. nanna was content to sit on the couch in front of macey's and nap, mitch had no desire to walk around the city anymore than necessary and i wished i could have been wandering the streets. i've decided that mitch wouldn't make a very good tourist... i would love to spend a day walking a city .... he wouldn't. before we meet back up with mom and dad, we walked through temple square. i can't remember the last time we were there. it was beautiful. 

we had lunch at p.f.changs. ashley, brendon and kennady joined us. it wasn't exactly what we had in mind but it was delicious. after lunch we all headed over to red butte gardens. red butte is utah's botanical gardens and i was excited to finally visit them. they were absolutely gorgeous and i loved seeing the beauty. i absolutely adore gardening and was thrilled to spend an afternoon wandering through these gardens. if only i had endless land to design and garden.... i enjoyed spending so much time with family yesterday.

nanna was planning on spending another night with us. that was until she got an offer to spend the evening with a boy. it worked out perfectly, because by the time we got home my head had started pounding. i crawled into bed by 5 and napped for 3 hours. sadly it didn't help with the headache. but what better way to spend one of the last stay-cation nights in bed??