What I've been Missing!!

Everytime my dad and brothers go to Ogden to visit my grandma they always have to go to Smith and Edwards!

I swear I have been there once, but I have never thought it would be so great!! If you have ever drove past it, it is just junk!!! piles and piles of junk!!! So I always thought it was just junk!! It has everything, clothes, food, sailor uniforms!! I have been looking for rainboots for forever, and I can't find any I like. What do you know, I found them at Smith and Edwards...Looks like I'll be going back with my dad next time!!

Anyways now about our annual trip to Midway! Every year my dad has conferences in Midway and I look forward to it every year! However, this year we stayed at the Zermott...it was cool, but it was way too much for me! We usually stay at the Homestead, its relaxed and it always feels like there isn't much people there, their rooms are homier, the pool is a huge hot tube, I just love it so much better. The Zermott was SO busy!! Their rooms are nice, but it just feels like another hotel, the pool was cool and it had a huge waterfall, but it was cold! I just didn't love it...next year we are definately going back to the homestead!

Saturday we did our usual, woke up, at breakfast ate the homestead, and headed off shopping. After shopping my mom went and got my dad and we headed to the alpine slides. It was 2 years when we last went on the slides (with Jeffrey). Anyways, Jerika, Andy, Dad and I went down the slides and Mom, Dad, Jerika, and I headed off to Ogden.

We first had to stop and do a shady deal in the parking lot of Home Depot in Salt Lake. I suggested that we stop at DSW! My dad didn't know what that was, but I told him it was his wildest dreams come true and he would love it. So while my mom and I were in Home Depot my dad told Jerika to look it up. Ha ha I loved it!! So we got directions and went to DSW. . When we got off the exit, my mom said that we better tell him. He thought it was like Smith and Edwards...ha ha but he soon found out that it was a shoes store...but he didn't care, He would do anything for his Favorite Daughter (ME). After that we headed to Smith and Edwards and off to grandmas house.

At grandmas house it was fun to sit and visit, we rented a movie while we were getting gas and watched that! We headed home sunday, dad and mom drove us around showing us where they used to live and pointed out cool places. We were really trying to find apartments for Jeffrey. Anyways if you ever are driving down washington blvd (i think) and want too look at cool houses go to Eccles street. There is a block of houses that so pretty, my dad said that when he was growing up that was the rich block. I told him that if he wanted to live in Ogden he would have to buy me a house on that street. It was cool to be able to see the places where my parents first lived, the apartment my mom lived in during college, my parents first house they lived in, (basement aparment), another apartment where my parents and two older sisters lived in, the church where jamie was blessed, the house where my great grandparents lived and where my grandparents were married, were my dad played when he was little, where my grandma went to high school, and where my parents went to college. . . so many memories in one town!! What a great weekend!!!