I went down to Canfield and stayed at my mom and Greg's while Ryan hung with his parents. He came down one night for Kaleigh's commencement and Graduation dinner.
My mom and I enjoyed doing a little shopping and visiting with my grandparents. We went out to lunch a few times, and got gluten free biar hill pizzas one night. We ran "up and back" on the Mill Creek trail 3 times.
I drove up to Cleveland Thursday afternoon to go to Gates-Mills for an early Friday start out to Utah. My mom and Greg flew out Friday morning and saw a little of SLC until we got there Saturday night.
The drive was loooong. Ryan drove most of the way, I probably drove about 7 or 8 hours total of the two days. We stopped a night in Lincoln, Nebraska. It felt good to be done and sleep in the nice condo of a friend of Ryan's family.
My mom and Greg joined us the next morning. We rode up to Brighton area and hiked up to a couple small pretty lakes. We went on to Park City for lunch and some walking around.
Being Sunday, a lot of places were closed. We ended up eating some prepared foods and salads from Whole Foods for dinner. They were really good!
Monday morning we were at the leasing office at 9am only to realize they don't open til 10. We unloaded the cars to the front door, and my mom and I went on a coffee run to sunset coffee shop nearby.
At 10 Ryan and I signed the lease and got our keys. The move was underway. The ABF pods with all our stuff were delivered soon after. We got some cafe rio for lunch after the pods were emptied.
All the help was invaluable. Greg unloaded the pods, Ryan and his dad brought everything upstairs, and the women organized and unpacked. We were ready for our Thai dinner by the time we were done for the day.
Tuesday we finished up the move. My mom, Greg and I stopped at a couple of fish stores while the Williams were at Lowes. We picked up lunch from Cafe Zupas.
We celebrated being in Salt Lake with a bottle if Dom Perignon that his parents brought along and some fresh watermelon. Fun was had by all.
We had a delicious meal at Mazzah in Sugarhouse area for dinner.
Wednesday morning we had breakfast with everyone at a Belgian Waffle House nearby. We drove up to Wasatch National Forest for a fun hike to Donut falls. Really pretty spot. We had some iced teas at Silver Fork Lodge on the way back. It was here that my mom and Greg had to leave to catch their flight home. Lots of hugs and a few tears later they were on their way back to Ohio.
We walked around the University with Ryans Parents and saw the Creek City Center shopping area. Ryan forgot his suit in Ohio, so bought a shirt and pants to wear to a dinner we have on Wednesday. We had dinner with the remainin parents at Vertical Diner. Great vegan fare.
Thursday morning we enjoyed breakfast at Blue Lemon before splitting off. Ryan, his mom and I went to SugarHouse while his dad spent some time at the genealogy library downtown.
After a tasty dinner at Neopolitan pizzeria we met back up and rested a bit before heading up to Sundance.
We had time before dinner to ride a lift up a ski slope and get nice mountain views. This was followed by dinner at The Foundry. Delicious wine and roasted portobello mushrooms! It's a really beautiful resort.
Friday morning we woke up and decided to do our first load of laundry.
Our washer began violently and loudy shaking during the agitation and spin cycle. We thought maybe something broke during the move. After racking our brains and Ryan's parents' brains, we called a repair man.
50 bucks later we find that it's not the washing machine but the unstable flooring under it. There's some kind of pan under the washer where the floor should be.
We were off to Lowe's to buy a piece of wood to put underneath. We also picked up a bird feeder.
Success! The board worked! Thanks Ryan and Pop Williams for screwin it in!
This ate up a big chunk of our morning. We had lunch at Cafe Zupas and went on a hike along the pipeline trail in Mill Creek canyon.
We enjoyed dinner at Asian Star restaurant with a nice view if the mountains.
The next morning we had Blue Lemin for breakfast again and enjoyed a short hike in Snkwbird ski area before heading to the airport. More tearful goodbyes.
It felt weird driving back to the apartment knowing both sets of parents had gone. So we threw a big keg party. Just kidding.
Really, it was a strane feeling being "alone" in the city. It really felt like we are far away.
Happy to report that cell phones and Skype and Internet in general have help us to keep in touch just like it was before.
A HUGE thanks to our parents for coming all the way across the country just to help us. The amount of effort you put in to making sure Ryan and I are settled and comfortable in our new place...well we could never ask for more. From driving and flying out, unpacking us, organizing us, treating us to countless meals, running to the store for another odd or end, and of course the love and support. THANK YOU!!! We love u
Donut Falls
Huge dandilions in Mill Creek Canyon
Our mantle area above the fireplace.
On the ski lift!
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