What a Great Day!

Well, we originally thought about going to Syracuse or Antelope Island today to do some exploring, but a morning phone call from Cara changed that.  She called to tell us about the Farmer's Market in downtown Salt Lake this morning.  She and her sister Heather were working at the MS tent selling knitted scarves and hats with the proceeds going to MS research.  So we got ready and head out this morning and LOVED it!  They had stands of produce - lots of apples, peaches, etc. as well as your other typical market type items.  They also had coffee, baked goods, and LOTS of hand crafted items.

I found myself in love with some new headbands so of course I had to splurge!  But I was good and made sure that the ones I got would also look good on K whenever she decides to grow some hair.  (Poor girl is working the mullet!  At least she looks good in a mullet!)  I snapped a few shots of them...took them on my iphone so the quality isn't the greatest, but I'm so excited about them!

These are reversible and fit over top of a plastic headband (which was included but didn't feel the need to photograph).  You can quess who's going to be sewing up some of these in her free time!  Got to pick up some cute fat quarters at that fabric shop I found at Gardner Village on Thursday!

I picked up three like this - poor photo, I know, but I really liked the idea.  It has small velcro circles the underside so it doesn't slip out - not a problem for my head of hair, but nice for K's.  You then take one piece of ribbon and pull it through the loop on the other side and then tie a bow with both pieces.  Cute idea!

I also snapped a few photos of some other projects I may attempt for Christmas presents for the munchkins in the family.  I love pretending that I'm looking at my phone while secretively snapping a picture of someone else's item that I intend to copy!  I'm not creative, but I am clever!

After we strolled around the Farmer's Market, we played on the playground with the kiddos for awhile and then decided to go out for lunch.  Kevin called to remind us that Moochies is nearby - Philly styled cheese steaks, but Andy was in the mood for bbq.  So we headed to Pat's BBQ which was featured on Diners, Drive In's and Dives on the Food Network.  I have to say that the pulled pork and ribs were good, but the sauce was so-so and NO SWEET TEA!  I'm sorry, after living in the south for the past two years, I can't eat bbq without sweet tea!  Pat's didn't even come close to Mojo's sauce...Didn't even have the same smell as Mojo's.  When you are driving down Beach Blvd, you can start to smell the pit as you cross over the ditch...I'd often enter Angies already salivating because we'd park in the Mojo's parking lot across the street.

After we stuffed ourselves silly, we drove down to our building lot to check on the progress of the house...Boy is it a BIG hole!  I tried to take a picture of it, and wasn't able to fit the whole thing in it!  Here is Riley and Andy exploring what will soon be our basement.

Andy and Riley are standing against what will be our back wall.  Our backyard will be small, but we are willing to sacrifice for this big, beautiful house.  There will be room for the kids to play, it won't be very deep, but is very wide.

Here they are walking under where our foyer will be...I am facing the side load garage.  The 3rd garage would be facing the street to my right.  It is called a courtyard driveway.  We're hoping they put the forms in on Monday and then start pouring the concrete...

If you are interested, you can check out the Ivory model home of the same plan.  This model is not in our neighborhood, but about a 15 min. drive away.  I should note, we are not finishing the basement in this home...we don't need the extra square footage, but if we were able to stay here long term and we did eventually finish it, this place would ROCK!  Andy has taken the kids to see the model and Riley's favorite part is that the stairway goes to the foyer and/or the kitchen as well as upstairs!  And here I thought he'd be excited to have a playroom again!  We will be using the first floor office/den space as a playroom for the kids.

Tonight our plan is to head north to Ogden.  There is a dinosaur park there and they do a haunted theme for Halloween.  Our original plan was to ride the Haunted Canyon Ride on the Heber Valley R.R., but they were booked for tonight, so we're going to try that next weekend.  Riley can't wait to see the dinosaurs and do some trick or treating!  Hope the kids enjoy it and don't freeze!  We're taking the wagon and a blanket or to to bundle them up with!