We started off the road trip by creating a play list of all of our favorite songs, Dusty added 56 songs and I added 20... he listens to a lot more music than I do. I picked up Coke Zero, Beef Jerky and Hot Tamales from Costco for our road trip snacks and we headed out around noon on Saturday. We sang to our play list the whole drive there, and snacked until our stomachs hurt. I was so excited when we got to Manti that I started trying to take pictures of the temple from our moving car. As we were driving away from visiting the temple during the October Conference weekend before our wedding Dusty promised me that the next time I saw the temple it would be when we were driving there to get married. For those of you who know exactly how that week went and how I'm a little bitter about it, you'll know that didn't happen. It was so nice for his promise to actually happen as we drove into Manti this weekend, I just loved it!
We found our hotel, a cute little bed and breakfast that faced the temple and checked in. Our room looked like a garden pulled straight out of a fairy tale. It was super cute and I wish I could just live there! After we settled into our room, we decided to head over to the temple and do some work in there. We did everything there is to do in the temple... it took 3 and a half hours, but we loved it. They allowed us to sit in the room where we were married and Dusty and I were able to talk to each other for a little bit. We've changed so much in the last two years and the last few months have been particularly hard on us but we're still a family and love each other more than ever. It felt wonderful to be back in the temple where it all began for us and we hope to go back again.
After going to the temple, we went to the little Mexican restaurant that Dusty's family ate at the night before our wedding. It was so cheap that we left the waitress a 50% tip because we were shocked that food could be that cheap! We then headed back to the hotel for a night of bubble baths, snuggling and other things ;P
Sunday morning we slept in and then had breakfast at the hotel. The owner made us muffins, eggs and bacon. He was really nice about my Celiac Disease and made sure that I had enough to eat. After eating we packed up and headed home. On our way home we stopped by my Grandparents and ate lunch with them. It was nice to spend a couple of hours with them because we'll be moving soon and I am going to miss them like crazy! We then headed home and ended our super fantastic weekend. Every time Dusty and I go on a weekend getaway I say it was the best vacation ever but this weekend was seriously the BEST BEST BEST weekend ever. Dusty even turned to me and said it was the best weekend he's had and that it was super romantic. This weekend was great for me, it is a new beginning for us and I hope that we can continue to move forward, forgetting about how hard the last few months have been.
We ate at hotdog on a stick on our way down
My car picture of the temple
Getting ready to go to the temple
Dusty forgot his church shows so he had to wear his Puma's
Dusty loves him some mexican food
Our typical vacation bathrobe picture
The next few are from our hotel room
We visited the temple before we left on Sunday morning
Our best attempt to fit us and the temple in one picture
The Manti temple
That was a beautiful post melinda! if you ever need to talk about anything let me know. I'm so excited for you guys and all the changes you have to look forward to. :)
ReplyDeleteI've done that before too where I forgot my church shoes!
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