Romantic Getaway

Don't worry, I'll leave out the romantic parts!  Jerel's mom agreed to watch the kids so we could spend some time together.  Jerel found the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City.  It was gorgeous!  The only other time I stayed in a 5-star hotel was when I was in Egypt as a student, and I have to say they must have smaller stars there or something because this was MUCH nicer!  We were greeted by three people (all of whom had foreign accents)--one who drove our car away to park it, one who carried our bags, and a third to open the door.  Then two people to check us in.  Then Brantley showed up to escort us to our room.  I'm pretty sure he had a British accent and will make a fine butler someday.  Actually he didn't, but he seemed like he should.

The room was great with a hot tub and a jetted tub.  AND a bathroom scale that weighed me four pounds lighter than I actually am!  Definitely a highlight of the trip for me!

For dinner we went to Talisker on Main.  Jerel pretty much won't blow his nose until he's done research on the best brand of tissue, so you can imagine a fair amount of thought and work went into selecting our dinner choice.  The restaurant was really good.  I had rabbit and Jerel had, um, something.  Ski season hasn't really started yet so there were only a couple of other people in the restaurant and the waiters would stand around just waiting for you to need something so they could have something to do.  They even brought us a complimentary dessert, which I think was due solely to their boredom.  It was super good--a carmel flan, a chocolatey fudgy moussey thing, and then carmel ice cream with carmel popcorn (which sounds weird but was fabulous).  One of Jerel's favorite parts was that the cold I had made me lose my voice for the whole day so he had to do all the talking, which is a little bit opposite of how it usually is.  Although I do want to mention that earlier that morning when he needed to return a thermometer to WalMart, he made me do it even though I could only whisper.  He's a wimp about returning things.

For breakfast we went to The Eating Establishment.  I had taken the day before off my diet but decided to take that morning off too once I saw that they had biscuits and gravy.  Nothing ever measures up to my grandma's, but I still like to try it everywhere I go.  It was a good casual restaurant.  After that we went to the outlet stores up there.  Jerel was less than thrilled, but I really wanted to.  We found lots of pants for Eliza (she's coming to the end of her baby shower gifts, so once she grows out of what she's in now we'll have to start buying.  So I plan ahead and buy them when they're on sale).  We looked for pants for Zay but didn't find any.  Jerel also picked out a few outfits for Eliza so she has a few more cold-weather things to wear.  Then of course Jerel wanted to go to the Levi's store.  Ugh.  He should know better than to buy things for himself when Christmas is less than a month away.  I've already had to return two things this year! 

After that we headed home.  It was fun to see Eliza get so excited and kick her legs and laugh when she saw us.  Grandma said they behaved well for her and Zay only cried once when he missed us, so that's good.  Maybe we'll make a yearly tradition of it.  Jerel says next time he wants to try a bed and breakfast instead, he wasn't all that impressed with the five-star lodge.