Favorite Things and the rest of our Utah visit

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we had our 2nd annual Favorite Things luncheon. 

I forgot to get a picture of all the favorites, but it's fun to see what the girls are loving and even more fun to go home with a handful of new things to try. It was a pretty perfect afternoon for me. Love spending time with my mom and sisters (and niece;). I wish Leslie and Kristin would have been able to make it. 

After a few hours of eating, talking and gift exchanging,  Shana and I took my mom to the Chocolate Covered Wagon while everyone else headed home. It was actually not too bad around Gardner Village. The skies were clear ... cold but clear. Not too crazy with shoppers, considering it was Small Business Saturday. I loved pushing my momma around and wish she wouldn't feel like she is a nuisance or in any ones way.... because she's not. This was our attempt at getting a selfie as we strolled .... funny girls!

While I was enjoying time with the girls, Mark took our girls to do a little shopping and visit his parents for a while. Later that evening, Jami, Kole and Hazen came by to hang out with us.

Shana had also stayed around and we watched/listened to the BYU/UTAH game. It was a heart breaker {for many in that house}.

Sunday morning we headed for home filled with more memories to carry us through until the next time. We got an early start. The interstate had been closed due to a snowstorm, but we had clear roads through Rock Springs. 

 It changed quickly between there and Rawlins.  The roads were pretty bad, but we were a little confused why traffic was so backed up. We were nearly at a standstill for quite some time. 

 Still not sure what exactly happened here, whether it was wind or slick roads, but this was one of 4 we encountered on this stretch of I-80

 It went from bad to worse!  The photos are deceiving. Blowing snow and really slick roads had traffic in both directions moving at 15-20 mph. Scary stuff! We have made hundreds of trips back and forth on this road over the years and aside from the time it closed and we had to stay in Rock Springs, this was the worst. We had some bad luck both coming and going on this visit.