Our Trip, Part 6.2 - More Friends at the Gateway

Our afternoon in Salt Lake was filled with reunions with old friends. We met up with our friends Kenny and Tristen (who used to be Catherine's old roommate) and their little girl, Kyla. We also reunited with Maria, Catherine's friend of 20 years! The two of them grew up together in Mississippi and then were roommates at Ricks College. We spent a little while at the Clark Planitarium.


Daddy and Jocey checking out the telescopes at the planitarium


Jocey liked all the hands-on stuff, especially the nebula display


Button, button, who's got the button?


Jocey and Maria on Mars


Tristen and Kyla walking on the moon


Daddy taking Jocey for a ride in his "lunar rover"


Jocey loved the ball maze - it had a ton of wheels to turn and levers to push

After the planitarium, we said goodbye to the Duncans, and then headed over to Build a Bear. Catherine has been wanting to make one of these for Jocey ever since she found out she was pregnant, but wanted Jocey to have the choice of what she wanted. So we waited until this trip so she was old enough to choose. She named her new friend "Puppy" - yeah, generic, we know, but at least she knows what it is!


Jocey picking out her animal at Build a Bear - she didn't want a bear, she wanted a puppy!


The puppy gets stuffed


Washing the puppy after it was stuffed


Jocey showing Maria all the hearts she wanted to put in her puppy


Dressing "Puppy" - Jocey wanted her to be all set for summer


In the end, Jocey loved her new friend, "Puppy"

After an exciting time at the store, Jocey fell asleep in her stroller, so we decided to go have a little sushi for dinner. It was a good time, and we really enjoyed the good food, conversation, and yet another memory. We then headed back to the hotel for a good night's sleep before we would head home Saturday morning.


Back at the hotel room, we were a little loopy from the long day


Jocey was ready to go to bed!