Weekend in Utah, Part 1

Since Darren and I both had last week off we decided to head down to Utah for Conference Weekend. We headed down Thursday morning, stopped in Arimo to visit with his grandparents for a few hours, and then drove down to Lehi where we spent the night.

It was so nice to get out of Idaho for a few days. Friday we slept in, enjoyed our free breakfast at the hotel, got ready for the day and headed out to lunch. It was such a nice day that we headed over to Quiznos, got our sandwiches to go and ate outside. After we ate Darren decided to give me the "tour" of Lehi and we made our way to the first stop: Grandma Walker's house.

It was fun to see where Darren spent quite a bit of time as a kid and to hear a few of the stories he has from his trips to Grandma's.

Next we headed over to the cemetary in Lehi to visit Grandma and Grandpa Walker's graves. When we pulled in I noticed that there was an "Honor Wall". Darren's grandfather served in the Navy, so we walked over there first to see if, by chance, his name was listed. We got lucky!

Grandpa Aaron E. Walker

We spent a few more minutes at the Honor Wall and then walked over to their gravesites. It was neat to be there. Darren's grandfather died a few months before he was born, but he has a lot of stories about his Grandmother. I wish I would have been able to meet her...someday!
 

We stayed for a little bit, and then we headed back on the "tour". Our last destination was the park in Lehi. Darren says they spent a lot of time there as kids when they came out to visit. It was fun to see where Darren spent time as a kid.

After our "tour" we headed back to the hotel and relaxed. It was so nice to just spend time together. About 5pm we headed up to Salt Lake to go to Darren's mission reunion! We got there right at 6, but no one else showed up (besides his mission president and those hosting it) until almost 6:30. It was neat to meet President and Sister Platt and a few people that Darren served with on his mission. I think Darren had the most fun though when is favorite companion, Scott Russell, arrived with his family. They share some sort of special bond. There was so much laughing going on and it was really fun to see. I only wish we would have gotten some pictures!

After the reunion we headed back down to Lehi so we could get up early on Saturday and head back up to Salt Lake for General Conference!