Lunch & Weekend Fun

LUNCH:

Yesterday I got to go to lunch with not one, but TWO fabulous ladies in my ward/neighborhood:

These gorgeous gals are Jennifer Faddis (right) and Lexie Bramlette (left) and are sweet friends of mine, who also happen to be my visiting teachers.  They visit me faithfully each and every month and would do anything to help me (or anyone for that matter).  They are awesome visiting teachers!  Let me just drop a few quick facts about each one.

Jennifer is married to her dentist hubby (who has saved us on more than one occasion for tooth-fixing emergencies) and has 4 kids.  Her youngest is a senior in high school, which means technically she could soon be an empty nester.  However, she pointed out that kids actually have to leave home to be considered an empty nester, and since 3 of them still live there... well, the nest is still pretty full.  Jennifer is an amazing bowler and you definitely want to be on the receiving end if she decides to cook.  Anything she bakes tastes divine!

Lexie is married to her high school sweetheart and they have 3 kids.  Don't let her petite size fool you, because Lexie is a fitness queen.  Tough as nails, that one!  She could definitely beat most women I know in an arm wrestle!  Lexie and her family spend a ton of time in Alaska, where her parents live.  Oh, and I guess now is as good a time as any to admit that I've always envied her hair.  Just look at those gorgeous locks!

We went to one of my favorite lunch places, Cafe Zupas, at the new Draper location.  It was the perfect pick for a cold, rainy day.  Now, I consider myself somewhat of a tomato soup connoisseur, and this place has THE BEST Tomato Basil you will ever taste!  Just the right amount of sweetness, zestiness, creaminess and texture.  Soooo tasti-licious!

New location by In-N-Out

A must-try tomato soup!

ST. GEORGE:

In other family news, we had an AWESOME time in St. George this past weekend.  We drove down on Friday afternoon and as soon as we got there we stuffed our faces with salad, pasta and pizza at The Brick Oven.  The Ellis' sure do love a buffet!  Then, on Saturday morning Summer and I ran a 10k race.  We ran our little hearts out and both 'podiumed' (a racing term that means you took 1st, 2nd or 3rd in your age category).  Summer took 2nd and I took 3rd.  Granted it wasn't a huge race, but we were proud of ourselves anyway and we may or may not have kissed our medals more than once.  

Almost done!

The 3-mile hill was a fun surprise (not!)

My biggest fans

Silver and Bronze medals

Always there to support me (except the time he was 

late to the finish line.  I've forgiven him... kinda)

After the race we headed over to the other side of town where Steve rode in a mountain biking race in the hills above St. George (known as the Race Course).  He did awesome, too, despite his bike having chain issues throughout the race.  He took 5th in his category.  I was super-duper proud of my man!  I mean, who doesn't love a man in spandex???

Mid-race

Crossing the finish line

Steve and JD Jeppson

We finished off the day off with another overly large meal at Outback Steakhouse with our dear and longtime friends, The Jeppsons.  Sunday we watched and listened to General Conference where we were spiritually fed by some amazing speakers.  President Monson's talk captivated the whole family!  We are so blessed to be members of this church.  Just a great weekend altogether!  So, what did you do???

Aly