The Utah Visit - Goodbye Marcus

Today is the day the Marcus goes into the MTC in Provo. When we left St George a week ago he couldn't wait to meet his companion and his district and just be in the MTC for real.

The beginning of today had a little under the sink fun... or rather not fun. The reverse osmosis system wasn't working properly and leaked all over the floor again. Suzanne and I cleaned it up, and then thankfully a plumber was able to come over tonight and fix it.

Fiona was super excited to make her first smoothie of the trip. She's asked to make smoothies SO many times! She enjoyed her smoothie although it wasn't quite the same.

We met the Bacon's at Via313 Pizzeria in Orem. They are known for their gluten free options. Marcus was nervous and excited - he was all the emotions!

We had a fun lunch, that was over way too quickly! And the pizza was amazing. The crust, the vegan cheese, it was all so good!

We took some pictures, and then that was that. Saying goodbye/see you later is often such a strange thing.

From the pizzeria, the girls and I went to BYU to go to the bookstore. I went looking for art.

And I went looking for books! I was so tempted to go by his office on campus and get him to sign my book, but I chickened out.

The Y Mountain and slide inside the bookstore was pretty crazy! Joey and Ben came and found us in the bookstore. I told Joey we were going to go to Thanksgiving Point after the bookstore, and Joey thought about coming along, but in the end he decided to head straight home. Sadly his drive took over two hours because of the crazy rain storm that followed him home.

And the crazy rain storm and the crazy traffic was exactly the reason that in the end we did end up going to Thanksgiving Point. Fiona really appreciated having some cousin free time. She loves her cousins, but is also overwhelmed by all of it. We really did have a fun time together at The Museum of Curiosity. 

After we left we stopped at an In and Out Burger and a Harmon's on the way home. We got back to Suzanne's just in time to see this cute monkey coming out of the bath!

What a full, busy, fun day. We love you Marcus! Serve well Elder Bacon!