Coming Home From Logan

It's Sunday evening and Dan and I just got home from Logan but, we didn't leave Logan and just come home. We had another fantastic Fall time adventure.
Let me start at the beginning. Yesterday, Dan and I left IF and went straight to Logan. We had a room at Super 8 there for the night so we went there first and I dropped Dan off to rest a bit. I went over to Mom's and picked up her and brought her over to our room. That's where I finished the last blog while Mom and Dan watched some TV. Around 7:00 we went to The BlueBird Restaurant where we met up with Kelly & Julie, Dave & Dodie and Penny. The 8 of us had a nice dinner and a good visit together. Those times are all too rare.
This morning we got up early and got ready for Church, picked up Mom and then went to Kelly's ward for Logan's welcome home from his mission. He gave a great report and shared a strong testimony of Faith and the Gospel. Afterwards, we went to their home for Brunch. They served waffles, eggs, fruit, juices and just about everything else you could ask for. There was lots of family there and we had a fun time. Dan and I left fairly early to make the trip home.
Instead, just as we were pulling out of Logan and remembering all the great back roads with beautiful scenery we'd been on, I turned to Dan and said, "So, what's a pretty way to go home?" He said, "Well, you go down one of these roads and it takes you over the pass and down to I15 just north of Malad." He wasn't sure what road but we decided to try it anyway. Sure enough we were headed over the pass.
So, here's where the pictures come in. Just look at what we saw.











We even drove by the "Thomas Ranch". No, it wasn't our Thomas Ranch but it did make us think of our Thomas Farm.

So, when we were almost to Blackfoot I said to Dan, "Do you really want to go home yet or should we drive out by the Homestead?" He thought we could drive a bit more so off of I15 we went again. This time we drove by homes of people we know and love. It felt good to be in Thomas again. The old place looks good and pretty well taken care of. It was good but also almost hard to see our "little girls'" bedroom window and remember the time there were "three in a bed" in that room. Such good memories!!!
Anyway, we decided that while we were in the area we would stop in and make sure the Christensen's were doing ok. We didn't know if they were home or not but Dan rang the doorbell and pretty soon there was President Christensen standing at the door say, "Come in, come in." They welcomed us in as always and we sat in the living room and had a great visit~ again. It's always good to spend time with them. They are doing amazingly well and yes, of course, we had ice cream. This time with fresh raspberries from their garden and a homemade cookie, like always. What a treat ~ both the visit and the ice cream. When it was time to go they walked us to the car and I just had to take a picture of them both. You just never know when you won't be able to do that. So, here you go!

On our way out we stopped by Paunie's and had a nice but shorter visit with her, too.
Ah, the adventures of the wandering old couple. Tomorrow it's back to work we go but it will be with sweet memories and a smile.