My Trip to Manti

Last week we packed into our Hyundai in the wee hours of the morning to head on down to Manti. It's a three hour drive from where we live.

One of Amber's cousins, Matt, was getting married and figured it would be fun to gather with some of the extended family.

All I can say about Manti is wow. I mean, I heard it was small but I had no idea! I thought Morton, IL (the town where I went to high school) was small, but I believe Manti is probably about half the size of that. I do admit that it is a beautiful place.

The temple looks a like a white version of the one in Logan. And the interior is still the old style, which I like. The Logan temple was renivated a couple decades ago and lost all of it's old time look. It looks old and pretty on the outside and 70s or 80s pretty on the inside.

After pictures we drove back to Provo where there was a wedding luncheon at Magleby's. Nice place. I discovered that prime rib is a fancy way of saying sliced roast beef. Still good, though.

Keeping Ashley entertained while at the restaurant was a feet. Amber handled her quite well through the meal. She has a great talent of subduing our little one. Then during the post food discussions I escaped with my daughter out to the sidewalk. We toured the shopping center for a few minutes while Ashley settled down and then returned to see everyon leaving.

We made a quick stop by the Bagby homestead on our way home so that we could change into more comfortable traveling clothes. Geoff came over, it's nice having family in the area.

Ashley was very vocal about her negative feelings toward her car seat during about 2/3 of the trip. This only made us that much more excited for the 20-hour drive that awaits us next week during our trip to the McAllister Family Reunion in Illinois.