That's right. Tasty cakes. I mean, Patrice is awesome and all, but awesomer still are the Tasty Cakes which she brought us that are now ALMOST GONE. Well, the little round peanut butter chocolate ones ARE gone (sigh) but I have hidden the last 2 Butterscotch Krimpits in the crock pot--a place where only I would ever find them.
All right, maybe Patrice is equally, or even more awesome than sponge cake-that-is-only-available-in-Philadelphia (What can be done to rectify this immediately?). After all, she took to prison-rules dominoes as though she had been playing it all her life (something you're not telling us Patrice?), has been a gem to Soph, who has been letting her winey flag fly like mad this weekend, (and I'm sure impressed Patrice very much with her table manners and conversational skills. After all--who doesn't want to see a four year old eat over-easy eggs, which she has topped with jelly, with her fingers, and at the same time, listen to her talk baby-talk with her mouth full?) and has been one of the loveliest, easiest house guests it has ever been my pleasure to have.
So--a quick run-down of events:
Patrice arrived at 4:00 a.m. on Friday. You read it right. 4:00 a.m. E was a total peach and picked her up at the airport in Vegas--and with the time change + late-ish flight + slightly longer distance from Vegas to Cedar, I think she was pretty shocked to find herself arriving in the wee small hours. Actually, she was so tired she could hardly move, and white as a sheet. I expected her to sleep until at least noon, but she surprised me by rising at 8:30.
Friday was nice--but we were both pretty exhausted. I took the day off and we had breakfast at the local cowboy haunt, visited Kolob Canyon and then made a quick trip the the grocery store (riveting--eh?). Patrice took a much needed nap and I did a little to get ready for a small gathering. We frittered the afternoon away, and then that evening had a blast playing games with Katy, Paul, Jen and Kodi, and laughing at E who was in life-of-the-party mode.
Today we took a nice long drive up Cedar Mountain. (I got us stuck in the snow--but only for a couple of minutes.) Other than being slightly mortified at the lack of guard rails on the mountain drop-offs, I think Patrice enjoyed seeing our mountain. Then we headed to Grandees for lunch and ice cream, and then to the LDS book store to buy CTR rings for Patrice and family as souvenirs, dropped by my brothers new jewelry store. We leave for the airport in a couple of hours, and although the visit has been short, I think/hope Patrice had a good time. I know I have.
Today's best thing about being a mom:
It's been really fun watching her interact with Patrice.
Today's worst thing about being a mom:
She's so sensitive. And it's getting so old.
4 comments:
You can order tasty cakes online and they used to sell them at Fry's in Tucson, AZ though I'm not sure why. (But I was too happy buying them to question it.) Before that, I had to wait for my best friend's grandma to bring them out on her occasional visits to Oklahoma. And then hope that best friend wanted to share. But she always did-that's what best friends are for, after all. Sounds like you had a good visit.
Sounds like you all had a great time. I wish I could have been there. But what about the karaoke? Surely there was some karaoke!!!
Oh and you can buy them or just drool over them at www.tastykake.com
I used to love Tasty Cakes. I haven't had any in ages, but I still think of them as my favorite over-the-counter, mass produced pastry.
dude, did you blog this while I was sleeping?????
I had SUCH a good time. seriously. such a good time. I loved seeing sophie, and I got to see everyone you talk about (nearly). I wish I could write more about how great of a time I had, but I've been online since 7:30am doing work. on my day off.
you are a fantastic host.
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