Dad Day

A couple of weeks ago, Jaaromy decided he needed to take a Stress Day.  Occasionally, he will wake in the middle of the night with a panic attack and have trouble sleeping.  When that happens, he will usually stay home from work that day to recover.  Thankfully, they don't happen as much and when they do they are less intense.  We even wondered if he could have gone to work that day.

I'm so glad he didn't though.  We decided that this was the perfect opportunity to go downtown to the top of the Church Office Building.  I mentioned that we had tried to go a couple of posts ago, and now was our chance.  So, after lunch we went.

The boys were so excited.  Nathaniel was a little nervous about the elevator.  He was worried that it would be too fast and make him dizzy.  We were on our way and had just passed 3100 S on Bangerter when I realized I had forgotten my camera.  There's no way we could have a trip to the top of the Church Office Building with no pictures.  Plus, it's my new camera and I wanted some cool things to take pictures of.  So, we turned around to go home and get it.  It ended up working out for Nathaniel though because I grabbed his while I was getting mine.  He had a lot of fun taking pictures with his own camera.  He even posted about it on his blog.

We walked through Temple Square on our way.  Brigham saw the fountain and wanted to take a look.  So we took a short break for some pictures.

 Flowers are always a fun subject.

Jaaromy wanted to try out my camera and took this picture.  I know the flowers are all wilted, it was pretty hot that day, but I love how the purple just pops out.

I love how these two pictures turned out.

Finally, we made it to the Church Office Building.  We went inside and right away there was a hostess who took us to a tour guide who took us up the elevators to the top.  She waited for an elevator that wouldn't stop on it's way to the top.  I thought that was nice.  The boys, and even Nathaniel, liked the elevator ride too.  It was fast but not dizzying.

And the view was super cool.

The boys all loved looking down on the city.

Temple Square looked amazing from up high.  If you look closely, you can see workers walking around on the roof.

 The Conference Center also looked cool.  There are camera holes in the glass so you can take clear pictures and I'm a little short for even the lowest ones.  Plus, the grass on the roof made it hard to see how best to frame the picture.  Plus, the sun was shining in my face.  So, I apologize that this picture isn't better framed.

This is what it looks like when you take a picture through the glass.  There's no way I could have taken this one through the camera holes.

Even though it was super hot, I'm so glad we came.  The boys loved it.

But our Dad Day wasn't over yet.  On our way home, we stopped at Home Depot to pick up some fire logs and some skewers.

A couple of weeks before this I was at Shopko and I noticed that they had their last fire pit on sale so I decided to take it home with me.  We had been debating whether or not to get one for a while now.  I decided that at the very least, it could be used in an emergency type situation.  Then when it was on sale, that sealed the deal for me.

We finally tried it out to top off our Dad Day.

Sometime in the future we'll have to try hot dogs and hobo dinners, but for now we decided on S'mores.  They were a huge hit.

Brigham didn't eat anything, but he did enjoy watching the fire.

Nathaniel and I both had fun trying out our cameras.  You can also read about that on his blog.

 It had been such a hot day that it seems funny to say: "I know, let's go start a fire!"  But it was really nice and tasty.  We stayed outside watching the fire until bedtime.

It really was a great day.  We wouldn't have done it if Jaaromy hadn't had his panic attack.  So, thanks, I guess.