Our Day Off

I really was sick in the morning, and no it was not morning sickness, but then by the afternoon I was feeling pretty good, so Juan and I decided to make a day of it. The weather was so nice, I was just wearing a sweatshirt jacket and was plenty warm. The sun was shining and I'm so glad we weren't stuck inside working on a day as beautiful as this in the middle of February in Utah.

The view of downtown from the capitol.

I know it looks like we pasted ourselves into this picture, but really if that were the case, would we use this picture of Juan? I think not.

I had never been to the capitol (in my adult life at least) and the building was so beautiful.

Another view of the mountains from the capitol.

The stairs, it was just so beautiful, I kept taking pictures.

This was the reason we went to the capitol in the first place. Juan really wanted to sit in on a senate session. It was really interesting listening to the representatives and some of them looked like they were chilling on their computers the whole time! I feel like I have expanded my horizons.

After we were done downtown, we went and ate at the Cheesecake Factory by Fashion Place Mall. I just have to say that was the best restaurant experience I've had in a long time. The atmosphere was so nice and then the portions on our meals were huge! I eat a lot and they brought out my Chicken Madeira and there was double the mashed potatoes and double the chicken of any other big portion restaurant. I took more than half of it home! Then we even got cheesecake wrapped up to go, and I got the banana cream cheesecake and we ate it later that night. It was heavenly. I highly recommend this restaurant. Each entree is around $15 if you don't get steak or ribs, and the cheesecake is $8 per piece. So I meant it's slightly expensive, but so worth it.

After that we went to Ikea. We hadn't been ever since they opened the store in Draper last year. It was fun to see all the set ups and get ideas for decorating one day when I have a home. We spent $5.10. We got 2 cutting boards and a broom. I decided to be nice to Juan and not go on a spending binge, and just get the things I needed. Afterall, he had just spoiled me with an amazing dinner. I guess this is the start of my birthday celebration. I know my birthday is not until Sunday, but maybe I'll do a birthday week like the Shaws did in Wisconsin!