Beehive Adventures in a Birthday Hat and Tea Pot

I am just know getting the rest of our Utah pictures up here. I know it has taken me too long. However, we got back into town and have been trying to get back into the swing of real life. Plus my computer has been having some issues that have made it really difficult to do anything. Anyways, we are back up and running. As promised, the rest of our exciting, wonderful trip. 

First up, a Birthday Party. While my Papa was in town it happen to be his exciting day. Of course we had to celebrated with hats and all!!

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The Beehive Tea Room

This day, in my memory was a happy day. For no apparent reason, Bear and I had smiles on our faces the whole day. We woke in the morning not sure what we would do. Since it was one of the last days before we packed up we were trying to figure out something that we could do that we would miss while back in New Jersey. We both agreed on Salt Lake. A book store and walking around temple square would satisfy us.
After walking around the temple and the bookstore we started to get hungry. Since I was in high school I have heard all about a place called the Beehive Tea Room. Every time we went to Utah i've wanted to go. I mentioned it to Bear and we walked the couple of blocks to the Beehive Tea Room. The minute I walked in I fell in love. It was so cute and antiquie. We ate delicious sandwiches and enjoyed the old traditional victorianesque decorations. I can not wait to go there in the winter and escape away from the bitter cold with a hot pot of tea. After lunch we walked around downtown a little bit longer and enjoyed the scenery that downtown salt lake has to offer.

  

Papa came to town

My Papa, Bear, and myself all took a day trip into Salt Lake City to go to the Utah Natural History Museum, out to lunch, and walk around downtown. We had such a great time. It was so much fun being able to spend that time with my Papa. 

  

 

The next day while my Papa was in town we all (minus Bear. He went for a mountain bike ride) went up to the canyons resort and had lunch. It was fun being able to ride the lift up and walk around the resort without any snow. We even got to play a little game of horse shoes. The weather was great, the food was good, and the company was wonderful.  

And lastly, this picture was taken on my Papas birthday. Probably one of my favorite pictures ever taken.

Logan Canyon

 


Beehive Adventure: Day 31

Bear had to go up to Logan for some interviews on Sunday and Tuesday so we thought we might as well make a trip out of it and go camping  We arrived to Logan on Sunday and drove up Logan Canyon to pick out our camp site and put up our tent. We had never been up to Logan Canyon and we were pleasantly surprised when we only had to drive 6 miles outside of town to find a beautiful area to camp. After setting up camp we went back into town for Bear to do his interviews (hence, the blog with pictures from Logan) and I enjoyed exploring the town. We later headed back up to camp, we took our rain flap off the tent and enjoyed falling to sleep watching all the stars. The next day we took a hike, read our books, and relaxed. We made a fire and cooked our tinfoil dinners and roasted marshmallows. We enjoyed the fire long into the night while we talked and enjoyed each others company. It was such a great little getaway.

Logan through a Camera Lens

Afternoon Tea

My Mom and I went out for afternoon tea at the Grand America Hotel. What a beautiful place. The decorations and chandlers hanging in all the great rooms are spectacular. And the courtyard is so fun to walk around because it is filled with flowers, shrubs, and water fountains. The tea was elegant and reminded me of a traditional afternoon english tea. My Mom and I chatted and enjoyed each others company while listening to the harp play in the background. We also enjoyed sandwiches and a wonderful array of pastries. It was so much fun spending the afternoon with my Mom drinking our tea and just being with her.

 

sweet tooth fun

I realize that my blogging has not been as up to date as I would like it. However, we have been so busy hiking, camping, and having a great time with family that I am going to say it's okay that I am quite behind in posting pictures and stories of our adventures that we have been having here in Utah. I will get up to date soon... Promise. 

Beehive Adventure: Day 24

My two favorite things.. cupcakes and my hubby (isn't he just handsome).
Day 24 consisted of random fun. The hubby and I took a trip into salt lake. Not knowing where it would take us, we ended up driving all around sugarhouse looking at all the old houses and neighborhoods. We stopped at a bookstore and moseyed around there together, hand in hand. We made our way up to salt lake and stopped at one of my favorite bakery/sandwich shops for some sweet treats and coffee. Our last stop had to be to the sweet tooth fairy in foothill. We got some of my favorite cupcakes to take home.

Utah Olympic Park

 

Shooting Star

After a day of being at the lake, we headed to the Shooting Star Saloon for some drinks and hamburgers. This little saloon has a lot of history and is even in the 100 places to see before you die!!

The endless summer road

Beehive Adventure Day: 18

Mirror Lake Highway. Beautiful, quite, and serene. A never ending sky that is filled with perfectly white bunches. This place is my comfort. I have made many memories here. One of the most magical things about this highway is that each season has a different look, smell, and feel. I am so thankful that this year we got to enjoy the summer season on Mirror Lake Highway.