July
was mostly a pretty slow month for us, full of work, the gym and the pool
(well, for me at least!) For those of you familiar with summer sales, you know
a lot of companies do weekly dinner incentives and competitions, which I love
when we win! Though the offices are typically made
up with a lot of single guys that want to go to places others of us don’t! Oh well. One popular place this summer
was Oklahoma Joes (never heard of it? They’re famous!), because they have all
this AMAZING barbeque. Well, I guess that would require someone to like
barbeque first, because apparently I don’t. And so I hated going there because
there was literally nothing on the menu I liked. (And yes mom, I actually tried
different things before deciding I hated it! ;) ) Their fries were
amazing though, so they sustained me! If you’re a fan of barbeque I definitely suggest
checking it out if you’re in the area! Another place we ate at a couple times
was a Japanese Steakhouse; I love them in Utah but this one had the best fried
rice ever! Seriously, amazing.
We
also won a movie night so while the majority of the office went to Grown Ups 2,
I convinced Dan to take me to Despicable Me 2! What can I say, I love those
minions. It was actually really good, and I’m definitely glad we chose that
over the other one. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definitely worth a Red Box
night!
We also had a chance to visit some church sites. Dan was out
of town for a couple days on an accounting “recruiting” trip, so when I picked
him up from the airport he took the rest of the day off which, as a summer
sales wife, is probably the best day ever! Our first stop was Liberty Jail –
the site where Joseph Smith was held during the 1838-1839 winter. The
actual jail has been reconstructed, and is housed in a modern building along
with other artifacts, but the Spirit there was amazing. It was incredible to
hear the guides talk about the hardships endured, as well as revelations
received, and to think of the amazing strength and faith of these men. It is a
MUST SEE if you are in the area, seriously. Then it was on to the RLDS temple
(the offshoot church started by Emma after Joseph’s death). They had a
beautiful temple that we were allowed to walk through, but it is definitely
weird seeing all this “mormon” doctrine you’ve grown up with being used by
another church! I tried to keep an open mind, and it was so worth it to go into
the “bookstore” and see all the incredible artifacts and possessions they have
on display! Early pictures, Liberty Jail’s original door, 1st edition
Book of Mormon, etc. It was very interesting. Our last stop was to the LDS
visitors center; my favorite part of it was this whole room full of photographs
taken of early church sites.
