In the Heat of Summer

     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, 1^st 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.