Lunch with the Bomans

Yesterday Kendra and I and the kids went into Salt Lake to go to the Jennie Market Boutique.

We stopped for lunch at Zupas.  We had a fun lunch and took some pictures😁

I couldn't not post this cute pictures!

 

KEY WEST WEEKEND

This past weekend Rick and I took a trip to Key West.  For Christmas Rick had purchased tickets to see the Blue Angels at the Naval Air Base there.  We flew in on a Thursday and picked up our rental car.  Rick was able to get us a Mustang Convertible for a good price so we got to bebop around town in a fancy car!

We stayed at the Ibis Hotel because it was the cheapest of decent looking hotels that we could find.  And when I say cheap I mean over $300 per night!  Everything was so expensive!  Even though our room was small the hotel/motel was really cute and we were happy with our stay.

That night we grabbed some dinner from Duffy's restaurant.  It was one of our favorites from the last time we visited.

Or course, we had to get some gator nuggets...

and some Key Lime Pie!  

This pie may not look like much but oh boy!!!

It was delicious!

  This Ibis hotel had some really fun vibes.   This boat was a fun prop.  The room doors were painted in fun bright colors.  There was a little enclosure for tortoises to see.  It had a pool and restaurant.

There was also a couple of caged macaws on the property.  One had a myriad of words he knew.

Our first morning we rented bikes to use throughout the day.

It was a wonderful way to see the town.  

Of course, we had to stop at the Mile 0 sign:)

We passed by this HUGE banyan tree and some nice ladies took our picture.

This was another amazing tree.  It is a Kapok tree and has huge branches and a really cool trunk.

We rode down to the Southernmost Point Bouy to grab a picture.

The line was long so we just took a quick snapshot.

We knew we wanted to try out some cuban food and found a cute little place to stop at.

The food was sooo good and a lot of it.

I had the special of the day rice with chicken and plantains.

There was enough to take home for Sunday lunch.

Rick had a Cuban pork sandwich with an order of plantains.

He loved it!

It was such a nice day and we knew it was our day to get some beach time in.

We rode back to the Ibis and got our beach stuff than rode to the fifteen minutes to the other side of the island to get to Smathers Beach.  We were there for an hour and a half and the wind was really blowing!

Anytime anyone walked by the sand would prick at our legs.  

Rick napped while I read my book.  It felt good to get some sun!  Yay for vitamin D!

That brought us to the end of our bike ride since we had to turn them in by 5:00.

It was sad to see them go.  It truly was such a fun day!

That evening we drove back to the east side of the island for some grub.

There was a cute little food truck parked at an outside bar that looked like it had yummy food.

Rick got some fish and chips and I got a cuban sandwich and fries.

The food was great but also what was fun were the smoothies we got from the bar.

I got a pina colada dan Rick got a mango smoothie. Delish!

The next day was the air show.  We left early to beat the crowds.  It was still busy with people.

There were a number of planes, cars, food vendors, and military personnel. 

There were a number of events that were to happen but unfortunately after about an hour a huge rainstorm was headed our way and the show was canceled for the day..

We were lucky enough to get out before the deluge hit.  It rained the whole rest of the day!

We were able to talk with the pilots from the air force that flew in the jet behind us to get to the show

It is a super hornet.  A really cool jet!

That afternoon we went back towards the hotel and ate lunch at Outback Restaurant.

After that we did a little shopping at TJ Maxx and then went back to the hotel for a rest.

It rained all evening so we didn't do much.  After Rick got a bite for dinner (I was still full)

we watched the Movie Twister in our room.

The next morning we got to the Key West Branch and enjoyed church.  It was so nice to be able to get to Sunday School because that is something we do not get much of with our calling to attend other churches.

After church we got back to the hotel in time to watch Henry on zoom.  He was giving a talk in our home ward.  He is so cute and good!

After that we went back to the air show.  We watched the Blue Angels do their amazing show.

The jets were so loud!  I loved it because it reminded me of my growing up years living next to Nellis Air Base hearing those big jets roar overhead.  It was really cool to watch their precision in flying.

That evening we drove around the town with the top down.  It was a beautiful day and we were able to catch a beautiful sunset.

The next morning we had a few hours to do a little window shopping and of course... 

Rick had to get a chocolate covered key lime pie before we had to leave.

                       It was a wonderful long weekend!  It's so fun to make these memories!