Blickenstaff's!

Well, friends, after a grueling day on the road (ugh), we are finally in Utah. We spent all day Wednesday moving Jesi's stuff up into her apartment, choosing the best room/cabinets/mattress (because Jesi was the first one there!), and making the rounds at Costco and Walmart. We got her a bookcase and a few other pieces of furniture to fix up the little place. She's living at an old complex that I lived in when I went to school. It's a decent little place, if a bit old and dirty (seriously, we're talknig to the manager about that tub... it's pretty gross) and the wi-fi doesn't really work (another thing we need to talk to him about), but other than that it's a fun place. We met her roommates today and they seem pretty nice. She also only has two other roommates which means, as of right now, Jesi gets her own room! Sweet! It also means that I get to sleep in a bed while I stay at her apartment this next week! Double yes!! :D

While Jesi was at her new student orientation thing, Mom, Dad, and I went over to Blickenstaff's. Now, Mom had kept talking about how we were going to go to Hobby Lobby and Blickenstaff's while we were in Utah and for some reason we thought that both were craft places. We were pleasantly surprised when we got to Blickenstaff's and found it was a really cute candy and toy store! Lots of fun little toys to see and play with. My particular favorite was this adorable sock monkey umbrella. I was a little tempted, but decided that I didn't need a little kids umbrella (no matter how cute).

We also got some delicious candy. They had some of my favorites: peach gummies and grapefruit slices. Unfortunately, they got left in the car while we were in the BYU Bookstore and totally melted into a bag of one giant peach-grapefruit flavored gummy. It was very sad.

Sad, and really gross looking. But still really delicious. We have learned a lesson today: gummies melt in high heat. I'll have to remember that in the future.

Tomorrow we plan on hanging out again while Jesi goes to orientation, eating dinner with Anna, Dante, Mike, and Katie, and doing those last minute errands that will need to get done before Mom and Dad leave for Oregon.