Whenever we enter happy valley, aka Utah County, we have to make the ritual stop at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. The kids love watching the round lump of dough that they're about to consume get fried in oil! Yum! 
There's nothing like a Krispy Kreme!It was an especially great distraction on this particular visit to happy valley, because silly me got us all in a tizzy! After arriving on perfect mormon standard time, we discovered the dine & dash shuttle was no longer running from the University Mall to the BYU stadium, where we were supposed to be. So, we headed toward the UTA buses & found a cheerful driver that said he could drop of us within a block of the stadium. How sweet! It would've been perfect, except for the fact that I realized the football tickets were sitting under the Krispy Kreme box on the front seat of the van...while we were on the bus. Arrgghhh! After exiting the bus & missing the other bus back to the mall, we found ourselves stranded in a strange & unfamiliar part of Provo. Honestly, it was scary, but nothing like being stranded in Phoenix or D.C or some other big city. I knew we couldn't be in too much trouble. So, we walked around & found a dollar store, where we hoped to find out directions, & of course, use the bathroom (3 boys- you know). The girl at the checkout was so nice when I asked her questions & eventually told her our dilemma. She said she was getting off in 5 minutes & would be happy to drive us to the mall. Weird, but I felt comfortable with this offer. I was glad if we had to be stuck, it was in Provo, Utah!
Not only did she drive us to the mall, but she waited until I grabbed the tickets & also drove us to the stadium. Phewww! It was such a relief. We didn't make it to the game until the end of the 3rd quarter, but the boys were thrilled anyway. We were just glad to be there, be safe & having fun. I was so grateful that we ran into such a nice girl & plan to pay it forward, as soon as I have the chance.
We missed the scouting tribute, but we enjoyed watching BYU kill UNLV. :) Oh my heck, Happy Valley lived up to its nick-name!
2 comments:
hi. your kiddos are so cute, i can't believe how fast time changes children, they look more grown up all the time.
O wow--what an adventure!! And seriously you are right about happy valley:) People are good there. I miss that place! Although, I can't complain people in the South are equally as good--they just may not be as pretty or polished:) You just have to see past a few "aints and ya'lls" and the occasional missing teeth! j/k I hear you are having some serious blizzard out there! I miss the snow so bad! Have a happy Thanksgiving! love ya!!
PS you are the best boy MOm--taking your boys to the football game yourself all decked out in scouting stuff! awesome!
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