Takin a BrEaK with the girls...part 2

 After an extremely late night of crafting and visiting, we woke up early the next morning to get ready for our visit to the audience of "Good Things Utah" (Salt Lake Television Show)...we were just a "LITTLE BIT" excited! (mmm...maybe a BIT MORE THAN A LITTLE EXCITED)...we left Orem early and in plenty of time (or so we thought) as to avoid the rush hour traffic as we headed into Salt Lake. We had directions to the the studio, but for the most part they didn't get us to where we needed to be....so we ended up using our GPS  for more "detailed" directions. After exiting and entering a few WRONG  freeway on and off ramps, zipping (yes, literally) across 4 lanes of traffic to hit the RIGHT exit, and KNOWING we were ALL GOING TO DIE...WE FINALLY made it SAFELY to the Channel 4 Studio  (a little SCARED and sick to my stomach...but we made it none-the-less)!!...AND we even arrived a few minutes early!

For some reason I thought the studio would be DOWNTOWN...not the case, 

I thought it would be larger, not the case

 I thought the parking lot would be full of cars...also, not the case.

 We were all setting our phones to silent as we got ready to enter the studio

 One of the "important" people took our picture in front of the big ABC 4 news sign...Pretty Cool!

 We got to peek in at what happens "behind the scenes" of the ABC 4 news as we 

entered back stage of the "Good Things Utah" Set. I guess NEVER being on a TV set before, I was a little taken back by how different things looked in real life than how they are portrayed on television. The set

to "Good Things Utah" was much smaller than I thought, there was talking amongst the hosts and camera men during commercials (like every day talking, laughing and shooting the breeze)...AND THE AUDIENCE isn't always full. We were 3 of.....ONLY 3, in the audience...Although, I have seen shows where there

are TONS of people...evidently the day we went was not one of those days.
 It was a bit weird and awkward at times as they hosts sat and chatted and we totally felt like the third wheel. The platform that they sit on doesn't even face the audience (which I found to be completely different than I thought). The girls are ALOT thinner in real life (THEY look thin on TV...but in real life they are sticks) and Neica (the blond) is SUPER tall...I felt totally at home standing next to her!

 After the show was over we got to go meet and take pictures with the girls, Breanne, Neica and Gretchen...such sweet ladies! I had such a fun time! They had "Papa Murphy's Pizza" do a segment on the show...they brought in a Artichoke Bacon Pizza and a Pepperoni Pizza and talked about some promotion they were doing (have to admit, I wasn't paying much attention to that segment or to what they said, I was checking out the set and all the amazing things I was shocked about seeing)...BUT after the show was over, the girls gave Dayna, Kim and I a piece of pizza! I happened to have the one with Artichokes on it and LOVED IT I might add!!

Since we were in Salt Lake we decided to take advantage of 

the CHEESE CAKE FACTORY! DIVINE, SCRUMPTIOUS, FANTASTIC are the words that come to mind...the only problem was, there was so many

yummy choices of things to eat on the menu, it was very hard to decide what to order!

We had a great time chatting while we waited for our food........

Kim wasn't sold on the dressing they brought her for her salad...it WAS a little weird!

DEEEEE-LISH!!!!

Then we headed to IKEA (which was a new adventure for Kim and I)-

It was very cool, different and fun!!

Poor Kim was packed in the back with the loads of goods we bought from

all the different places we stopped....

a little here and a little there adds up to be ALOT!

We had a super time...its great to just get away from the hum drum everyday things

and do something different. I always have a blast when I hang with my girls!!

Thanks girls for the fun, the food, FOR KEEPING me safe and sound

and for thinking that its still okay to hang with "Da Mom"!

NOW TO THINK OF SOME OTHER FUN ADVENTURE we can take!!!!