Life in the fast lane

Somehow I pictured having more time to write in this blog! Here's a quick summary in case I don't get time for anything more.
Sunday - visited Mark's brother, David and wife, Laurie and four delightful daughters, Olivia, Kate, Jane and Anna in their seriously cool house. The house is only 6 years old, but is built out of salvaged materials from old houses etc. So it has both character and convenience. My favourite feature is a laundry chute from the upstairs to the laundry. Had lunch and spent the afternoon at Laurie's parents' place where we were made very welcome. Fell in love with the GPS navigator in the rental car.
Monday - It snowed on our way down to Provo, where we went with David etc to lunch at a popular pizza place in Provo. Mark was in ecstasies over the home brewed Root Beer. I liked it too, but soda drinks are the one weight increasing food/drink I do manage to restrict my consumption of. Then ten-pin bowling - David won, Mark second and Laurie and I drew for third! Back to their place for photos, then visited David's work and back in time for the start of the NCTM conference. The four girls are Jane, Olivia (with Milo), Anna and Kate.
Tuesday - Conference for Nicola, laundry, phone buying, car finding etc for Mark. Dinner at Chuck-arama. Pretty good for trough food.
Wednesday- Friday - Conference for Nicola, and visits to the Church Humanitarian Center and Welfare Square. (The grain storage shown to the right - it was built in 8 days in the Great Depression) Dinner at Rodizios - a Brazilian restaurant - superb. Used the Trax public transport extensively. Attended the Salt Lake Temple. Met up with our friends, the Harkers.
Overview
The people here are friendly and mostly helpful. The motel location is brilliant, though it lacks external light (and there isn't much internal light!) The altitude and cold are getting to us a little, with cracked lips, dry hands, bleeding noses. The conference was mostly worth attending.