'cause you're his cheeseburger...his lovely cheeseburger...

~veggie tales...click on the link and check out the video if you've never heard the cheeseburger song before. it's actually an aiga tenney classic as (1) we listened to it repeatedly at our last reunion while driving from utah to california--AND BACK--yes, we had some of the 5 and under crowd in our van; and (2) the levis then brought the song to life during our family talent show. (niko's the car and byron's the cheeseburger connoiseur)...

*note: the video is not for the humoristically-challenged...

at any rate, i wanted a food-related title for this blog so i could highlight some of our favorite eating places from our two-week vacation--needless to say, we didn't have any cheeseburgers at the following family feasts:

we planned to attend the provo temple with dad while he was in town, but we misinterpreted the schedule, and the temple was still closed! we were all dressed up with nowhere else to go, so...we did what any other large polynesian family would do (with childcare still arranged for another couple of hours)--we figured we'd go out and eat instead! we ended up at one of our favorite family places...

dad, katinia, quentin, katryola, laura, kats, billy, mechelle, jake, alys, mike, anna

on yet another snowy day (we actually didn't have any other kind), we found ourselves here:

our grilled steak salad--katinia's suggestion...yum!

...and here we are on the day the snow really started coming down...it was our first time here:

kats, laura, mech, alys, jake, mike, billy

we got to go to this next restaurant two days in a row!!! one family member wanted to take us one day--then another family member wanted to take us the next day... how could we turn down an offer like that?!??

brazilian lemonade (with milk in it)

on day two of the relatively heavier snowfall, we ended up at the mall so the kids could get out and walk about. yes, it was snowing outside--but anytime is ice cream time! they weren't kidding when they advertised thick, thick shakes!!

chocolate, strawberry, and mint

we look forward to visiting these places again this summer when we go back for our next visit!!!