Preston, on the other hand, was nervous. Too nervous to ride, in fact. Being scared is really out of character for Preston, but I never knew a mom who would frown on too much caution.
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Believe it or not, it has been 5 years since Jared graduated from dental school. He was President of his class (brag alert!), and thus was obligated to help plan the 5-year reunion. We decided to take the opportunity to return to Toronto for the first time since we piled into our UHaul and made the trip home to Utah. We were able to make the trip sans children thanks to a lot of help from our families (Thanks again, everyone who helped). It was great to get away with just the two of us and to see all of our old favorite places. We stayed at the Sutton Place Hotel which is as close to our old apartment as we could get. One of the nice things about being without our kids is that we were able to see 2 movies during the weekend. We used to go to a movie almost every Friday night when we lived there. We also were able to walk all over the city without someone whining about being tired. It was a blast. Jared has more pictures so there may be a supplemental post of our trip at a later date.
One of the first places we stopped when we got into town was Spring Rolls Express on Yonge Street. We used to eat here all the time and loved it!
Our first morning, we grabbed some breakfast to go at Tim Horton's and ate it in Queen's Park. There used to be tons of black squirrels that lived in this park, but they aren't there anymore. (Any Toronto people know why?)
Me on the University of Toronto campus. You can see the CN Tower in the distance and convocation hall (where graduation was held) on the right.
The view down from the top of the CN Tower. At one point, it was the tallest free standing structure in the world. There's probably something taller now. Google it if you're interested. It's still really, really high.
This is the best steak dinner anywhere in North America! (That we've had, anyway). You can find it at the Keg Mansion. I got a seafood version that is covered in lobster meat, crab and shrimp. Yum, yum, yum! And I'm generally not a steak fan!
Me in front of the Royal Ontario Museum. They have totally remodeled the outside. We were going to go in, but the line stretched clear around the outside of the building. Next time, for sure.
We took the subway out to one of our favorite areas-Greek town. One of our favorite places there was Mr. Greek. It has also been remodeled since we left there, but the food was fabulous as always.
Sorry about all of the food pictures, but the food really was a highlight of our trip. This is the yummy pork souvlaki with tzatziki sauce, greek salad and veggies.
Jared in front of the street sign of our old apartment. We loved living on Charles street. We even recognized one of the "transients" selling newspapers outside of the Manulife center. I guess he's doing something right if he's survived there for the past 4 years. 
Jared with some of his best friends from dental school: Gurjit Dhuga and Dan Hagi. It was great to see these guys again.
These are some of Jared's classmates who were at the reunion. This was taken early in the evening, so some of the people weren't there for the picture.
One of the last things we did before heading to the airport was have a hotdog from the vendor at Bloor street and Bay street. They slice the dogs and grill them to perfection! The yellowish buns are also slightly grilled. Yummy!
One of our favorite things to do is to go to the Bean Museum at BYU. We used to go about once a month, but it had been several months before this trip. Preston, obviously, can't read the 'Please do NOT touch' signs. I was too busy getting the camera ready to stop him. I'm sure he's not the first kid to pet this zebra.
Chandler touched a snake. He was actually pretty nervous about it. Preston was not nervous at all-- typical.
Grandpa Wynn took all of the 'local' grandsons who are potty-trained camping over night at Deer Creek campground. (Jared and Dan came too--yes, they are potty-trained). Little Daniel looks like he's ready to hit the sack in this picture.
While the bigger boys were camping, I took Preston to Kangaroo Zoo in Pleasant Grove. They have tons of inflatable jumpers, toys and slides to play on. Preston was in heaven, but would have had more fun with other kids to play with. Sadly, this is the best picture I could get. There was so much to see, he wouldn't look at the camera or hold still long enough to get a non-blurry picture.
A couple of weeks ago, we took the lift to the top of the Sundance Ski resort. There are several hikes up there and amazing views. We just walked around a little and then headed back down.
