"Triple D" Triple Date!

Corey, Brittany, Jon, Ange, me and Grant at Pat's BBQ in SLC.

Last month my sweet friend Ange organized a triple date with some great couples we don't get to see nearly as often as we would like. I met Ange and her husband Jon through my good friend Brittany, whom I met working at the Liahona magazine at the Church Office Building. All three of us were pregnant with our first babies together, and after hanging out a few times and even taking a trip to St. George together, we all hit it off amazingly well! The guys all love being together, and all of us die laughing when we're together. It's so nice when you can have groups that just work like that, you know? Whenever we're together, we know there's going to be a lot of laughing and probably some good food, too! Ange delighted Grant and me with the suggestion to eat at a SLC BBQ joint that was featured on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives about a year ago! Grant and I have been somewhat "closet" fans of the show for a while now, and we've spent more Friday nights than we'd like to admit watching "Triple D" marathons. Lo and behold, our friends LOVE it as well!! In Brittany's words, "Isn't everything on Food Network or HGTV amazing and awesome??" This is why we're friends! Needless to say, we had a great, kid-free evening. We ate ourselves sick and laughed ourselves silly. We definitely plan to make this a tradition!

Grant and I with our HUGE plates of ribs, pulled pork, and brisket. And no, though your eyes may deceive you, that is not Mr. Fieri behind me (though I wish it was!).