We had a pretty uneventful week.  Mostly chores, cleaning the house, and boring work stuff nobody wants to hear about.

Sloan is starting to look more grown up every day.  Now that her hair is [finally] getting longer, she is starting to look like a toddler rather than a baby.

Zach was recently called to be in the Young Men’s presidency – which is the perfect calling for him – and so he is gone Wednesday and Thursday nights.  While he’s been gone for dinner, I have tried to make some things that he doesn’t particularly care for.  One, being crepes.  He likes them in Paris, but not when his wife makes them, apparently.  I haven’t made them in years, so I thought it would be fun for Sloan and I to have them this week for dinner.  I made one batch, which made 18 crepes, and figured we would have enough for dinner AND breakfast.  Turns out Sloan dislikes crepes as much as her dad does.  She wouldn’t even keep them in her mouth, just kept spitting them out.  Like father – like daughter, I guess?

Friday Zach took a long lunch and the three of us went up to Park City.  We are going to Targhee in a few weeks for a family ski trip with the Hendos, so Zach thought it would be a good idea to get Sloan up on the slopes again for a refresher course.  Turns out she did better than 95 percent of the other kids (and adults) on the bunny hill.  Ski instructors kept stopping me and asking me how old she was, some recognizing her video that went viral.   We only took a short break for some snacks (cheese and wheat bread – her fave) and then went back at it. Zach tells me EVERY SINGLE DAY that he is going to teach Sloan to ride the half pipe.  Every day I tell him the same thing, like a drone:  “I believe you.  I just don’t want you to get disappointed if she doesn’t love the sport as much as you do.”  I haven’t seen Zach this proud in my entire life.  The way he smiles when he is with her, teaching her how to snowboard, is different than any smile that I’ve ever known.  He’s such a sweet and fun dad.  I’m lucky we’re partners in this whole parenting thing… 

Since the weather has been so wonderful the past few days, Sloan and I took advantage of it.  We went for a four mile run this week and she was all smiles the WHOLE time.  This girl is her happiest when she is outside.  

Saturday Zach watched Sloan so I could attend one of my sweet friend’s weddings.  AJ is the last to be married out of our Interior Design Program and we could NOT be happier for her.  She found someone that perfectly compliments her and you can tell by just glancing at her that she is incredibly happy.  I am so glad she let all of us be a part of her big day! 

Saturday Zach and I went out on our date for dinner and a movie.  We went to Current and got tickets to Eddie the Eagle at the Sugarhouse theater.  It was such a feel-good movie, I highly recommend it!  (Plus, I love Hugh…he wins the gold medal if you ask me.)

Sunday we woke up, made blueberry muffins, and got ready for church.  Praise you, 11 o’clock church.  You are my favorite.  

Unfortunately we didn’t make it to all three blocks – there was an applesauce incident that I won’t bore you about.  Let’s just say it nearly required a shower on my part.  We went on a family drive, had dinner, and then put Sloan down for bed so we could watch the Oscars (with leftover popcorn).

Dear Leo:  I’ve been devoted since your Titanic debut…and I really haven’t stopped loving you since.  Even though the Revenant nearly gave me my first anxiety attack, I’m still a diehard fan.